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Comment Re:The sad thing about conspiracy theories (Score 2) 251

The sad thing about conspiracy theories and the internet age is that no matter how far out or whackjob the theory may be, you can find a dozen videos documenting "proof" of the theory and entire forums full of people who believe in the lunacy and who circle-jerk each other in a frenzy of panic.

Because there were no whack jobs and conspiracy nuts before the 'internet age'?
Son, sit right down and let me tell you about Lyndon LaRouche.

Comment Re:I think you missd a word (Score 5, Informative) 412

I think that its a bit simplistic to exclude it. Some events do actually have multiple causes. The real world is complex, and rarely aligns with a fox news soundbite.

And it never aligns with President Obama's talking points but that doesn't change the fact that the protests had nothing to do with the video. In fact, it wasn't even the pretext for the gathering.

Comment Re:No, MS jsut needs a new industry leader to foll (Score 1) 211

I don't think that Apple or Google are the companies to follow.

Apple has a bigger market cap than Microsoft and has just released two wildly successful products in the last 5 years: the iPhone and iPad.

They have also created a new, thriving developer ecosystem, substantially change how folks can get applications, music, movies and share those things with others.

Google, likewise, has a portfolio of innovation mostly related to web technologies but branching into computers and mobile devices.

Microsoft has created...the Kinect. Oh, and updated their Windows operating system. If they don't realize the future is in hardware and getting people connected, they better. And they could start by emulating Apple and Google.

Comment Re:It's time for MS to Split (Score 1) 211

Ironically, the best thing for Microsoft would be what could have been the result of its anti-trust problems, a company split. It's doing too much

I agree they're going in too many different directions but what they need to do is not necessarily split, but have a unified vision.

Right now they have Zune, Windows Mobile 7, Symbian and SideKick mobile platforms all in their portfolio. You would think they would try to create a best of breed combined mobile platform. But no, they're not. They missed the boat big time on ARM development.

With Apple developing tetherless setup and updating of iPads, Microsoft's control over the low end computing market (which, like it or not, is their bread and butter) is now in serious jeopardy. And instead of trying to work with hardware manufacturers to build something new and exciting, they're instead focusing their efforts at penalizing hardware manufacturers who work with competing firms.

Whatever innovation edge Microsoft has had is evaporating faster than a snowball in the Sahara. It is nigh on amazing the Kinect actually got created and while it could be a vehicle to more innovative products, I have a feeling that too will be another Microsoft had it first but botched it.

It's a pity that an organization with the resources Microsoft has cannot get the strategy to implementation going but that's what bloated middle management getting hackled by accounting will do to you.

If they can't get OWA to look pretty, how do they think they're going to be meaningful to users in any real way?

Comment Re:Good (Score 2) 73

The failure of the London experiment may keep entities in the U.S. from trying the same thing.

If the failure of the Soviet, Chinese, North Vietnamese, North Koreans, Cambodians, National Socialists and Fascists didn't teach the US government anything, I fail to see how the British NHS will.

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