Oct
17
2008
My architecture professors repeated ad infinitum that an image is worth a thousand words. Following is a pictures that clearly shows how Apple will dramatically increase its revenues in the next year:
It’s not (only) the cool design or the (un)cool software: it’s mainly the reduced (~60%) bill of material you see in the picture (compare [...]
Tags: apple, disruption, innovation, marketing, revenues, strategy
Apr
22
2008
Lots of talking about Microsoft lately. As I expected, Ray Ozzie’s public appearances are increasing with declarations of love for the magic word interoperability and with a new, more open, attitude. I believe it’s true that “Microsoft fundamentally, as a whole, has changed dramatically as a result of open source,” as Ozzie said.
Roberto wrote a [...]
Tags: antitrust, business, floss, free software, innovation, interoperability, microsoft, ozzie, strategy
