In the last post, I mentioned that I’d seen the open/closed fight play out in gaming and enterprise software, with different results. I’m all done with the gaming side for now, so back to the enterprise… On the enterprise side…
Month: November 2008
OMG! Google just became Microsoft…
So a couple of posts ago, I was prattling on about open and closed in the context of mobile and a less than thrilling conference I attended (see here and here). As I stewed on it some more, I realize…
If Trivial Pursuit had a Mobile Category, this would help you win…
My last post about Open Mobile, I promise. During the 2 day event, there were a number of fascinating stats that were thrown out. Here they are, in no particular order, for your number noodling pleasure. 1. Over 3 Billion…
Still not open… Kindling without fire…
Sticking to my Open Mobile theme, one of the more interesting presentations was from Ian Freed, a VP at Amazon responsible for the Kindle eBook. The Kindle was another device touted as “open” by various folks, and again that’s a…
Open. Closed. Do consumers really care and can manufacturers tell the difference?
I’m sitting at SFO killing time before my flight… a perfect chance to catch up on some blogging. I’ve spent the past couple of days at the “Open Mobile” conference in San Francisco. It was my first real brush with…