Posts by Timothy Birch

What?

Ok, I found the article interesting except one thing - what's a "channel" in this context? I've never heard the term before in the context of a way in which one sells computers, so I'm left a bit confused.

Learning Curve

Hit head on wall - if head hurts then shake head and wonder why it hurts - loop to start of process and repeat.

And these are the sorts of people we trust to write the software which we depend on? How long does it take for them to learn? Or maybe we are the ones who need to learn - maybe companies like Sony and M$ are right and the vast majority of people are idiots who will keep buying and believing everything the big companies tell them no matter how insane it is. Maybe those of us who understand are just too small a percentage for them to worry about and while we laugh at them, they are laughing at us and in the end they will continue to win no matter what stupid or even outrageous things they do. But I hope that people are not as stupid as these companies count on.

Nobody could have guessed the Berlin Wall would come down when it did - took the world by surprise, and nobody could have guessed the collapse of the USSR - one day a super power with only one other country in the same league and the next day a bunch of independent countries scrambling for whatever pieces they could grab. ------ Well, to me, Sony is starting to look a lot like the Berlin Wall and M$ is looking like USSR - maybe tomorrow will find the kind of revolt that will end them both - and before you start to tell me why that could never happen, think about the impossible things that HAVE happened. M$ and Sony fall apart and loose their control of the market place? Impossible? Yep, just as impossible as the Soviet Union falling apart.

Always try to do 3 impossible things before breakfast - so let’s get rid of the companies that treat us like we are stupid. No more Sony and M$ broken into many little independent Micro-companies that need to keep us happy to stay in business.