Internet Explorer market share down to 70%

For the first time in 8 yrs, Microsoft Internet Explorer market share is down to 70%. What does this mean? I don't believe that this is an indication of greater popularity of Mozilla, Opera, Safari etc. But this is due to more and more web-based applications that are now accessible through many non-IE browsers. Users are moving to Web-based Office, Social networking, Collaboration and maintaining their personal/professional content on the web. Any browser that supports the delivery and manipulation of this content will see an increase in market share. On the flip side, browsers that do not support direct integration will see a decrease in market share as is the case with IE.

Have we reached the Microsoft Windows tipping point?

As the PC industry continues to stretch Moore's Law to its maximum, how longer can we expect to go until the IC's can no longer hold on to the etched information?

I believe that we have reached a tipping point in terms of the PC hardware. We can't go on and keep upgrading hardware with all due respect to Moore's Law. I'll be the first to reverse the trend and dust off that Celeron-based eMachine lying around in my basement. Compared to the PC's back in 640k days, this Celeron is a powerhorse - 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, 1.2GHz.

But, Houston - we have a problem. Microsoft Windows has gone so far ahead in terms of capacity demands that it has managed to obsolete the hardware. Even if I manage to run XP Home on this Celeron, it will be dog slow just swapping process information between the RAM and Virtual Disk.

My choices - a thinner OS that gets the job done with minimal downtime. Can't look to the Microsoft camp for any solutions. Looks like it'll have to be Linux, Ubuntu variants.

As more and more PC users catch on to this reverse trend, it might just be the tipping point (in a reverse way) for Microsoft Windows.

Thoughts?

Innovation

Are you working for an innovative company? What makes an innovative company?

As we go through a downturn in the economy, innovation seems to be the key for companies to weather the storm. Innovation doesn't necessarily be limited to building new products. It could be found even in maintaining/supporting existing products.

How do you innovate while keeping alive IT applications?

iPod Nano and Touch

So, the big news is here! Apple announced that they will be releasing a new svelte line of ipod nano as well as a cheaper ipod touch.

Not surprisingly, the stock fell by $6. The stock goes up on rumor and falls on news.

Why doesn't Apple add video functionality to Airport Express?

Why buy an Airport Express as well as a Apple TV to stream audio/video from an iTunes server?

Airport Express and Video streaming

So, when is Apple planning on releasing a version of Airport Express with support for video streaming?

I'm waiting for Sep when (hopefully) we'll have some news from Apple.

I have a NAS drive with built-in iTunes support which I'd like to use as a home media server. Airport Express' would act as the media clients and could be hooked up to home stereo system.

Buffalo Linkstation Pro (built-in iTunes support) + Airport Express + iTouch/iPhone Remote + TV/Home Stereo = Entire Home Audio/Video network

Apple

Observations on my recently purchased iMac

<1> It just works (mostly)
<2> The interface is very intuitive and easy to use
<3> Bells and Whistles are already bundled into the base OS, so why buy additional software (a la Microsoft Windows)
<4> It is pricey compared to a Windows box

What's NeXT for the iMac?

With the onslaught of Software As A Service and Web 2.0, what is the future of computers?

Pair Programming to the nth

Have you tried programming (not coding) with more than 1 developer as your pair? Its fun (if everyone leaves their ego at the door), highly productive and extremely high quality.

Give it a shot! Connect your laptop to a projector and have the group help you write better code. The results will be quite surprising!

Ironic?

Isn't it ironic that

(a) HTTP is a stateless protocol
(b) Companies have built stateful applications to overcome the stateless-ness of the internet

and

(c) we're now in the midst of a return to stateless-ness euphoria

Of course, I'm generalizing a lot here but something to think about.

Day 1

The beginning of a blog -
Why blog? Because everyone else is doing it.