Stuff I’m Thinking About…
January 26th, 2012
As an analyst for Directions on Microsoft covering the Windows OS, patents, and miscellaneous IT issues, every day I read and analyze a large number of articles, stories, blogs and other opinions from a variety of sources.
These sources are the raw input of analysis, which has to be read and evaluated. They have to be compared against other information. Some may be important—most are not. Some may be interesting—most are not. Some may be facts—most are rumors. Some may affect and change my opinion—most will not.
So, think about these articles as pieces of a special jigsaw puzzle: Put them together one way and you’ll get one picture. Put them together another way, you’ll get another picture. Save a piece for a couple of days, and use it with the new pieces for yet another picture.
None of the pictures is correct—just different.
Welcome to analysis!
Windows 7
Windows 8
Challenges Ahead for Windows 8 on ARM.
I’ve Reduced the Windows 8 Architecture Slide.
Windows Server
Windows Embedded
Internet Explorer and Browsers
Virtualization and Hosting
Tablets, SmartPhones, and PCs
Tablets Invade Big Businesses as Employees Bring Their iPads to Work.
Misc
Europe Proposes a ‘Right to be Forgotten’.
MSFT: Making Privacy Work for Everybody.
Major Symantec Breach Highlights Risks of Running Old Software.
Other Tech Writers and Analysts
Sites
Associated Press Top Technology News
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Paul Thurrott’s Supersite for Windows
