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Month: August, 2009

Is Microsoft a Software Company?

In response to the snarky line I had regarding Windows Vista in my post yesterday, Andrew made the point that Apple can afford to sell their new operating system at such a low price because they’re a hardware company and selling software cheaply encourages hardware adoption. (The implication being that Microsoft is a software company [...]

Affordable OS Updates

Apple releases their new operating system, dubbed Snow Leopard, on Friday, and the most interesting thing to me is the price. For users running the current Leopard version of OS X the price is only USD$29 (AUD$39). This is impulse purchase territory as far as I’m concerned and I’m eager to see what the uptake [...]

The Power of Design to Restrict

My blog has a new theme. It’s time to ditch Hemingway. The theme has served me well and it was hard to let it go after all the work I’d put in to adjusting it but I need to move on. Hemingway’s been a good example to me of the power of design. While this [...]