Posts by ijoyner

Seems Java has got beyond a joke. Maybe we need decent virtual machine technology like Unisys (Burroughs) ClearPath MCP (B5000) systems, the ultimate programming environment. Or ideas from the B1700. JVM seems to be based on these...

Wow, the IIGS brings back memories. We had a prerelease GS at NetComm (Australia) in an ordinary Apple II case and sworn to secrecy. If anyone passed by they thought I was just working on the Apple II (of course NetComm's secret weapon...

The fact that they want to run full Windows on a tablet means they still just don't get it!

Late... creating hardware to support software the idea goes back to 1961, Bob Barton and the Burroughs B5000: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/AFIPS.1961.4 Burroughs, Xerox PARC, and Apple have been much more into...

A good historical lesson. IBM did not get into the PC market for fear of canibalizing mainframe sales of 360 and 34/36/38s. Worrying about current products against the relentless march of technology and believing your company is so...

Hi Ascii I was going to mention that Granny Smith was buried at St Anne's Ryde. I've seen her grave there!

"However, public filings show that last year, for the first time, both Apple and Google spent more on purchasing and litigating patents than research and development of new products." Great the lawyers win again whatever the outcome....

Typical new-recruit manager. Just change what's working, try to put your own stamp on what's working, trip everyone up, move in your own people to establish your power position.... AND kill the goose that laid the golden egg. If your...

Quote: Originally Posted by souliisoul    Well I know In Mumbai there was no shortest of Apple products, is CROMA in your city, since that stocks majority of apple items. Anything in Colaba? I did get...

Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu  More interesting for me is that by reading this article I have learnt that India now has a symbol for the Rupee. They always just used Rs. , but as of July 2010 they have a symbol...