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Re: Innovation Is the Endgame of the API Economy

craigburton — Tue, 13 May 2014 16:28:14 -0000

innovation is the edge that all else follows. Companies that can't innovate, litigate. Can you say "Oracle.?"

Re: Where Does the CloudOS Run?

craigburton — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:22:42 -0000

The start of "the un-silo enterprise of one"

Re: Membership

craigburton — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:35:28 -0000

Still working on it. I will send u a login.

Sent from cb

Re: Novell is Dead—Noorda and Schmidt killed it

craigburton — Sat, 21 May 2011 14:45:56 -0000

I understand why you would make the assessments you did on the underpinnings of Novell's demise. However--in my opinion--you are inaccurate in those assessments. You almost got there.

The problem is that Novell was NEVER an operating system company. The notion of a "Network Operating System" was just something we made up to ease the learning about network services. Novell was a network services company. NetWare was merely an interim host for file and print. A necessary one at the time, but none the less, transitory.

Schmidt didn't do jack to understand Novell's roots or what needed to be done. Schmidt was largely absent the whole time. I understand what a nasty divorce can do--but sorry Schmidt was not a contributor to any element of Novell's success. His exit strategy was what setup the final nail in Novell's coffin and set it on its path to final destruction.

You missed the mark in your analysis.
cb

Re: More on Microsoft Irrelevance

craigburton — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:32:39 -0000

Excellent response.

Just one little point. You continue to use the number of employees as your lead distinction.

There are significant people and groups of people that are part of large organizations that act just like you when it comes to new technology.

Technology adoption practices are not most affected by organization size.

Traditional "consumers" and "small businesses" as you sometimes describe them are seldom early adopters. They-- like many enterprises--are often laggards.

Here is my point: The practices of technology adoption are not limited by or even effectively defined by organization size. There are early adopters across all size-based demographics as well as laggards.

Organization size is 2nd or 3rd down the list of distinctions when it comes to technology adoption.

We do a disservice to out readers when we continue to lead with organization size as the key distinction.

You are probably right about Apple. Since Apple is one of the most relevant companies today about almost anything. It would be incorrect to say it is irrelevant when it comes to participating in a global identity architecture.

It is more like "indifferent." The fact that Apple doesn't bother to participate in a meaningful way is relevant just because of who it is in the world.

Apple just has no interest in solving the identity problem.

In fact, there are many that believe Apple is proactively involved with behaving badly when it comes to identity and especially privacy:
https://www.eff.org/deeplin...

As for comparing Facebook to Microsoft with identity information, here is the big distinction. Microsoft earned the industry's distrust by acting distrustful. Anyone doing business with Microsoft since its inception knows it is a risky venture.

Doing business with Facebook is--at least so far--only risky in the movies.

Re: More on Microsoft Irrelevance

craigburton — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:47:29 -0000

You are most undoubtedly a consumer. Are you an early adopter of technologies? I don't know. I am. These two distinctions are independent of each other. I am simply saying don't collapse them.

Adoption and implementation of an identity metasystem doesn't require either ADFS or AD. If it did, it wouldn't meet the requirements of the laws of identity.

How does an iPhone sale equate to digital identity relevancy?

It doesn't.

When I say Apple is irrelevant when it comes to digital identity, here is what I mean:

Apple is not even involved with trying to solve the problem of a digital identity layer for the Internet. Apple shows no sign or interest in even discussing it. Too busy raking in the dough from consumers.

There are a ton of people working on this problem of an identity layer for the Internet. All of them are unknown and on the edge.

As we circle back around and their implementations mature, things can move forward.

As for the distinction between Hailstorm and Passport--does anyone really care anymore?

Re: More on Microsoft Irrelevance

craigburton — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:19:39 -0000

For those who don’t remember, Hailstorm was the code name for the Passport initiative. Passport failed. It was killed by Gates. This was as it should be.

Mary I continue to champion the cause of people learning the dynamics of technology adoption.

Technology adoption is NOT equated to the size of a company. The Large, Medium and Small—even worse “Enterprise” and “Consumer” are simply demographics that are not relevant to how technology gets adopted. These demographics are “mythical” and are misleading in understanding how things work.

http://www.craigburton.com/...

Hence your comments about the “enterprise” and “consumer” when it comes to CardSpace make no sense to me.

As for Azure and Geneva and U-Prove, they simply fall short of meeting the laws of identity and compound the identity dilemma. This paltry work in identity is totally lame in the shadow of the identity metasystem.

When it comes to identity, Apple is not only irrelevant but impotent.

Re: The Clay Feet of Giants

craigburton — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:04:56 -0000

I love this comment.

It shows the traditional confusion that we have surrounding digital identity.

For some reason, it keeps being locked in to single sign on.

Granted Facebook Connect is a more simple system. But is not a claims-based identity model. We need to go beyond sso and make client-based user-controlled assertions that are separate matters than just loggin in.

Facebook Connect isn't even in the running.

