Quick takes

mainframeOn the unsung heroes of every successful startup.

Predicted here over a year ago. Sprint in talks to take over Clearwire.  The Clear name has become so tainted by overstated capability and poor customer service that it deserves to disappear. Potential trouble comes from Cable guy’s Clearwire stake becoming a stake in Sprint. That could mean the Duopoly will control wireless if the T Mobile deal also flies.

Are AOL and Yahoo in play? Current depressed share prices almost guarantee it. Yahoo is making money, but the spreadsheet kids on Wall Street want more. AOL is losing money, and declared savior Huffington has only hastened it’s decline.

Correction?!: HP may not be killing WebOS, only its related hardware. Confused yet?

The slippery slope to tyranny: CBO says freedom infringing Protect IP act will cost $10 Billion per year.

Is the high cost imposed by so many patents really worth it? Dear Congress: Please end the software patent.

From the what have the suits been smokin’ department: Time Warner Cable ditching Road Runner to help create more excitement for it’s Evil Eye logo. Beep! Beep!

One Response to “Quick takes”

  1. Dr. Dog says:

    HP ought to just formally change the licenses to FOSS and be done with it. They darn near do everything else a FOSS project does but GPL WebOS.

    The AOL, HuffPo thing was a joke from the beginning. Its an even bigger, lesser joke now.AOL looks to be a good buy on paper. But I would want an even bigger discount off the highly low price just to cover the economy factor right now.