Miko Matsumura Enterprise Software Executive Technologist

Unboxing and new laptop batteries

Hi folks, A bit off topic, but there seems to be a bit of debate out there about what to do with a new laptop or netbook. For techies, the impulse is to unbox and get hands-on as quickly as possible. This impulse comes from deep within what Sigmund Freud identified as the Id, anatomically associated with the brain stem and the thalamus, the brain's primitive center of sex and aggression. Here is an example of the appropriate emotions that technology nerds experience when they hear the...

Disruption in Data?

Philip Howard’s piece titled Merchant relational databases: over-engineered and out-of-date? is a fascinating look at some emerging trends in Database technology. The research piece references a recently published paper by Michael Stonebraker et al. It states: We conclude that the current RDBMS code lines, while attempting to be a “one size fits all” solution, in fact, excel at nothing. Hence, they are 25 year old legacy code lines that should be retired in favor of a collection...

microsoft yahoo: news analysis

Game on microsoft! Conference Call Details Here Microsoft’s PowerPoint preso about it is here The four themes are: Expanded R&D capacity Emerging User Experiences Scale Economics and Operational Efficiencies I’ll talk most about Emerging User Experiences, especially in Mobile Microsoft takes the fight to google with unsolicited 45 billion dollar acquisition offer. 62pct premium over street price. Damn! Henry Blodget has the financials. Unsolicited offer–the...

microsoft yahoo: news analysis

Game on microsoft! Microsoft takes the fight to google with unsolicited 45 billion dollar acquisition offer. 60pct premium over street price. Damn! Big implications for the consumerization of the enterprise and of course the future of the compute...