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September 11, 2008 
Fire Your Boss: The best place to cut IT organizations is generally at the top.
February 29, 2008
Azul Means (Big) Blue: There's a new kind of mainframe coming and it isn't from IBM.
May 11, 2006
Google-on: Google Doesn't Have to Try Nearly as Hard as Microsoft, Yet to Maximize Its Success Google Ought to Try Even Less
April 27, 2006
Killer Apps: For Apple's Windows Strategy to Work, It Must Replace Microsoft Office and Buy Adobe Systems
January 12, 2006
Win Some, Lose Some: Bob's Prediction Average Was Down for 2005, but 2006 Is Looking Better Thanks to Apple and Burst
January 4, 2006 
IBM's Customers will Revolt: IBM will get in trouble with its customers as it becomes clear that Sam Palmisano didn't learn much, if anything, from Lou Gerstner. Gerstner's fat-cutting is long forgotten, so all IBM knows how to cut these days is customer service....
July 14, 2005
More Shoes: There's More to the Apple/Intel Deal Than Even Bob Thought At First
June 16, 2005
The Osborne Effect: Sometimes What Everyone Remembers Is Wrong
February 24, 2005
Killing Us With Kindness: At Microsoft, Even Good Deeds Are Predatory
January 7, 2005
Betting a Billion: Bob's Predictions for 2005
December 16, 2004
Between an xBox and a Hard Place: When Microsoft Turns on Its Hardware OEMs and Even Dell Must Die, Will IBM Play the Savior?
December 9, 2004
The China Syndrome: If You Want to Understand IBM Selling Its PC Division, Just Look East
April 15, 2004
Shake Your Groove Thing: The Only Way to Beat Microsoft is by Ignoring Microsoft
January 1, 2004
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Bob's Predictions for 2004
August 7, 2003
Body Count: Why Moving to India Won't Really Help IT
June 19, 2003
What Goes Around Comes Around: The Only Clear Winner in This SCO Versus IBM Case is Microsoft
June 5, 2003
Technician, Steal Thyself: SCO, Not IBM, May Have Put Unix Code Into Linux Instead?
May 29, 2003
Going for a Streak-Free Finish: Will Microsoft's Answer to Linux Be Windex Instead?
May 22, 2003
Why Don't You and He Fight?: SCO Seems to Have Lost Its Senses, and I Think Microsoft Is Behind It
April 24, 2003
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: If You Think Microsoft Can’t Undermine Open Source, You Are Wrong
January 2, 2003
More of the Same: Bob's Predictions for 2003
November 21, 2002
Upgrade Denied: If Comdex is a Drag and the Christmas Quarter is a Bustfor PC Companies, Maybe We Just Don't Need That New PC
May 16, 2002
The Bandwidth Game: Broadband Providers are Finding New Ways to Take More of Your Money
November 29, 2001
The Other Side of .NET: Why Microsoft Could Still Fail With .NET and How They'd Likely Recover From That Failure
November 22, 2001
Bill to Linus: You Owe Me.: Did Bill Gates Invent Open Source Software? No, But He'll Take Credit For It, Anyway
September 6, 2001
Resetting the Shot Clock: Why Hewlett Packard Buying Compaq is a Very Bad Idea, But Will Happen Anyway
November 30, 2000
Let's Put on a Show!: How to Avoid the Looming PC Recession
May 25, 2000
Stranger in a Strange Land: How Homer Sarasohn Brought Industrial Quality to Japan and Why It Took Japan So Long to Learn
March 2, 2000
Have Another Cup?: The Return of Java and its New Importance in Business
September 30, 1999
Real Trouble: How Reverse Engineering May Yet Kill Real Networks
April 15, 1999
I Want My MP3!: How Microsoft May Have Already Won the Internet Audio Distribution War
June 22, 1998
PowerPC to the people:: Why IBM and Motorola decided to end their PowerPC partnership and why it's really okay
June 18, 1998
At Mirabilis they make money the new-fashioned way: They don't earn it
March 27, 1998
It's good enough for PC work: The heritage of unprofessionalism in the PC industry and why it is generally good
October 20, 1997
My $50 billion week: Hanging with Bill, Andy, and Larry