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/2010/01/11/tablet-tabula-rasa/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/11/tablet-tabula-rasa/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:43:47 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=908 Despite having used and abandoned multiple tablets over the years, I’m still looking forward to Apple’s much anticipated iSlate, iPad or iMustHaveIt Tablet (or whatever it will be called). Of course those old tablets were used primarily for work, and the new Apple tablet is primarily a consumer device that might augment my professional life with no intention [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/11/tablet-tabula-rasa/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/09/14/ipod-ruminations/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/09/14/ipod-ruminations/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:20:11 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=357 What’s next for Apple? The venerable iPod is almost 8 years old, but it wasn’t always the market maker it is today. For the first three years iPod sales were less than stellar because those first iPods only worked with Apple computers, this at a time when Apple had only 4% of the computer market. Sales reflected that limping along [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/09/14/ipod-ruminations/feed/ 0