tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post5815828953309819073..comments2024-03-25T21:41:06.801-07:00Comments on Mobile Opportunity: The sad (but respectable) demise of Microsoft SpotMichael Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-79251685904831293352008-05-01T23:45:00.000-07:002008-05-01T23:45:00.000-07:00Dang, John, I was almost done with my post on the ...Dang, John, I was almost done with my post on the IBM 360.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the iPhone suggestion, but the one I've got my eye on is the iPod Touch (I've always been a two-piece guy)...Michael Macehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-36572449564014452682008-04-30T12:01:00.000-07:002008-04-30T12:01:00.000-07:00I get the sense you've been resisting, but I think...I get the sense you've been resisting, but I think you ought to give the iPhone a good go this June, when the SDK (and perhaps iPhone 2.0) are out.<BR/><BR/>It would be a good balance to writing about the long list of mobile items receding into history (Palm, SPOT, Microsoft Mobile, etc).JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-68288322614837008952008-04-28T23:53:00.000-07:002008-04-28T23:53:00.000-07:00Thanks for the info, Phillip. Very interesting st...Thanks for the info, Phillip. Very interesting stuff.<BR/><BR/><B>Stefan wrote:</B><BR/><BR/><I>>>I simply can not wait to hear what you have to say about Microsoft Mesh.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, man, that's a huge subject. I'm still trying to get my head around everything that Microsoft has been doing. I think it's pretty clear that they want to assemble a comprehensive alternative to the open source web apps ecosystem. It's an incredibly ambitious plan, and I don't understand all the pieces of it, but at least it's worthy of a company of Microsoft's size.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for asking, and I'll see if I can pull together a post on it.Michael Macehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-6296119322273301682008-04-28T22:29:00.000-07:002008-04-28T22:29:00.000-07:00I worked for one of the terminal manufacturers whe...I worked for one of the terminal manufacturers when Spot was initially ramped up. The big questions - e.g. how does it hold up against the (true) competitive set? - could never be answered.<BR/><BR/>The whole exercise drew our best and brightest away from far more compelling core business cases. The company is still paying the price.<BR/><BR/>So here's an additional lesson; when you're a small fish be highly diligent before you jump into an experimental tank with a big fish - lest you be eaten...or left high and dry.<BR/><BR/>Ask the big questions, and interpret no answer as a very stong indicator.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Michael...you rock.Phillip Lindberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744508513400684335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-43432665964889151292008-04-28T00:25:00.000-07:002008-04-28T00:25:00.000-07:00.NET Microframework - the technology behind SPOT -...<A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?&q=.net+microframework" REL="nofollow">.NET Microframework</A> - the technology behind SPOT - is well alive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-675297225641093322008-04-27T23:57:00.000-07:002008-04-27T23:57:00.000-07:00Sort of, kind of, not really related, but I simply...Sort of, kind of, not really related, but I simply can not wait to hear what you have to say about Microsoft Mesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com