Jul
17
2009
Mobile cloud is going to be big, according to a study published by ABI research. And they’re not the only ones to say so. In this second part of my thoughts about mobile cloud — which I hope we can all talk about at OSCON — I’ll try to find answers to this question: as [...]
Tags: community, free software, funambol, lock-in, locked devices, mobile cloud, open standard, oscon
Feb
07
2008
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 about this experience in the next days): With enough lock-in, a company can protect its [...]
Tags: apple, business, competition, lock-in, microsoft, openstandard