Valleywag (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
PBS pundit Robert X. Cringely says he realized at last week's MIT Technology Review conference that cloud computing means, in short, "No database." Cringely sees it as the end of Oracle's dominance... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Newmark's Door (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
. . . according to Robert X. Cringely, and today's "post-industrial" management requires more leadership. I think it's too strong. Plenty of organizations would do fine just to have better old-fashioned management. But he's probably right that some organizations would...
Around the Corner v2 - MGuhlin.net (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
How would this apply to you, as a leader in ed-leadership in schools or ed-tech? theodp writes "Instead of laying off techies who directly help users, Robert X. Cringely argues that the best place to cut IT organizations is at the top. One of the great problems in IT management, Cringely says, is that the big bosses typically haven't a clue what is happening, what needs to happen,...
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
... notice that it lists nostreet address for his company, BayTSP, just a post office box,” said Robert X. Cringely in 2002, going on: “This is for good reason, since Ishikawa is one of the few Silicon Valley CEOs who regularly receives death threats. Uninvited visitors are not welcome at BayTSP, which hasa post office box in Los Gatos, CA, but could really be anywhere in the Bay Area....
Computer World (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
... could potentially distract the company and affect the quality of its core search engines.Today's Robert X. Cringely® adds:It was 10 years ago today, Serge and Larry taught the band to play -- and the world to search the Net. Has Google truly changed the way we live on the Net? And is the search giant on the decline?It hardly seems possible that Google is now a tween. But it's true:...
Computerworld Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
... could potentially distract the company and affect the quality of its core search engines.Today's Robert X. Cringely® adds:It was 10 years ago today, Serge and Larry taught the band to play -- and the world to search the Net. Has Google truly changed the way we live on the Net? And is the search giant on the decline?It hardly seems possible that Google is now a tween. But it's true:...
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
... and seriously flawed. I first brought this to light on Monday, and the story was picked by Robert X. Cringely who, in The RIAA’s comic crusade , spoke with Lorri Montgomery, NCSC director of communications. She told him »»» The book was reviewed by several legal scholars (also not affiliated with the recording industry). The books are used in jury rooms to instruct jurors on the differences...
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
p2pnet news view RIAA | Freedom | P2P:- If a post by Robert X. Cringely on my NCSC, RIAA comic: The Case of Internet Piracy story is right, I’m wrong. “America’s National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has an intriguing project in hand,” I said yesterday, going on: “Its Justice Case Files, described as a series [...]
