JamieG Analysis

As a developer I have noticed of late that it is much easier to get into development.  Development tools are all FREE, or can be obtained for a generous period for free and with greatly reduced cost compared to 5-10 years ago.
So what is going on.  Development tools are expensive to develop. Why are they [...]

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Apple, Microsoft, LINUX, the show down is coming.  An OS war to make all past OS wars look like a snow ball fight, is coming.  When will it hit…  Look for the sign of the “7″.
Seriously, there has never been a more interesting time for operating systems.  They are mature.  They make your breakfast in [...]

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Recent trends developing between the big IT players, Google and Microsoft, are starting to paint a very interesting picture.  At PDC, Microsoft recent developer conference, they have announced Azure.  What is Azure? Well, it is Microsoft answer to Google and the future business model to carry Microsoft forward in a future where operating systems and [...]

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A long time ago, before I started this blog (Over 2 years ago), I spent a lot of time on writing comments to other blogs.  Specifically about DRM and its only real roll, if it had any at all, in the future of digital media. In general I was usually flamed with no one even [...]

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An interesting post on TechCrunch was pointed out to me today by Philip Hodgetts.  Philip has been putting his acceptance behind the open-web based around the push by Apple into WebKit/javascript and Javascript frameworks like Sproutcore. (Note this can also now be said for Google and the new Chrome browser) Today we have another contender [...]

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