Scoble wrong to blame DOJ for craplets

Scoble blames the DOJ decision against Microsoft for OEM’s loading PCs with craplets. Wrong!

The only reason the PC manufacturers are resorting to this is because while all their component costs have been driven down because of competition, the one item that’s actually risen is the cost of a Windows license.

Microsoft, thanks to their monopoly status, has protected their gross margins extremely well despite falling PC prices, but PC manufacturers are unable to do so because of intense competition. Dell, HP, and Sony have no choice to pimp out space on desktops to every imaginable crapware to improve their meager margins.

So let’s not crap on the DOJ for this one – if anything, we should be crapping on them for not following through on the original ruling.

There’s some life at Sun

This is pretty neat. Lower the damn price and you might have a new Sun rising.

Google v Microsoft: sacked again

Remember how Microsoft acquired TellMe for mobile voice search?

Here comes Google. There goes another chair.

Paging Rob Enderle

Via Glass House:

Given some of the drama from the Wired story last week, and the cries for more transparency all around, I found this Michael Gartenberg post to be more than just a bit ironic. Here it is:

Had another funny call with a media outlet this morning. When I called them back on the Apple/EMI news, first question was. “Do you think this is a bad thing for Apple and EMI.” When I said “no, it’s a good thing”, they said “thanks for calling but we only want to talk to someone who thinks this is a bad thing.”

This is typical MSM linkbait. Negative stories Apple drive traffic because Mac users feel the need to set the stories straight and Windows fanboys feel the urge to agree with obnoxious glee. Time to look closely for negative Apple-EMI stories to figure out who was fishing for this storyline. Also, keep an eye out for that quote whore, Rob Enderle, to make an appearance. How about this time folks ignore the stories and don’t link instead of getting outraged and giving them what they want: traffic?