Comments for Cuothe IT Criticism & Curmudgeonery http://cuothe.pundit.ca Adam Cuothe's column cut's through IT industry analysis and PR Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:36:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on The Agassi Posture–SAP Proudly Passes into the Ages by Terber Kar http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2005/11/11/the-agassi-posture-sap-proudly-passes-into-the-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-4163 Terber Kar Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:36:36 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/?p=34#comment-4163 Nondimensionally preposterous. Unfoundedly guilty, hush your pup. You dang ole goofprick. I think you should head into town with old penelope and get yourself a hangertooth jacket, you umbilical pride miser. Hopefully reading this will make your pitts empty, "disenfranchised unit". I hope you monger better tomato! Nondimensionally preposterous. Unfoundedly guilty, hush your pup. You dang ole goofprick. I think you should head into town with old penelope and get yourself a hangertooth jacket, you umbilical pride miser. Hopefully reading this will make your pitts empty, “disenfranchised unit”. I hope you monger better tomato!

]]> Comment on The Agassi Posture–SAP Proudly Passes into the Ages by Thus Prate the IT Pundit » Sides of Subverting Open Source http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2005/11/11/the-agassi-posture-sap-proudly-passes-into-the-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Thus Prate the IT Pundit » Sides of Subverting Open Source Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:34:15 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/?p=34#comment-514 [...] Certainly, Microsoft and SAP have put effort and money into spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD), and both have publicly made, sometimes very strange statements about or against FOSS. Yet recently, both are putting some effort into releasing bits in an open source method or else funding some open source development. Rosenberg and Asay seem to think there is an ulterior motive, “Any outreach attempts from vendors who have worked for years to destroy open source should be taken with a grain of salt and a sharp eye cast on motivating factors.” [...] [...] Certainly, Microsoft and SAP have put effort and money into spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD), and both have publicly made, sometimes very strange statements about or against FOSS. Yet recently, both are putting some effort into releasing bits in an open source method or else funding some open source development. Rosenberg and Asay seem to think there is an ulterior motive, “Any outreach attempts from vendors who have worked for years to destroy open source should be taken with a grain of salt and a sharp eye cast on motivating factors.” [...]

]]> Comment on Microsoft’s Vision Goes ProClarity by adam http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2006/04/04/microsofts-vision-goes-proclarity/comment-page-1/#comment-37 adam Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:48:59 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2006/04/04/microsofts-vision-goes-proclarity/#comment-37 :-) One day at the company-wide meeting a fatherly CEO invited his employees to the boardroom for a silent sit-and-imagine session. His right arm (aka PR) gave the familiar gesture for everyone to imagine themselves in the lushest of lush gardens. By-and-by, an array of hydroponic greenery descended from the micropolkadot ceiling's well-oiled machinery. Lengthy vines rustled their fronds gently in the air-conditioned breeze. From the center of the meeting table a hidden door slid open and a gnarled rubber tree was elevated to view. The employees watched as the spotlight above, illuminated its leaves. Within minutes, the decomposition began and the shiny leaves turned dark brown. It's trunk shriveled and the branches fell. The employees breathed deeply while Lokken nodded his head toward the face of Bill Gates, which appeared in the fresh humus of the ol' rubber tree. :-)

One day at the company-wide meeting a fatherly CEO invited his employees to the boardroom for a silent sit-and-imagine session. His right arm (aka PR) gave the familiar gesture for everyone to imagine themselves in the lushest of lush gardens. By-and-by, an array of hydroponic greenery descended from the micropolkadot ceiling’s well-oiled machinery. Lengthy vines rustled their fronds gently in the air-conditioned breeze. From the center of the meeting table a hidden door slid open and a gnarled rubber tree was elevated to view. The employees watched as the spotlight above, illuminated its leaves. Within minutes, the decomposition began and the shiny leaves turned dark brown. It’s trunk shriveled and the branches fell. The employees breathed deeply while Lokken nodded his head toward the face of Bill Gates, which appeared in the fresh humus of the ol’ rubber tree.

