Given the vocal stance Microsoft has taken about the end of Windows XP’s life cycle, one might be surprised to hear that you can get one of Asus’ EeePCs with the venerable OS pre-installed.
However, that would be naive.
In the interest of being able to eat in the future, I find myself trying to carefully track the trends in computing. Who will I sell my services to in the future? Am I going to have to bite off the cost of development tools on Microsoft’s Vista platform? How do Those Who Decide feel about this new operating system?
It’s hard to discern who to watch when trying to predict the momentum of the entire industry. However, from my perspective, it would appear that everyone is feeling a bit sluggish due to the slowing economy and lack of innovation into any new directions. [Read more →]