Archives for April 2006
Sun Microsystems Inc and other computer hardware vendors could really learn a lot from Dell Inc. It’s pretty hard to buy from companies like Sun. You need to book appointments to see pre-sales experts, and talk to value-added resellers etc. Not that these guys don’t do a good job. It’s just [...]
RedHat will pay between $350 and $420M in a mixture of cash and stock to acquire JBoss. Seems like a pretty solid result for the shareholders (founders, employees and VC investors). It’s always interesting to see what these type of companies sell for, not least because the valuations the companies achieve gives [...]
Ten years ago, Java applets held great promise for delivering compelling, rich applications inside a web-browser, and embedded within web pages. Today, the Java platform still isn’t up to delivering on this vision. However, it’s tantalisingly close.
If Sun had a willingness to fix the few remaining issues, Java applets could really become super-important, [...]
Apple has announced a public beta release of a new software product, Boot Camp, which allows users of Intel Macs to dual boot their machines into either MacOS or Windows XP.
I think a lot of people will find this an attractive option. Hopefully, the next step is full virtualization, enabling people to run Mac [...]
If the rumour mill is to believed, RIM is shortly to announce a new addition to its Blackberry 8700 range - the 8707v. Exclusive to Vodafone for a while, this will be an 8700 device with 3G connectivity. If they can get this on the market soon, it will be a massive success. [...]