]]> Comment on Microsoft’s Vision Goes ProClarity by Wade http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2006/04/04/microsofts-vision-goes-proclarity/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Wade Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:21:09 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2006/04/04/microsofts-vision-goes-proclarity/#comment-36 Oh, you'd be surprised by the insight provided by our decomposition tree visualization. We really talk like that. All the time. Oh, you’d be surprised by the insight provided by our decomposition tree visualization. We really talk like that. All the time.

]]> Comment on No End to E-commerce by dlantier http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2005/02/08/no-end-to-e-commerce/comment-page-1/#comment-16 dlantier Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:15:12 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2005/02/08/no-end-to-e-commerce/#comment-16 Good call on the Nokia press release, that is a perfect example of the "as yet unheard of" technologies on the commercial horizon. You've heard the stories of strangers plugging into one another's iPods, the Nokia Near Field Communication (NFC) shell can bring that sensation to a whole new level. Touch the phone, it's fun and cheap This brings to mind the oldest profession in the world... right off the streets and directly into your converged phone/PDA task list. Had the escort set some ambiance using her iPod evening collection, perhaps a little Nokia tap could suck out that musical memory (for a fee) and start a viral marketing trend toward one's friends. Why stop there, as the phone/PDA devices continue to merge, they're picking up photographic capabilities. It's conceivable that a john or two could want to capture the moment with a video memento to enjoy later. A little tap could automatically download, pay, verify via Internet bank system, and unlock digital rights access (unless you're using an open source phone). In the end, you'll probably be able to beam the receipt to your accounting software. Good call on the Nokia press release, that is a perfect example of the “as yet unheard of” technologies on the commercial horizon. You’ve heard the stories of strangers plugging into one another’s iPods, the Nokia Near Field Communication (NFC) shell can bring that sensation to a whole new level. Touch the phone, it’s fun and cheap

This brings to mind the oldest profession in the world… right off the streets and directly into your converged phone/PDA task list. Had the escort set some ambiance using her iPod evening collection, perhaps a little Nokia tap could suck out that musical memory (for a fee) and start a viral marketing trend toward one’s friends. Why stop there, as the phone/PDA devices continue to merge, they’re picking up photographic capabilities. It’s conceivable that a john or two could want to capture the moment with a video memento to enjoy later. A little tap could automatically download, pay, verify via Internet bank system, and unlock digital rights access (unless you’re using an open source phone). In the end, you’ll probably be able to beam the receipt to your accounting software.

]]> Comment on No End to E-commerce by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2005/02/08/no-end-to-e-commerce/comment-page-1/#comment-15 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:14:41 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2005/02/08/no-end-to-e-commerce/#comment-15 I don't think we've reached a saturation point for retail ease of use. The much hyped m-commerce is becoming a reality. At the 3GSM 2005 conference in Cannes, Nokia unveiled its new Nokia 3220 phone that is supports "Near Field Communication" (NFC) for m-commerce: your phone acts link a wireless debit card at your retail check-out. http://press.nokia.com/PR/200411/966879_5.html David, I would also be curious to read more about your thoughts on mobile phones vs PDAs and how converged mobile phone/PDAs can become an enabling "platform" for enterprise users (from IT to execs). I don’t think we’ve reached a saturation point for retail ease of use. The much hyped m-commerce is becoming a reality. At the 3GSM 2005 conference in Cannes, Nokia unveiled its new Nokia 3220 phone that is
supports “Near Field Communication” (NFC) for m-commerce: your phone acts link a wireless debit card at your retail check-out.

http://press.nokia.com/PR/200411/966879_5.html

David, I would also be curious to read more about your thoughts on mobile phones vs PDAs and how converged mobile phone/PDAs can become an enabling “platform” for enterprise users (from IT to execs).

]]> Comment on Are You Being Informed? BI for Everyone by dlantier http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2005/01/13/are-you-being-informed-bi-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-14 dlantier Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:14:02 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2005/01/13/are-you-being-informed-bi-for-everyone/#comment-14 Well Anonymous CP you touch on an important subject here. Thanks for offering the link to the Cluetrain Manifesto, which I've always felt throws up some conscientious points--all worth considering especially if you're a corporate employee lacking a proper background in the history of Internet and web evolution. Take for example, number twenty-five. "Companies need to come down from their Ivory Towers and talk to the people with whom they hope to create relationships." These days the towers are so soiled, you wouldn't talk about Ivory except as a disinfectant. Well Anonymous CP you touch on an important subject here. Thanks for offering the link to the Cluetrain Manifesto, which I’ve always felt throws up some conscientious points–all worth considering especially if you’re a corporate employee lacking a proper background in the history of Internet and web evolution. Take for example, number twenty-five.

