After the first Mac came out in 1984, some believe that Apple, by dint of a series of blatant blunders, failed to take advantage of its opportunity to own the personal computing landscape for a generation and beyond. To some extent, I agree, particularly during the dark days of the 1990s, before Steve Jobs returned. […]

On the surface, if you’re a Microsoft stockholder, you’ll probably be reasonably pleased with their latest quarterly results, where higher revenue and profits were reported. All this despite the fact that they’re taking a $1 billion charge to cover the costs of fixing defective Xbox 360 consoles. But it’s clear to me that the Redmond […]

The other day, I had a brief exchange in a message board about operating system preferences and taste. The poster maintained that Windows is used on more than 90% of the world’s PC desktops because customers voted their preference, that they liked it better than all the rest. Now I suppose it’s easy to reach […]

When I first moved to Arizona, the city of Scottsdale was essentially a showpiece of Apple technology. Macs filled the classrooms and the offices, and the layout was one of quiet efficiency. The IT people I met seemed relaxed, unhurried as they went about their work, and I got the impression that they often had […]