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February 19, 2008
- Danger Danger Steve Balmer
Normally I quote the robot from Lost in Space when I see bad things coming. In this case, I am seeing something formindable in a positive sense. I am becoming a Balmer fan big time. We will ignore my MSFT stock is getting depressed as Wall Street and Silicon Valley continue to dicker over the value of a faded flower. As Blue Bulbs go, Yahoo is quite beautiful and I will probably be a user of their’s regardless of what they do to next.
But in these days of economic slow downs, I am not looking for 11th hour heroics. Mr. Ballmer is driving towards goals that make sense to me and the acquistion of Danger, the developers of my Sidekick is another great move.
In the end Navigating software is the key to success for any product in the future. And my full expectation is that we are going to see a revolution in our hands over the next three years. I have no idea if Danger has some patents on flexible screens (hmmmn, where is Radius’s Pivot screen these days), but I would be looking at their IPR.
What do I like about my sidekick? The trackball, the IM connectivity, browsing. Imho, Its better than the iPhone for IM. Its also more rugged. So its needs to be energized to get the wow effect again. But Microsoft should be able to do that in the near future.
Posted by carl at February 19, 2008 11:26 AM