“Companies need to come down from their Ivory Towers and talk to the people with whom they hope to create relationships.”

These days the towers are so soiled, you wouldn’t talk about Ivory except as a disinfectant.

]]> Comment on Are You Being Informed? BI for Everyone by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2005/01/13/are-you-being-informed-bi-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-12 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:12:34 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2005/01/13/are-you-being-informed-bi-for-everyone/#comment-12 David, what about Customer Intelligence (CI) on the corporate desktop? The <a href="http://www.cluetrain.com">Cluetrain Manifesto</a> describes a future where business is a conversation: two-way communication between business and customers, supply and demand. CI can close that conversation loop, bring customers into the business development cycle. cp David, what about Customer Intelligence (CI) on the corporate desktop? The Cluetrain Manifesto describes a future where business is a conversation: two-way communication between business and customers, supply and demand. CI can close that conversation loop, bring customers into the business development cycle.

cp

]]> Comment on Are You Being Informed? BI for Everyone by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2005/01/13/are-you-being-informed-bi-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-11 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:12:10 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2005/01/13/are-you-being-informed-bi-for-everyone/#comment-11 David, Many thanks for linking to Earth Info! I will endeavour to hold your interest. All best wishes Matt David,

Many thanks for linking to Earth Info!

I will endeavour to hold your interest.

All best wishes

Matt

]]> Comment on Oh the Toil by dlantier http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2004/12/09/oh-the-toil/comment-page-1/#comment-10 dlantier Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:11:16 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2004/12/09/oh-the-toil/#comment-10 Mike, that sounds like a good way of approaching the problem but how do you assess the meaning of the data? BI applications will be useful toward certain situations, what is on the market though that can keep an ongoing and real time assessment of a company's ERP usage? Suppose you implement something to do this, you've still got to tie all of that data into a constantly updating information system modeled on what all the vendors can do for you. Perhaps this is a good opportunity for some bright analyst firm. Mike, that sounds like a good way of approaching the problem but how do you assess the meaning of the data? BI applications will be useful toward certain situations, what is on the market though that can keep an ongoing and real time assessment of a company’s ERP usage? Suppose you implement something to do this, you’ve still got to tie all of that data into a constantly updating information system modeled on what all the vendors can do for you. Perhaps this is a good opportunity for some bright analyst firm.

]]> Comment on Oh the Toil by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2004/12/09/oh-the-toil/comment-page-1/#comment-9 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:10:56 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2004/12/09/oh-the-toil/#comment-9 Capturing user requirements/etc annually sounds like a lot of work. Maybe the solution is to collect user requirements and feedback in real-time, through the year. If your ERP applications are properly factored and dynamic, data collection can be a continuous, optimizing process. Mike Peteg Capturing user requirements/etc annually sounds like a lot of work. Maybe the solution is to collect user requirements and feedback in real-time, through the year. If your ERP applications are properly factored and dynamic, data collection can be a continuous, optimizing process.

Mike Peteg

]]> Comment on The Insidious Sound of Swarming by dlantier http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2004/12/13/the-insidious-sound-of-swarming/comment-page-1/#comment-8 dlantier Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:10:14 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2004/12/13/the-insidious-sound-of-swarming/#comment-8 I think you're right on, Mike. Ever cut into your index finger while preparing dinner? You sometimes see that very visceral blend of blood with scattered water droplets on the countertop. Then you realize that you're tearing up, not because of the cut itself but because of the onion scent quietly, invisibly, invading your nostrils. My recommendation? Intraware should buy Onion Networks. I think you’re right on, Mike. Ever cut into your index finger while preparing dinner? You sometimes see that very visceral blend of blood with scattered water droplets on the countertop. Then you realize that you’re tearing up, not because of the cut itself but because of the onion scent quietly, invisibly, invading your nostrils. My recommendation? Intraware should buy Onion Networks.

