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Twitter hack an inconvenience of new infrastructure

July 16, 2009

Analysis of:Lessons from Twitter's security breach | news.cnet.com

New infrastructure companies frequently face challenges like this that result in better procedures and more robust systems.Railroads had to contend with developing standard time zonesMore recently new infrastructure companies like salesforce.com had to deal with uptime and transparency issues.The important point is not that the problem occurred but HOW the company dealt with it.

THE TIMES GETS IT WRONG--BIG TIME

July 16, 2009

Analysis of:Chrome vs. Bing vs. You and Me | www.nytimes.com

This article has absolutely nothing to do with (OK, maybe a little) with how or why Google and Microsoft are duking it out over search and operating systems. Microsoft pioneered a very successful portfolio strategy in the 1980s when it began developing Windows. It had a great business going but needed something new to fuel growth. At the time there were five major projects ongoing, none of which had adequate funding. The strategy was to throw new products at the market and to see what stuck. You may recall that it was version 3.1 of Windows that took off. Neither company is engaging in conflict for the fun of it. Google sees weakness in Microsoft's aging hegemony in desktop operating systems and office products. Microsoft is looking for an opportunity to leapfrog Google in search. This is pure evolutionary tactical thinking. You don't get to the point where you have bet the company products unless you engage in this sort of dust up.

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