Views on the Industry

the difference

With JavaOne Tokyo and the Microsoft launches, there is a lot going on in November already.

One thing is for sure, adaptors are proprietary:

http://www.theregister.com/2005/11/07/biztalk_adaptors/

this includes you, Sun, and your iWay fiasco...

And what is the deal with Gates flying around getting all upset that people can access things to do on the Internet:

http://www.theregister.com/2005/11/09/gates_warns_disruption_to_come/

Unless he is talking about .Net, he needs to stay on message regarding B2C v. B2B focus. B2C is something for the media companies, while MSFT is a software company. I can rationalize the move to Live, but cannot understand the obsession with Google. Ray Ozzie is not on my level, if advertising revenue is his model:

http://www.scripting.com/disruption/ozzie/TheInternetServicesDisruptio.htm

Charge for transactions, Ray, businesses will pay. There is only one way to be looking at the future of software, and one of the key steps is found here:

http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-11/sunflash.20051104.1.html

more to come on this issue...

posted by douglas dooley @ 6:06 AM