Political storm in Argentina over a MacBook Air

May 24, 2008

Several argentinean newspapers (link in Spanish) have reported on a MacBook Air gifted by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim to Argentina’s president Cristina Kirchner. This is apparently creating a large controversy as the product is perceived as a luxury item. As a result, the presidency will create a public official gift registry to avoid any suspicions […]

The iPhone opens new opportunities for OSX Server

May 19, 2008

The iPhone is already a popular product in the US, but it will become much more popular, specially in the enterprise, once Apple releases version 2.0 of the iPhone OS. With the new software companies will be able to easily distribute custom build applications to their employees using a special version of the iTunes App […]

WWDC is sold out

May 14, 2008

Last year over 5,000 persons attended WWDC. At the time it represented a new record for the annual Apple developer event. The result was fueled by the imminent launch Mac OS X Leopard. This year, with 25 days to go before Steve Jobs addresses developers at the keynote speech, Apple has announced that for the […]

Globalization

May 13, 2008

Everyday you hear about globalization. It just seems that every single day our earth is becoming smaller and smaller. Global brands like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Starbucks are found everywhere. People all over the world are complaining that nations are losing power and independence. They claim that all important decisions are now taken at a supra-national […]

It is already hard to find hotel rooms near Moscone for WWDC

April 19, 2008

Today I booked my hotel room for WWDC. I had read on MacBidouille that this year hotel rooms would be harder to get due to a large unspecified convention taking place the same week as WWDC. I still thought that I was safe though, as I was making a reservation seven weeks in advance. Well, […]

Buying a WWDC ticket in Mexico is an ordeal

April 16, 2008

Once again I am having trouble to register for WWDC. Last year my problem was that I couldn’t buy the ticket through the online Apple Store because there simply was no Mexican Apple Store. In the end I could solve the problem by using a mail forwarding address that I have in the US. This […]

Microsoft retail stores could be successful

April 12, 2008

I just read an editorial on The Mac Observer in which John Martellaro writes that Microsoft Retail Stores would fail. He bases his conclusion on the poor reception Vista has had in the market so far, specially among consumers, and the fact that Microsoft seems to have lost interest in that segment of the population. […]

Notes from Vegas

April 8, 2008

Yesterday evening I was invited to have dinner at a chinese restaurant, Wing Lei,located inside the Wynn Hotel and Casino. It was a great occasion to spend some time with our customers and talk about all things unrelated to business. I must say however that I was highly disappointed by the restaurant. While I do […]

Geneva public education system dumps Windows, will use Linux

April 6, 2008

In my previous post I wrote about my years at Collège Calvin. I have fond memories of Geneva, but I particularly cherish those years. It was at this high-school that I met my first girlfriend, Karine and it was also there that I worked on my first mini computer. The system was built by Prime […]

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