Bill Gates loves Waterloo, Ont., particularly computer science and
engineering students at the local university. In a talk/recruiting
drive yesterday, he extolled about the exciting prospects for the
industry and how the software giant is well-positioned. "Software is the place
where the action is", he enthused. As an ardent believer in the
proliferation of Web-based services, I wonder how Microsoft will do
given it's still a desktop-centric software company. My take is it's the
browser where the action is happening rather than the OS as
more people gravitate to online services and applications. In a column
in today's National Post, I contend Microsoft risks falling behind
Google, AOL and Yahoo as we head into Web 2.0 or whatever you want to
call it. This take solicited an e-mail arguing Microsoft is right in the
middle of the action with an online portfolio that includes MSN, Hotmail and
instant-messaging (an application enhanced with the recent agreement
with Yahoo). Maybe as someone who hasn't used IE for years, I've got a
bias against Microsoft even though I still use Outlook, Windows and
Office. Maybe I'm under-estimating Microsoft's ability to change
(Titanics can change directions, right?). Maybe I'm simply caught up in the
hype surrounding Google, even though it's still a one-trick pony
(search/paid-placement). Maybe I've never recovered from a disastrous
interview with an uninspired and frazzled Gates several years ago in
the back of a limousine. When it comes to Microsoft, I'm on the fence
to see if an old dog can learn new tricks.
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Friday, October 14
The Bill Gates Show Rolls in Canada
by
Mark Evans
on Fri 14 Oct 2005 11:50 AM EDT
Canada's Telecom Hall of Fame Opens its Doors
by
Mark Evans
on Fri 14 Oct 2005 07:40 AM EDT
 In Canada, there are hall of fames for curling and ringette so why not one for the telecom industry? After more than two years of planning, the Canadian Telecommunications Hall of Fame has named its first inductees. Two of them need no introduction: telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell and entrepreneur Terry Matthews, who co-founded Mitel (with Michael Cowpland) and started Newbridge. Many people are likely unfamiliar with Reginald Fessenden and Charles Fleetford Sise.
Fessenden was the first person to demonstrate voice and music could
travel over wireless networks - before Marconi invented the radio -
while Sise started Bell Canada and ran it for 35 years from 1880 to
1915. The other five inductees are ex-CRTC vice-chair David Colville, consultants Ian and Lis Angus, academic Hudson Janisch and John Chapman,
who played a key role in the development of Canada's space and
satellite sectors. The hall of fame is the brain-child of lawyer Lorne Abugov,
who eventually wants to build a physical hall in Brantford, Ont., the
home of Alexander Graham Bell and, of course, hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky. |
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