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Finally, someone in Marketing gets it!
I've been saying for years that computers are just plain ugly. They could be made into almost any shape, form factor or color scheme imaginable. But we end up with gray, silver and black. Dell at least tries to dress the XPS line up a bit, as does...
Apple is the new Microsoft: Fo-Shizzle
I never thought I'd live to see the day when Apple would adopt the marketing practices of Microsoft . Don't believe me? Consider this my bruthah... Up until as recently as 2005, Apple would NEVER admit to anything coming down the pike until game day....
The Ethereal Practice of Software Product Pricing
Ever wonder how software companies derive a price for a given software product? Ever wonder how they establish tiered pricing structures? I have sat in more meetings on this mundane topic than I care to admit. I wasted a lot of precious minutes in meetings...
IBM vs Apple and Stock Markets
I know I often talk harshly of software companies, or rather, technology companies, but it's only because I love them. Tough love I believe they call it. Regardless, what struck me a bit this past week was the juxtaposition of two companies and their...