notes and views on crm, social media, and the human side of information technology

links for 2008-10-01

  • Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder
    The money quote: “The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women’s fashion.” I agree to some point - locking into a cloud provider is no different than locking into Oracle / SAP contract. We need a mechanism to ensure that our data stays ours no matter who the provider is at the moment.
  • Mobile Startup Case Studies at mTrends - mobile media lifestyle trends - m-trends.org
    Why is everybody still making another photo sharing app after another? Are there any other use cases for mobile? It shouldn’t take a credit crisis for us to start getting serious. Can’t wait for Web 3.0 (apps with value AND a pricelist) to come.
  • The Business of Software - Offering free editions
    Interesting discussion, esp. for anyone trying to make a dime by selling software in the economy of “free”. I am strongly convinced that we’ll be seeing less “free” in the very near future. Nothing trumps “value for money”.
  • Ditching the Semantic Web?
    Perhaps. The problem of this (and many other lofty ideas) is that they haven’t been inspired by a real, dire need of actual people. But then, ideas and ideals do sometimes generate real, actual needs. Pick your side.

October 2, 2008 | Filed Under General 

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