Monday, May 26, 2003

Intel's Handheld Personal Server Intel's Handheld Personal Server. Mark Baard is claiming an exclusive in his report of a wireless, pocket-sized, personal server, under development by Intel's "ubiquitous computing wizard" Roy Want. No i/o, no screen, no peripherals -- the size of an iPaq. (Thanks, Rustyschwinn!) [Smart Mobs] 11:58:24 AM  comment []       Who will pay, part 2 Who will pay, part 2. There's been a bit of discussion about my last DaveNet piece, mostly users talking about what they're willing to pay, as if they have all the power. They don't. ... If you don't pay, the bottom-line is that you lose. It may look like you're not losing, but you are. If you paid nothing for health care, you'd likely die sooner. If you pay nothing for software, you probably won't die from it, but you may lose data, you're virtually certain to waste time, and at some point, money. [Scripting News] 10:34:10 AM  comment []       Who will pay? Who will pay?. Dave is rising some very good points on his pages today. As a software developer this is something I've been thinking about as well for a while. During BlogTalk I've heard quite a few people saying how much they were enjoying using weblogs for PR or to publish scientific works because they are so easy to use and require no technical knowledge. But of in many cases they would also like something more than Blogger or even Radio or MT can currently offer. Now, I think that all these persons are not in really in love with weblogs: they have simply been exposed for the first time to a content management system that is easy to use. They could use more power, their weblogs could evolve, their business will soon start to depend on an application that they are not paying or that they are paying only a few dollars. We went from overpriced, millions of dollars, useless software to underpriced, almost free, useful software. I do have customers asking for services but not willing to pay them. If a weblog software costs $50, why would they have to pay much more "only" for some graphic design or some customization? A solution is badly needed and I think it has to start with software developers charging more for their services. At least until somebody will start opening open source supermarkets where anybody can just enter and take whatever they need without paying.  [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog] 9:49:02 AM  comment []

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