- Child porn laws affirmed by the Supreme Court.
- Microhoo gets back on track with alternative deals suggested.
- Steve Ballmer all over the news after man throws eggs at him.
- He also says advertising is the new bedrock of Microsoft.
- And now we are hearing more and more about the cloud. Cripes.
- Latest Pew survey about the Internet and American Life has to be totally wrong.
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Regarding Baldmer – couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Can you post a link to that Pew Survey article? Thanks!
Ron:
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/248/report_display.asp
#3 – Couldn’t get any more pew than this
Pew research sounds fishy to me. For most of the major buying decisions we’ve made in the last few years we’ve researched online before heading out to a store (appliances, windows, fences, computers, cars, etc). Also mortgages, vacations, stocks, etc.
Re: The Child Porn Law
In 2002 the Supreme Court said that certain kinds of child porn… those that didnt actually involve children in the creation (computer generated fakes)… is protected free speech.
So in response Congress passed a law making it illegal to buy or sell (or even offer to buy or sell) child porn even if it turns out it is fake, or even if it turns out not to exist at all. However trading fake child porn is legal if the seller says it is fake and it really is fake.
Does that make sense?
After reading the entire questionnaire, it’s fairly obvious which age groups fully embrace the digital lifestyle. What I see is a generation gap. Over the years I’ve noticed that a fair portion of the “Baby Boomer” generation (and older) prefer doing things in a more traditional way with a dash of digital for good measure. I can’t tell you how many C level management folks I’ve seen shove aside their keyboards in favor of a pen and paper.
For my part, I fall within the 25-34 range and I use the internet for just about everything. When it comes to research, so long as the site is reputable, the internet can’t be beat. Since I’ve recently moved from Southern California, I must listen to my music online (KCRW.com). About 95% of the music I purchase comes from iTunes or Amazon and without the internet, I never would have found my new house (since Vegas is just teeming with them).
I truly believe that with subsequent generations, you’ll find the statistics moving more and more in favor of the digital lifestyle.
Well, I looked at the survey, and it seems to be limited to music, cell phones, and real estate research and purchases.
I think some of the conclusions they reached were right for the very limited scope of this survey, but who buys a cell phone over the internet? Of course, a person is going to close the deal with a real estate agent, you can’t do it online!
Now if the survey asked about mp3 players, hard drives, etc. the answers probably would have been dramatically different.
Therefore, this survey is close to worthless because of the small product sampling.
Ballmer need to get SERIOUSLY PIED !!! But having EGG ON HIS FACE isn’t bad either !!! But time may be running out, this Type A personality may croak of a heart attack any day !!!
Re: the “Cloud” or is it Steven King’s “Mist” ??? Be AFRAID, VERY AFRAID !!!
Nah, M$ is just GREEDY !!! Ask Balmy Ballmer if he will give up the M$ “Per CPU” Tax for his “New Bedrock” in Advertising ??? I think he wants BOTH, AND M$ WILL DO BOTH ***POORLY*** BUT TRY TO ESTABLISH A MONOPOLY POSITION, AND “CUT OFF GOOGLE’S AIR” !!!
Microsoft and Yahoo. I’m reminded of that episode of Max Headroom, where the Zik Zak corporation buys out Network 23. And then, nobody wants to advertise on that Network, because they’re all competitors of Zik Zak’s. Exactly how can a goods and service producer, also be a goods and service advertiser? Or own a big piece of one? It seems to me like Microsoft is missing the point somehow. They’re always competing with everyone else, so everyone else hates them. Why then would everyone else advertise on their MicroHoo websites, knowing that they won’t get a fair crack at consumer eyeballs?