A couple of months ago, Microsoft announced that they were buying a company called Xamarin, co-founded by the admirable Miguel "you can now flame me, I am full of love" de Icaza. (No sarcasm — I think Miguel is terrific, and the delightfully positive email linked above really stuck with me; if only I could… Continue reading F♯ has possibilities
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What laptop, tablet, or smartphone to buy? It’s a complicated business
My Dad asked me recently what sort of computer he should buy to replace his ten-year-old HP laptop. And what sort of phone should he get to replace his old Nokia? And while I was at it, should he get one of those tablet things? There are a lot of possible options at the moment,… Continue reading What laptop, tablet, or smartphone to buy? It’s a complicated business
Windows Phone: a bit like BeOS
Today's possibly stretching-a-point Technology Analogy In a previous article I compared the situation of Windows 8 on the desktop to that of OS/2 in the late 80s. Windows Phone 8 is in a different position. While Windows 8 gets its awkwardness from the need to provide compatibility with the dominant platform—which in this case means… Continue reading Windows Phone: a bit like BeOS
I quite like the Surface RT. It must be doomed
The Surface RT is the device Microsoft must hope will cause their Windows 8 strategy to start making sense to the world at large. It's a tablet along the lines of the iPad, with an optional flappy felt keyboard cover and a cut-down version of Windows 8 on it. Microsoft Office is included, but it won't run any other software from… Continue reading I quite like the Surface RT. It must be doomed
Windows 8: A bit like OS/2
Today in Technology Analogy Week... In 1987, three years after the world's perception of the possibilities of the PC had been changed by the Apple Mac and two years after the Mac's cheap knockoff Microsoft Windows had been released, the world's leading PC manufacturer released a new operating system. OS/2 was the perfected pinnacle of… Continue reading Windows 8: A bit like OS/2
SkyDrive: OK, let’s face it, it’s a bit pants
This is the second time I've been forestalled in writing a positive note about Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage and apps service, by going to the site and finding it isn't actually working at all: I hadn't asked for Hotmail. This is just where the site redirected me when I tried to log in to SkyDrive… Continue reading SkyDrive: OK, let’s face it, it’s a bit pants
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