Comments on: Big news for Small Pieces

By: Doc Searls

Doc Searls — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:53:49 +0000

Thanks for the pointer, Don.

I love the analogy. As Mike suggests, when you subtract the buzzjive from the memo, you’ve still got a new walled garden. Need to read it more carefully, though. It’s hard without antihistamines.

The Sony analogy reminds me of how, a few years back, I asked somebody at Sony’s CES booth why they were letting Apple clean their clock, and didn’t have handheld devices that recorded in and played back in MP3, Ogg, or something other than their own silly ATRAC codec. The guy told me they needed to “protect” their “content” products in their entertainment divisions from “piracy”. I replied, “That must be the ’synergy’ I’ve been hearing about.”

By: Mike Warot

Mike Warot — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:32:41 +0000

This doesn’t change anything for Microsoft, it merely prolongs the life of the desktop by virtualizing it a bit. You still have folders of stuff, instead of microcontent. You still have a single sign on authority, Microsoft’s LiveID, instead of OpenID. You still have a system which has to have everything virus scanned.
It really doesn’t change squat.
–Mike–

By: Don Marti

Don Marti — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:16:21 +0000

HTML copy of that memo. A maker of desktop and browser software going into into online advertising is like the maker of the Walkman buying a music label.

By: mary hodder

mary hodder — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:25:51 +0000

you totally crack me up doc. funny. ( mean the sex change remark.. it’s perfect).