http://www.thommitchell.com Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:21:38 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=804 In 2010 – Blackberry is to Apple as Novell was to Microsoft circa 1994. As hard as it may be to remember back that far,  Microsoft was once an upstart that was derided for not being substantial enough to effectively serve business server and networking needs – suitable only for stand-alone PCs.  Novell was seen [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/feed/ 2 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:53:10 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=839 In a few short days the calendar will roll over two places leaving behind the aughts or zero years of the 21st century and heading into our century’s awkward teen years. And in the finest traditions of calendar journalism that means its time for a wrap-up or best of column. Today’s entry will announce the Inaugural Thom Mitchell winner of [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/feed/ 5 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/09/04/atts-missed-opportunity/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/09/04/atts-missed-opportunity/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:35:29 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=378 iPhone, iPhone, iPhone – some days that’s all I seem to hear. But underneath all the chatter I also hear this ongoing thread: “I wish Verizon had the iPhone because AT&T’s network is just plain awful”  or “I want an iPhone but not with AT&T” or in a boon for Blackberry “I wanted an iPhone but AT&T’s network [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/09/04/atts-missed-opportunity/feed/ 0