Thanks Tejek for the link.
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Scott McAdams, an analyst with McAdams Wright Ragen in
Seattle, believes Ballmer is making the right bet.
"These other devices grow at faster rates, but the synchronizing
device will be the PC," McAdams said.
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Tejek,
I found this interesting and I agree with McAdams: the PC will act as the synchronizing device for home consumers. However, in Corporate, I rather suspect the Server might end up becoming the synchronizing device (i.e. directory synchronization, web-based corporate email accessible via portables, PST/PAB files stored on Server, etc.) due to security issues of exposing every Corporate PC desktop. There appears to be a real synchronization problem right now in the industry - it'll be good to see some design effort put into this area.
Thanks for the article.
RE: "the poster was saying that intc and amd would be better off calling a truce and coming to a competitive understanding (that does not violate antitrust laws) than to discount the hell out of their profits...don't you agree?"
I like how AMD keeps Intel on their toes. I'm actually glad AMD forces Intel to be extremely efficient. I think it's better if Intel is continually forced to be competitive at all stages. Admittedly, throwing profits out the window doesn't seem productive, but price wars can yield a strong player, which in turn makes the barrier-to-entry even higher and higher, which is better for Intel in the long-term IMHO.
Regards,
Amy J |
