Dell clueless, Sharepoint annoying, Longhorn teaseful, and more...
Dell unplugs from the net community, including blogs and their customer care forum, says Dwight Silverman. Jeff Jarvis: clueless. Ed Bott: clueless. Dennis Howlett wonders if this is also true of Dell in Europe. Ex-Dell employee Michael Dunn observes...
sometimes companies are solid at the top and within the core work-force, but full of cluelessness, fiefdoms and bureaucracy w/in the layers in the middle - fact is though, it's the job of those at the top to insure that the middle layer runs effectively and adds value - in my opinion, dell did that really well when i worked there ('97-'99) [read more]
What's wrong with Sharepoint? Long-time Microsoft consultant Mike Drips tells us. Paul Schaeflein rebuts some points and later summarizes other posts. MS blogger Robert Scoble responds, adding his own list. IBM blogger Ed Brill finds the blog responses from the MS community "interesting." Canadian MVP Bil Simser has his own take. Ferris Research is looking for your opinions and offering a nice bribe inducement.
New Longhorn screenshots are popping up. These seem to be from build 5203. Slashdotters are disappointed: eye candy helps // not yet Beta 1 // little usability improvement since Win95 // startling that it's taken years to get this far // looks to be the vaporware we were all expecting.
Buffer overflow:
- Get your Gmail invites here
- DKIM submitted to IETF
- Live 8 videos
- Open source as the main course!
- If it aint broke...
- Is EU's rejection of software patent law a good thing?
- Cracking Down on Laptop Hooligans
- An example of LinkedIn's usefulness
- Text-mining opportunity summarized?
- NOW they tell us....
And finally... 7/7: you gotta laugh: check out the peace, love, and understanding at london_hurts [some naughty language].
Richi Jennings is an independent technology and marketing consultant, specializing in email, blogging, Linux, and computer security. A 20 year, cross-functional IT veteran, he is also an analyst at Ferris Research. Contact Richi at blogwatch@richi.co.uk.
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