Cringely on Adobe

If the highest art of war is to conquer without engaging in battle, pehaps even without anyone realizing you’re even fighting, then Adobe may prove to be the greatest warrior. Bob Cringely, writing about Adobe last week in his usual long-range, strategic view, answered the questions, what kind of hand is Adobe holding really, and where does it think it’s quietly going?

IM IN YR LEXICON DISTROYIN YR LANGWIJ

The title is a reference to those “lolcats” from the impossibly popular I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?. Yesterday Graywolf’s SEO Blog did a post entitled: Wikipedia I’m in Ur Index Rulin’ Ur Serpz which was his own reference to these ungrammatical, speech-impeded felines. I am disappointed in myself for giving these folks any link love. I am also disappointed in Hunter and Associates for publishing this as a guest post, given their unbending loyalty to proper grammar, not to mention proper spelling. But that’s the point I’d like to make, these lovable fur balls are winning our hearts over to deplorable written communication.

Foremski Exults That the iPhone Will Break the Telco Stranglehold

We exult with Valley watcher Tom Foremski as he explains what Apple has done with the iPhone: namely, slipped a Wi-Fi trojan horse into the Telcos’ deathgrip on the cellphone future. iPhone, says Foremski, will blow the “cartel” apart. This is turn will unleash massive creative forces. It’s a beautiful picture he paints.

In his recent post entitled - wait for it - “The Trojan Horse iPhone: How Apple will Break the Back of the Wireless Telco Cartel and Trigger Silicon Valley’s Next Boom Cycle” Foremski lays out the compelling arguments for the scenario.

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