I agree with this part of the article:
While amidst recent market turmoil its stock is down 16% from its recent high of $747 to about $629 as of Thursday, I suspect that just means now is a good time to buy.
I disagree with the rest of it though…  For example, this here is some complete non-sense:
Google has a Microsoft-like lock-in
While trying to investigate a bit into the rumor of Google buying Skype, I ran across this rather lengthy post. In there, I stumbled upon a thought which is simple and rather obvious, but which I haven’t had yet:
Google isn’t a search engine company; it brokers connections between people and corporations for profit.[…] Search is just one, albeit dominant.
Well, nobody knows for sure yet, but Slashdot (yes, again Slashdot) links to this article which has a few quotes from Sun officials. Â Interestingly enough, it’s hard to say if Sun will support the open source platform
Jonathan Schwartz, president and CEO of Sun, wrote a blog post congratulating Google on the day of Android’s launch.
or if it will insist on keeping mobile market defragmented
Sun also shared statements that Rich Green, executive vice president of software at Sun, made during Oracle Open World this week about Android. “We’re reaching out to Google and are anticipating they will be reaching out to us to ensure the software and APIs will be compatible–so deployment on a wide variety of platforms will be possible,” he said.
Green also said that Sun wants to work with Google to prevent creating a fractured mobile development environment.
In the last two years, the well-known fact of Google offering free WiFi Internet access in Mountain View, California has almost been forgotten (except, of course, by people living in Mountain View and Googlers themselves). At the time of news many were wondering about why Google is doing such a thing. Not it all suddenly became obvious…
Slashdot reports that Google is preparing for a bid in the upcoming auction set up by FCC for a 700 Mhz radio frequency. There are a few interesting twists about the offer – “open access” and “nation-wide”. With these news, it’s hard to see the Mountain View setup as something else rather than a test platform. With the recently released Android open mobile platform, the connections seem obvious.
The stakes for the band are high, and Google is planning to bid at least $4.6 billion USD dollars. And they are paying this all out of their own pocket (not sharing with another company, etc).  Wh? Because there are quiet a few things on Google’s agenda.
If you are like me, and need more information on this whole thing, here are a few pointers:
P.S. : Now those Indian telecoms have to re-think their position.
P.P.S. : In the completely unrelated news, Ubiquiti Networks announced world’s first 700 MHz WiFi radio. Here is the official press release.
It is sometimes amazing how people behave. Especially when they buy something and they get a choice of what they can get for their money. Given the freedom to “get anything they want”, they often won’t stick with what they need, they won’t usually know what they want, and so they’ll go for as much as they can carry. This might be a worthy technique for a supermarket, but it’s a bit different with web sites.
Yes, we (at my job) build web sites. We do design, programming, hosting, promotion, maintenance, and many other things. And, yes, we can stack a web site with pretty much any technology or interface there is – forms, dynamic menus, AJAX, you name it – we can do it. Can’t name any? Good! Because practice shows that if you can name something, you want it on your web site no matter if it needed or not.
It’s amazing how difficult it is to convince people to stick with the KISS principle or make them understand that “less is more”. Make your web site functional. Put only things that you’d want yourself to use. Study your statistics and see what people use and what they don’t. Remove things that they don’t use. Improve things that they use. Stay focused and specialized – your web site is not an endless trash bin which you can throw everything into…
One argument that I often use, is of Google vs. Yahoo. When asked which company is number 1, Google’s leadership is never questioned. When I confirm that Google is the authority, I go for examples. How do you want your web site to look and feel?
Like this:
or like this:
If these examples don’t convince, they at least plant a seed of doubt. After these, it’s much easier to bend the conversation.