Technology
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OpenSocial: Reality Sets In
A little over a month ago OpenSocial was hailed as “checkmate” and mesmerized the blogosphere. Now, the chorus of Kumbaya has been replaced by the cacophony of competition. As I argued earlier, OpenSocial was a game plan we’ve seen before, just not a particularly successful one. It transpires that:The OpenSocial spec remains incomplete and has…
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Blue Haze
IBM announced something today they called the “Blue Cloud” initiative that is a “game-changing model for Internet-scale computing”. Some thoughts and questions: This is a seriously half-baked announcement. The press release rambles on and on yet says very little. This “next major advance in computing” merits a single page on IBM’s web site with two paragraphs of text and a stock photo. IBM…
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Pulling Out the Old Playbook
There are a couple of basic business strategies: Obtain more marketshare than anyone else. This should be considered the preferred approach. Failing that, gather up the rest of the also-rans and band together against the dominant player. This approach is usually accompanied by frequent use of the word “open”. If/when that fails, hire some lobbyists because it is…