Re: Selector-based Identity is Inevitable

craigburton — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:50:20 -0000

Dude, it wasn't personal. I was kidding about the SNL comment. I guess I miscalculated. You still missed the point. It isn't about authentication. You can't get to where you want to go without a selector.

The "guy" in the sketch is Dan Aykroyd. His delivery is what is funny, not what he said. One of the greatest comedians of our time.

Re: The Inverted Pyramid—Change under the radar

craigburton — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:54:45 -0000

They are yours for the asking.

Re: Sometimes the Mac OS Sucks

craigburton — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:32:33 -0000

On any platform except the Macintosh, If you drag a folder "a" from one location to a folder named "a" in another location the system will combine the contents of a' with a''. On the Macintosh, a' will delete a'' and all of its contents.

The syntax you indicated does indeed work.

Re: Sometimes the Mac OS Sucks

craigburton — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:02:18 -0000

Excellent idea. Now I just need to figure out how to traverse and address the Mac filesystem in bash. So far, anything with a space in it is ignored.

Re: Claiming My Right to a Purpose-Centric Web: SideWiki

craigburton — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:50:17 -0000

For me there are two questions that the release of sidewiki brings up in the context of the purpose-based web.

1. Are we moving towards where augmenting a persons web experience is going to happen based on that person's real or implied purpose?

The answer is yes.

2. Can we stop it from happening?

The answer is no.

In conclusion.

Q. Is sidewiki good or bad?

A. Try it. If you like it, continue to use it. If you don't, stop using it.

Re: A Peek at my hobby

craigburton — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:09:49 -0000

Remember, this is my hobby. I have no intention of making this a source of income. If I did, I would have to look for another hobby.

Re: I’ll Be Back

craigburton — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:21:51 -0000

Ha. Of course, that's because he is here to "pump you up."

Re: I’ll Be Back

craigburton — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:20:32 -0000

Yeah sure. I know what a brit LOL in waterloo station looks like. More like a suppressed chortle.

I was very happy to meet you too. Thanks for commenting.
cb

Re: Action Cards vs. Greasemonkey

craigburton — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:43:22 -0000

Yes. This brings up the other problem of browser-based scripting. Suppose the script you are using gets fixed. This means everyone that wants those fixes would have to download the new script and install it.

Cloud-based scripts get fixed once, everybody automatically gets the fix.

Re: Dick Cheney is an Ass?

craigburton — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:09:59 -0000

Trillions of dollars and thousands of lives and just a kick in the balls. He got off easy.

Re: The State of Blogging Sucks

craigburton — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:36:29 -0000

I did see that. I also got a note from blogger saying that their documentation was behind the actual functionality of blogger. I will point to that link presently.

Re: Where's your data? (Scripting News)

craigburton — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:57:34 -0000

Thanks for the update Dave. However, I was using a Manila server run by a third party. No such capability was ever offered to me. Further, if it had been, I would still not have been able to retrieve the data unless I knew gory details of how Manila works. I don't. I don't know may people--besides you--that do. The owner of the hosted Manila I was using claimed to know but couldn't deliver.

I know you think that your religion was to not lock in users. But I was locked in by UserLand technology. I know at least 20 other people who ended up in the same boat as me with no way out.

I also know that your "checking out" of the situation had good reason.

Nonetheless, those events left a boatload of us land locked.

Re: Namespaces, Twitter, and Federation

craigburton — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:12:17 -0000

Jesse. We should probably take this offline. I am not trying to offend you. This should not be public. my email is gcraigburton at yahoo dot com. my phone is 480-234-2214.

Sorry if I was out of line. You obviously bring a lot to the discussion.

Re: Namespaces, Twitter, and Federation

craigburton — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:07:35 -0000

I give you the benefit of the doubt. This is from your history.

jessestay

Just sent a request to Qik to implement Laconi.ca support so I can post my Qik videos here and not to Twitter

Hmmm. That sounds really neutral.

Re: Namespaces, Twitter, and Federation

craigburton — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:58:23 -0000

Evan: I am not saying the monopoly word. I am saying the 90 pound gorilla word. But clearly, the originator of a technology has a leg up on everyone else. I think this is still the case with Twitter.

If I were Mr. Prodromou, I would take a very different approach than being identical. I know how to solve the name space problem. We should talk.
480-234-2214

Re: Namespaces, Twitter, and Federation

craigburton — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:53:36 -0000

I would love to install disqus on my blog. My current provider for wordpress just doesn't do plugins. I am moving to a new provider soon.

I didn't mean to offend you by the agenda comment. Nothing personal. Jesse, your comments are way beyond those of an unbiased technologist. You comment about leaving twitter as a badge of honor. This does not come across as unbiased at all.

I am not saying you have an agenda. I am just telling you--unbiasedly--how it looks.

I will check out your LousGray thing.

Re: Namespaces, Twitter, and Federation

craigburton — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:57:05 -0000

I am not saying anything about a monopoly. I am saying we have a lot of work to do. I know how to fix it. I have been doing name space resolution for 20 years. This is why I am going to find you. Call me at 480-234-2214. Anytime.