It goes way back to when Borland had a program called sidekick for the PC. It made sense at a time when [one could] only run one program. |
It has gone through tremendous ups and downs. In the 1990s people were writing its epitaph on a daily basis. |
It is the first shot across the bows and Microsoft wants it to be heard around the world, |
It looks like a really hot product, |
It may not be the first time for Microsoft, but it's certainly a very, very different approach from what they've taken in the past. It'll be interesting to see how this product is marketed (following its official announcement), and how it' going to be positioned in the marketplace. |
It represents a big win for Apple and the Mac platform. But Apple doesn't represent a threat to AOL's business. Apple isn't a media company; it's not in online services. It's not the same threat as when Microsoft wanted interoperability. |
It solves a lot of potential hold-ups for Macintosh adoption. Mainstream users who are looking to buy a computer are going to take a second look at Mac. |
It was always clear that someone was going to do this. It gives users a great level of flexibility -- and it's hard to imagine that it's a bad thing for either Apple or Microsoft. |
It will be a challenge for Sony to grow in mass market retail outlets while at the same time maintaining the premium brand name associated with Sony. |
It will be interesting to see a couple of years down the road if we'll hear people grumbling that maybe all videos should be sold the same, maybe we're giving it too cheap. |
It's a bigger deal in name than in substance, ... Microsoft added some bells and whistles, but it's not a dramatic release. Unless you have a pressing need for one of the specific features that were added, it's not a product that most users will want to upgrade to. |
It's a bold move on Apple's part. I think it has potential for them to grow market share. |
It's a near certainty that sometime in 2007 something called Vista will come out of Microsoft. But it's certainly not going to be the product that Microsoft described years ago when it was called Longhorn. Key features have been removed and the product has still slipped several times. |
It's now going to be interesting to see if Microsoft will take this on. |
Keeping it persistently available is a pretty big deal. I can position things so I can be working on my e-mail or word processing and still have the information available. |