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  Steve 2:13 PM on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Apple (38), Microsoft (10), OS X (2), Windows (3)   

  Apple vs. Microsoft: Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7 

  Apple [AAPL] and Microsoft [MSFT] have had a long history of competition, and in some cases, collaboration.

  This time ’round, it’s the comparison between the two companies’ flagship operating systems: OS X 10.6 (also known as Snow Leopard) and Windows 7.

  There are a couple of interesting op-ed pieces about this:

  • Windows 7 is darn good; Apple OSX Snow Leopard is a upgrade dog (Yobie Benjamin)
  • Windows 7 Keeps the Good and Tries to Fix Flaws (David Pogue)

  Guess which slant/approach each of the columnists has?

   

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  Steve 1:53 PM on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Adobe, Google (10), Omniture   

  Adobe Systems [ADBE] has announced that it will buy Omniture [OMTR].

  While it sounds like a great deal for Omniture, it does not quite make sense for Adobe, except for the oddity known as tracking Flash access metrics. Flash is an oddball interpreted secondary-runtime based display technology that has lasted quite some time, with gradual changes to its performance and development aspects.

  Does expanding outside of its graphics roots to encompass Web metrics allow Adobe to bolster its development tools portfolio, or does it place the company squarely in the targeting sights of Google [GOOG]?

   
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  Steve 7:45 AM on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Microsoft (10), Windows (3)   

  Windows 7 Released Today 

  Today is the big day for Windows Vista owners: the long-anticipated upgrade for their Vista systems is being released today.

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    Steve 2:07 PM on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Here’s David Pogue’s op-ed (originally from the NY Times, and reprinted on CNBC’s site) about Windows 7. It discusses more of the user-related concerns about the product, and if you’re familiar with David, you know that there’s always the inevitable comparisons with Apple’s [AAPL] OS X current version.

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/33418676

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  Steve 1:00 AM on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Apple (38), Microsoft (10), retail   

  Microsoft Retail Store Opening Today 

  Microsoft’s [MSFT] first retail store is opening today in Scottsdale, Arizona. Exciting, right?

  Although Windows 7 may be the big draw today, since its official release date is today, I can’t help but wonder how attractive the Xbox 360 platform plays in the retail space, especially if Microsoft allows for a greater breadth of game and accessory selection than, say, the neighborhood Walmart [WMT] or Best Buy [BBY] outlets.

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    Steve 2:04 PM on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Here’s an op-ed about the Microsoft Retail Store launch:

    http://finchannel.com/Main_News/Tech/50041_New_Retail_Stores_Connect_Consumers_With_the_Best_of_Microsoft/