Whenever an analyst wants to write something without thinking, it’s easy to pontificate on such silliness as the alleged resemblance of the iPod to the Sony Walkman. Both gained iconic status, but the latter was eventually largely supplanted by me-too products that were cheaper and offered identical or additional features. And let’s not forget the famous […]

No, Microsoft haters, don’t begin that loud applause just yet. Whatever problems Microsoft is confronting these days, the company isn’t going away any time soon, or that matter for the foreseeable future. It is huge, well entrenched, and, frankly, people are just plain accustomed to using Windows, Office and all the rest. But there are […]