Published by Robert Pogson August 1st, 2012
in technology.
“not that long ago, people’s most sophisticated computing experience was at work, and computing was limited at home. Now, in most cases, the opposite is true. The consumerization of IT is a result of the availability of excellent devices, interfaces and applications with minimal learning curves. As a result of using these well-designed devices, people have become more sophisticated users of technology, and the individual has been empowered. People expect access to similar functionality across all their roles and make fewer distinctions between work and non-work activities”.
Right on!
My “little woman” is typical of the new user of IT. She is the least sophisticated IT user I could imagine, yet she has several computers including two notebooks and a smart phone as well as a desktop. Her desktop has her own ftp server and she can access her files from anywhere in the house, securely. She has a FaceBook page and networks with others who a few years ago were challenged by the file-system of any PC or poking around a menu.
However, Gartner still does not seem to realize that software is information and FLOSS is a natural part of the contemplated new world order. The world can make its own software and FLOSS like GNU/Linux, LibreOffice and FireFox are just as much a part of the future as FaceBook and tablets for all the same reasons. People need to do things with IT and Wintel is in the way. The platform of the future needs to lead, follow or get out of the way. There is no room for tyrannical software empires dictating to the masses and taxing IT.
see Gartner Says Nexus of Forces Social, Mobile Cloud and Information – Is the Basis of the Technology Platform of the Future.
- Robert Pogson
Published by Robert Pogson August 1st, 2012
in technology.
Canalys, almost getting the definition of personal computer right, names Apple as the number one shipper in Q2 and points out that M$ is down to 73% of units shipped. If they included smart phones as computers, that share would be below 50%. Tablets account for 22% of PCs shipped according to Canalys. M$ is shipping on 73%/0.78 = 93% of non-tablet PCs by their reckoning. I doubt that or M$ would be shipping way more than 50 million licences for “7″ per quarter and would have a much higher share of web stats. No, clearly Canalys is not counting some PCs. Incidentally, Canalys share is about the same as reported by Wikimedia (70% for that other OS). Wikimedia shows 105/121 = 84% that other OS for “non-mobile”.
“Canalys has advised PC vendors (Microsoft’s OEMs) to postpone launches of Windows RT pads until Microsoft rethinks the high license fee. Chris Jones, Canalys VP and Principal Analyst, added, ‘Microsoft has upset some partners by bringing its own hardware to market. Marketing, distributing and servicing such hardware profitably is hard. Once the Surface makes a material dent in Microsoft’s P&L, it will need to repair relationships with PC vendors, who are already preparing lists of demands.’”
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“Canalys defines a client PC as a computing device designed to be operated by an individual and positioned to serve a broad range of purposes, achieved by running third-party applications, some of which can work independently of a network connection. When designed to be portable, it must be able to function without mains power and have a built-in display of at least 7 inches in diagonal.”
With less than 3 months remaining before “8″ is shipped the whole world is set to ignore M$. On top of everything, M$ is demanding none of the ARMed machines upon which “8″ will be released will be able to turn of “secure boot”. Can you see lawsuits over that one? I think it will be easier for the world just not to ship any ARMed PCs with “8″ so M$ can sink into oblivion that much faster.
OEMs should not tie themselves to the anchor of a sinking ship. The best possible outcome for Wintel is static shipments. That does not seem sustainable with the huge growth of tablets and smart phones. Those are displacing some x86 PCs and that erosion will continue for the foreseeable future.
see 2012 will bring new world record in PC shipments | Canalys.
- Robert Pogson
Published by Robert Pogson August 1st, 2012
in technology.
M$ is killing the Hotmail brand and replacing it with Outlook.com…
Microsoft said that in many cases email had become a "chore" because its users accounts had become "overloaded" with material.
…not to mention spam-filled, the reason I quite Hotmail many years ago, and unreliable. I doubt changing the brand will dig M$’s e-mail service out from under its burden of being run by a bunch of salesmen.
see BBC News – Hotmail to be replaced by Outlook.com in Microsoft switch.
- Robert Pogson
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