Fear and Loathing and Windows 8

(Or: Why Windows 8 Scares Me -- and Should Scare You Too) I was very excited when I saw the first demos of Windows 8.  After years of settli...

Can Google's Chromebook Break Windows?

Summary.   Google is right: Windows is an old, creaky, virus-ridden product that deserves to be replaced by something better.  But to displa...

A quick history of software platforms: How we got here, and where we're going

Intuit and Stanford recently asked me to give talks on computer platforms and what makes them successful. (By platforms I mean software wit...