Author Archives: halberenson

“Net Neutrality” gives me a headache

Posted on February 19, 2014 by halberenson

Many a night, usually during what would be considered “Prime Time” for TV, my wife complains that the Internet is slow.  She isn’t trying to watch video, and most of the time when she makes this complaint no one is … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with an insider?

Posted on February 17, 2014 by halberenson

I am often shocked at how many people believe an insider taking over as a CEO will be more change-averse than an outsider would be.  It just isn’t necessarily the case, though it may be harder for an insider to … Continue reading →

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More fuel on the Android apps on Windows fire

Posted on February 13, 2014 by halberenson

In 1996 Microsoft licensed Java from Sun.  Think about that for a moment before continuing on with this blog post.  At what seemed the height of its PC market dominance, when it “owned” the developers, when Visual Basic and Visual … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud, Computer and Internet, Google, Linux and Android, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , , , | 19 Comments

The Scott Guthrie Manuever

Posted on February 11, 2014 by halberenson

A few weeks ago, as rumors that Satya Nadella would be named Microsoft CEO gained prominence, a friend and I were discussing who would replace him as head of Cloud and Enterprise.  Our conclusion?  Scott Guthrie.  So I wasn’t particularly … Continue reading →

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The one about the new Microsoft CEO

Posted on February 11, 2014 by halberenson

Now that some of the dust has settled on Microsoft’s changes last week I’m going to cover three topics.  Satya Nadella the new CEO,  Bill Gates increasing his Microsoft involvement, and Scott Guthrie replacing Satya as Executive VP of Cloud … Continue reading →

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Microsoft and an Android play

Posted on February 10, 2014 by halberenson

We are floating in rumors and suggestions this week around Microsoft and Android, from a call for Microsoft to drop Windows Phone in favor of a forked Android to Peter Bright’s explanation of why that doesn’t make technical sense, to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Google, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Where is Windows going?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by halberenson

Paul Thurrott’s piece (some might say rant) this weekend over where Microsoft seems to be taking Windows with Windows 8.1 Update 1 adds more fuel to the fire about the future of Windows.  Put simply, Microsoft began a re-invention of … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , | 15 Comments

1984 wasn’t 1984, but 2024 might be

Posted on February 6, 2014 by halberenson

A number of organizations are uniting to sponsor a day of Internet protests on February 11 against mass surveillance by the NSA.  You can find out more here. With apologies to all my non-American readers, I have no problem with … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud, Privacy, Security | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

Another one bites the dust

Posted on February 6, 2014 by halberenson

Today we learned that Sony has sold off their PC business, although from the sounds of it (and certainly for anyone outside Japan) Vaio PCs are just history.  In my view this is a healthy development.  Too many airlines with … Continue reading →

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No real comments on today’s Microsoft announcements, yet

Posted on February 4, 2014 by halberenson

I can see from the stats that people are coming to my blog to see what I have to say about today’s announcement of Satya Nadella as Microsoft’s new CEO and Bill Gates putting in more time at Microsoft as … Continue reading →

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