RIM running scared...

I owned a Blackberry for 3 years before I got an iPhone 2 years ago. In the 3 years I owned a Blackberry, they did absolutely nothing to create any type of application marketplace. Trying to find apps for the blackberry was like hunting for white truffles in Northern Italy, hard and expensive.

After 3 years, I was able to interface with the Corporate Exchange server and play Brickbreaker. In contrast, Apple has created a superlative device along with an ecosystem of applications developers vying for your time and attention. Many of the apps are so cheap you can literally throw 'em away if you don't like 'em.

Apple does just fine with Exchange and I couldn't be happier. RIM sat on their asses and ceded the market to Apple. Now they're whining. Interesting to say the least.

in reference to:

""We've now passed RIM, and I don't see them catching up," Mr. Jobs said. He then argued it was going to be tough for RIM to create a competitive software platform and convince developers to make applications for it."
- Tech Rivals RIM and Apple Wage War of Words - WSJ.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

World must be ending...

Maureen Dowd asked for "W" to show Obama the right way to handle the whole ground zero mosque fiasco!!!

in reference to: Op-Ed Columnist - Our Mosque Madness - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Funny...

I expected Al Franken to be an asshole. I was right.

in reference to: The Mirthless Senate - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

As if I couldn't despise Dodd-Frank more!!!

The Congressmen as well as the bill...

Now we find that Dodd-Frank protects the flawed GSE mortgage giants, Fannie and Freddie from the capital requirements in imposes on private mortgage originators.

I don't know why I should be surprised. Barney Frank has been so far up their ass for the last decade, protected them from serious reform time and again, that you'd be forgiven if you thought he had a seat on the board!

in reference to: Op-Ed Contributor - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Too Big Not to Fail - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

You're doin' a heckuva job Barry...

By all means, let's stick around another decade. We're obviously doing the Afghans a huge fuckin' favor. Congress needs to ignore the fucking neocons and get the hell outta Afghanistan. If nuclear arms leak out of Pakistan, too bad, we live with it. M.A.D. is still an effective deterrent.

in reference to: Afghan Civilian Deaths Up 21% - WSJ.com (view on Google Sidewiki)