]]> Comment on The Insidious Sound of Swarming by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2004/12/13/the-insidious-sound-of-swarming/comment-page-1/#comment-7 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:09:34 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2004/12/13/the-insidious-sound-of-swarming/#comment-7 David, sounds like Intraware is providing a vertical enterprise solution to enable IT to slipstream software patches, elevating swarming technology from simply an active network to network platform with extensible APIs. Mike Peteg David, sounds like Intraware is providing a vertical enterprise solution to enable IT to slipstream software patches, elevating swarming technology from simply an active network to network platform with extensible APIs.

Mike Peteg

]]> Comment on C-Level Mindreading by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2004/12/14/c-level-mindreading/comment-page-1/#comment-6 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:08:34 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2004/12/14/c-level-mindreading/#comment-6 The flip side of reading body language is speaking body language. As an IT consultant, I have become much more successful since I've learned to speak body language. I can put my customers at easy, more easily engaging them and soliciting their project requirements. And it doesn't hurt with the ladies, either. Dale Carnegie's <em>How to Win Friends and Influence People</em> is a classic introduction and a great place to start. The flip side of reading body language is speaking body language. As an IT consultant, I have become much more successful since I’ve learned to speak body language. I can put my customers at easy, more easily engaging them and soliciting their project requirements. And it doesn’t hurt with the ladies, either.

Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic introduction and a great place to start.

]]> Comment on C-Level Mindreading by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2004/12/14/c-level-mindreading/comment-page-1/#comment-5 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:07:34 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2004/12/14/c-level-mindreading/#comment-5 The flip side of reading body language is speaking body language. As an IT consultant, I have become much more successful since I've learned to speak body language. I can put my customers at easy, more easily engaging them and soliciting their project requirements. And it doesn't hurt with the ladies, either. Win Friends and Influence People is a classic introduction and a great place to start. The flip side of reading body language is speaking body language. As an IT consultant, I have become much more successful since I’ve learned to speak body language. I can put my customers at easy, more easily engaging them and soliciting their project requirements. And it doesn’t hurt with the ladies, either. Win Friends and Influence People is a classic introduction and a great place to start.

]]> Comment on Gripping the Grid by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2004/12/21/gripping-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-4 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:06:33 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2004/12/21/gripping-the-grid/#comment-4 David, what are the security implications of automatic allocation of Grid computing resources? Any system that thinks it is "smarter" than its admins is a security risk. How easily can admins monitor system activity? mp David, what are the security implications of automatic allocation of Grid computing resources? Any system that thinks it is “smarter” than its admins is a security risk. How easily can admins monitor system activity?

mp

]]> Comment on You Can’t Make Money from Open Source? by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2004/11/08/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:05:34 +0000 /?p=1#comment-3 It is impressive how lately, lotsa different companies are offering analyses on open source services. I do not know what that signifies in a bigger picture. Don't proprietary companies offer these too? Doesn't it just mean that the open source ones aren't going to be able to make as much money? It is impressive how lately, lotsa different companies are offering analyses on open source services. I do not know what that signifies in a bigger picture. Don’t proprietary companies offer these too? Doesn’t it just mean that the open source ones aren’t going to be able to make as much money?

]]> Comment on Oracle Versus PeopleSoft in an Odyssey of the Diseased by anonymous http://cuothe.pundit.ca/2004/11/18/oracle-versus-peoplesoft-in-an-odyssey-of-the-diseased/comment-page-1/#comment-2 anonymous Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:04:43 +0000 http://www.cuothe.com/index.php/2005/08/09/oracle-versus-peoplesoft-in-an-odyssey-of-the-diseased/#comment-2 Dave - not sure I get your whole take on this thing but it sounds right and cracks me up. Today I read about mroe delays - looks like the both might self-destruct. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4040265.stm Dave – not sure I get your whole take on this thing but it sounds right and cracks me up. Today I read about mroe delays – looks like the both might self-destruct.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4040265.stm

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