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Intel Admits To Falling Behind AMD 244

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 27, 2006 @05:41PM from the they've-still-got-a-good-run-going dept.

Vicegrip writes "CNN is carrying a Fortune story covering an analyst meeting held on Thursday. There, CEO Otellini admitted Intel has fallen behind AMD with lost market share, technological leadership, and recently profitability. Intel also announced cuts to 1 Billion in spending." From the article: "Intel's market share recently slipped below 80%, and Otellini strongly emphasized the need for market share gains in all his remarks. On the other hand, he also suggested that Intel's recent market share losses (to AMD, whose name was not mentioned) were in line with historical variations which tracked to Intel's product generations."

How Google's Novel Management System Aids Growth 156

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 27, 2006 @05:05PM from the sprouting-like-weeds dept.

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Gary Hamel, visiting professor at London Business School, argues in a Wall Street Journal commentary that Google's 'novel management system seems to have been designed to guard against the risk factors that so often erode an organization's evolutionary potential.' Among Google's advantages: The 20% rule, an 'expansive sense of purpose' and the credo, 'keep the bozos out and reward people who make a difference.' Hamel also traces the company's evolution from Google 1.0, 'a search engine that crawled the Web but generated little revenue,' to Google 5.0, 'an innovation factory that produces a torrent of new Web-based services, including Gmail, Google Desktop, and Google Base. More than likely, 6.0 is around the corner.'"

Apache Now the Leader in SSL Servers? 160

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 27, 2006 @04:33PM from the moving-on-up dept.

miller60 writes "Apache has overtaken Microsoft as the leading developer of secure web servers, according to Netcraft's monthly SSL survey. Apache now runs on 44.0% of secure web sites, compared to 43.8% for Microsoft. Apache's recent gains are attributed to the inclusion of mod_ssl in version 2, and strong growth of SSL-enabled sites in non-US markets where Apache has stronger market share."

Apple Grooming Next Gen of Executives 120

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 27, 2006 @03:04PM from the execs-2.0 dept.

capt turnpike writes "The modern Apple as we know it -- the good one with open-source Darwin, with Unix-based OS X, and so on -- was mainly the creation of NeXT: Steve Jobs, Avie Tevanian and Jon Rubenstein. What's going to happen to Apple once this troika leaves? eWEEK.com looks at the orderly transition out of Jon and Avie and asks whether things could go as smoothly should Jobs need to retire." From the article: "At some companies, such a loss of leadership could leave the company with a power vacuum or a lack of direction. However, Apple seems to be conscious that no single person--except, perhaps, CEO Steve Jobs himself--is irreplaceable, and that new talent can always be groomed for the future."

Comment Open Source has no chance! (Score 2, Informative) 92

by n3m3sis on Sunday April 23, 2006 @09:27AM (#15184325) Attached to: OSS Provides Opportunity, Challenge for Developing World

I can give the view from Pakistan: Open Source software has NO CHANCE HERE!!!! Pirated software is abundantly available here. Heck talking about open source, Linux is not even bought in the markets as it IS MORE EXPENSIVE than windows, because it comes in 2-3 CDs and windows in one(the dealers charge per CD) The linux distributions available in the market are two versions old. Like Fedora C3 hit the market recently. Downloading distros is no option for people here, as the majority are behind 56kps dialup modems. It is extremely rare to find people who are expert at Open Source. However major universities have started to incoorperate open source software into their curriculum, and many undergraduates to their degree projects on open source software. The Pakistan government, had launched, something called the Open Source Research Center, which's aim was to promote open source usage in the country, however it is defunct now! Software companies in Pakistan exclusively offer services on proprietory software, and hence all universities try to produce programmers/developers/SW engineers who are adept at them. I'm sure the same scenario is being played out in India. I dont see open source succeeding here for the next decade or so.

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