__/ [ Scott Nudds ] on Friday 18 August 2006 05:48 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Open source SPARC details emerge
>
> Is there a day that goes by where Sun's stock doesn't decline in value?
>
> Sun is among the walking dead.
Linux renders it obsolete. So Sun embraces the GPL and Open Source (and --
more latterly -- Ubuntu). Sun hopes it can join the (Linux) party, IMO.
Microsoft likelwise although it's hesitant and it gets violently criticised
whenever it makes a step in that direction. It also cuts into its profits,
which it will be unable to sustain in the long run. Microsoft /already/
sturggles as it reaches out for other markets (e.g. media, Web, advertising,
games), hoping to conceal or make up for declining profits. While saving
face, maybe Microsoft will be forced out of the software market (long, long
term) as it evolves and capitalises on (monopolises?) another niche. Deep
pockets and momentum truly help. Not only in this context..
Is there a googlearchy?
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| The Proceedings of the National Academies of Science isn't the place
| you'd typically go for a discussion of PageRanks and surfing behavior.
| But the emergent complexity of the web provides the raw material for
| studies ranging from network dynamics to social psychology. A study
| released online in advance of publication looks into how the influence
| of search engines is affecting the accessibility of online information.
| The authors are examining fears that search engines will create a
| situation where a self-reinforcing cycle of popularity will create
| an Internet in which a limited number of information sources
| predominate: "[S]earch engines bias the traffic of users according to
| their page ranking strategies, and it has been argued that they create
| a vicious cycle that amplifies the dominance of established and
| already popular sites. This bias could lead to a dangerous monopoly
| of information."
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060817-7532.html
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