Tragedy of Shakespearian Proportions in IT at Robert Pogson

Shakespeare loved to tell tales of big egos brought low by delusions of grandeur. There are several such stories playing out in IT these days:

Oracle v Google
Apple v World
Acer v Acer

The latter is interesting. Acer was the darling of the world selling netbooks with/without GNU/Linux all over the world. They innovated, getting banks and ISP into their sales channels. They reached the #2 spot behind HP briefly. Then smart thingies made a big move and Acer ditched its leader who suggested running with smart thingies. Now Acer has lost growth and is actually losing money as people are grabbing smart thingies instead of notebooks… Talk about chickens coming home to roost and loss of face… and they still don’t get it. The new guy is denying reality, claiming tablets are a flash in the pan (misfire in a flintlock firearm). Others predict a bright future for tablets with or without Acer and M$.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.