12 November 2001

Palm: The Wrong Man Palm's CEO, Carlo Yankowksi has resigned, after 2 years in the job. In the last year, Palm's share price has fallen from $56 to $2. He's skewered by the Register: He was, in other words, a suicidally-wrong choice for Palm, the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yankowski made several mistakes, but they're essential the same misjudgement repeated, like a PDA version of Groundhog Day. He failed to invest in technology when he needed to, and typically for a Brand-washed marketing guy, failed to appreciate the inexorable commoditisation of the industry: he ignored Moore's Law - which like most of the 'laws' of physics, is no law at all - but nonetheless is something you kinda, oughta figure into a long term business plan if you're a leading technology company. (This one via Scripting.com) Heads Up This years Leonids meteor shower, due to peak between the 17th and the 19th of November, has the potential to be the most spectacular anyone living has ever seen. There's a great piece about it on Kuro5hin. (via Doc Searls) 6:50:45 AM