Tag Archives: competition
Is Google Docs the weakest link in Chromebook?
Interesting thoughts on what Google should do to take over Windows with its Chromebook. I don’t agree with all of it, especially I don’t think that Google Docs should necessarily get all the features of MS Word (including the unnecessary … Continue reading
How is Google damaging consumers?
I kept this post as draft since I read Wired’s article about Google and their supposed dominant position. Today I read again about the new investigation of US Antitrust targeting bigG because it holds too much market share in online … Continue reading
The carriers are ruining Android
Techcrunch author MG Siegler picked the wrong fight accusing Android of ‘not being open’. His rant rant is all about how the fact that Android is open source allows the carriers like Verizon and T-mobile to fill it up with … Continue reading
There is nothing wrong in being a pipe
The more I think about the net neutrality debate the less I like what I learn. What is really puzzling for me is that carriers are complaining about having a privileged position and that is just unacceptable. It seems to … Continue reading
I wish antitrust bodies didn’t exist
My good friend Carlo Piana, the lawyer that helped Samba and FSFE in the antitrust trial Microsoft against the European Commission, says today: priority #1 is to keep a close eye on the only overdominant company in the IT market … Continue reading
Bruce Schneier on Wired: ‘Security’ Is Code for ‘Control’
I couldn’t agree less with Schneier’s post on Wired: lock-in is bad for users.’ I liked this sentence that explains well how I’m feeling now after having used a Mac for 2 weeks (I promise, I’ll write a long post … Continue reading
Open Source? Microsoft’s split personality
I’m not sure that Bill Hilf’s declarations about Microsoft’s Open Source strategy give a complete picture of the corporate strategy in the near future to compete in a sector that radically changed since Windows came to light in the ’90s. … Continue reading
Politecnico di Torino launches copyright consulting services
Politecnico di Torino and Regione Piemonte have launced SeLiLi, Servizio Licenze Libere, a service to offer information and consulting services on legal, technological and economical matters regarding copyright licenses. Given the credibility of the Politecnico and in particular to the … Continue reading
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