The NYTimes Admits Price Controls are Bad

The NYTimes notices the developing crisis in Zimbabwe, observing that the economy ground to a halt a long time ago and has been receding ever since meaning people don’t have jobs, money, food, or gasoline.

What I could not help but notice is that the Grey Lady admits that managed economies are bad.

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Netvibes Shoots One Over the Bow

"Facebook does not currently allow outsider providers to access the News Feed. In other words, Facebook won’t let us display your News Feed from the front page in our widget (or change your status for that matter.) If you would like to see the News Feed in your Netvibes Widget, please [...]

The Pull Factor in SaaS

My good friend Charles Zedlewski put together a great analysis of SG&A costs at the four major SaaS business application companies that are either public or have filed to go public. 

"The true factor driving SG&A for these SaaS companies is growth, not scale. This is logically consistent as the economics [...]

More on That Bubble 2.0 Topic

Eric writes an interesting post about the Dvorak "we’re in a bubble and it’s gonna pop" dustup. 

I have yet to see one piece that mentions “bubble 2.0? in a larger economic context. Scoble’s talking about how John’s got the wrong bubble. Marshall’s slappin’ John down. Lots of folks are piling [...]

It’s a Bubble, We’re All Gonna Die!

"Every single person working in the media today who experienced the dot-com bubble in 1999 to 2000 believes that we are going through the exact same process and can expect the exact same results—a bust. It’s déjà vu all over again."

Dvorak’s MO is to crap all over everything in the hope [...]

China Protects Microsoft

But not for reasons you might expect. This post in StrategyPage is so fascinating that I decided to clip the whole piece:

July 24, 2007: Facing U.S. import restrictions, China finally allowed major software counterfeiters to be shut down. Nearly ten million dollars in CD manufacturing equipment was seized, along with nearly [...]

San Francisco’s Free Wifi Network, Sigh

The proposed Google/Earthlink citywide wifi network in San Francisco has been debated for almost 2 years and not a single access point has made it through the guantlet that is the Board of Supervisors. It appear that Earthlink has now decided that citywide wifi is not the good business it once promised…

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Times vs. Dow Jones

The decision signals the end of an era for Dow Jones and the Bancroft family, an intensely private clan that for generations had allowed The Journal to operate independently and become one of the nation’s most prominent and trusted newspapers, even as its finances deteriorated.

Wonder when the NYTimes is going to [...]

Notify Your Doctor If You Experience Sudden Urges to Gamble

In the background I hear an advertisement for a drug, presumably a new one because I have never heard of this one before, Mirapex. Before I write anything else let me say that I’m not quick to criticize drug companies because it’s really not possible to argue the merits of a drug or therapy unless [...]

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