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Is 2007 the year Microsoft committed suicide?

This is my final week of blogging for 2007, and so I thought I’d spend it looking back over the year.  Tomorrow and the rest of the week, I’ll focus upon retail and investment banking and payments.  Today, I thought I’d start with a slow burn with the prediction that, unless they urgently change their…

110 billion? Same as my bonus

The news yesterday that the ECB, Fed and Bank of England were working together to release $110 billion of funds to buck up the markets for end of year and give the banking system confidence again was great.  Hopefully, this will work and we all will live happily ever after … although the markets don’t…

110 billion? Same as my bonus

The news yesterday that the ECB, Fed and Bank of England were working together to release $110 billion of funds to buck up the markets for end of year and give the banking system confidence again was great.  Hopefully, this will work and we all will live happily ever after … although the markets don’t…

8 million people at risk from new business disease

I got an email from BNET, the management website, with the title "8 Million Business People at Risk from Dreaded New Ailment", which made me open it, as you have here.  The actual news item was all about people who "work at a company where Blackberries are standard perks? Never mind the tired debate over…

8 million people at risk from new business disease

I got an email from BNET, the management website, with the title "8 Million Business People at Risk from Dreaded New Ailment", which made me open it, as you have here.  The actual news item was all about people who "work at a company where Blackberries are standard perks? Never mind the tired debate over…

8 million people at risk from new business disease

I got an email from BNET, the management website, with the title "8 Million Business People at Risk from Dreaded New Ailment", which made me open it, as you have here.  The actual news item was all about people who "work at a company where Blackberries are standard perks? Never mind the tired debate over…

8 million people at risk from new business disease

I got an email from BNET, the management website, with the title "8 Million Business People at Risk from Dreaded New Ailment", which made me open it, as you have here.  The actual news item was all about people who "work at a company where Blackberries are standard perks? Never mind the tired debate over…

The conclusion of the debate about IP versus bricks

Someone asked me this question: "Chris, why are still arguing?" about the debate I have been having for the last week.  It is because one reader fundamentally disagrees with my views about IP being the foundation of today’s bank. I’ve been having it because I wanted the debate to reach a conclusion and it has….

The conclusion of the debate about IP versus bricks

Someone asked me this question: "Chris, why are still arguing?" about the debate I have been having with Michael Goldman for the last week.  Michael began this discussion because he fundamentally disagreed with my original blog about IP being the foundation of today's bank.  They asked me this question as there's debate and then there's…

The conclusion of the debate about IP versus bricks

Someone asked me this question: "Chris, why are still arguing?" about the debate I have been having with Michael Goldman for the last week.  Michael began this discussion because he fundamentally disagreed with my original blog about IP being the foundation of today's bank.  They asked me this question as there's debate and then there's…