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Perspectives from industry analysts

A dose of commentary from leading industry analysts and pundits.

Sonia Arrison

What digital divide?

March 13, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Pacific Research Institute director Sonia Arrison says that rhetoric notwithstanding, the digital divide is not a crisis and is certainly not destined to become the civil liberties issue of the 21st century.
Rachel Konrad

Savoring spam: A true story

March 11, 2002 1:40 PM PST

News.com's Rachel Konrad ventures out to learn firsthand what happens when you agree to one of those "once in a lifetime" e-mail offers that regularly flood the Web.
Michael Kanellos

A meritocracy of dunces?

March 8, 2002 12:00 PM PST

HP believes that retaining executive talent is what will make the Compaq merger succeed. But history shows that heroes with lofty resumes aren't always enough to turn things around.
Bruce Perens

Deciphering the open-source war

March 8, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Bruce Perens, a leader in the free-software movement, explains how the latest critical statements by a senior Microsoft exec are part of a familiar strategy--only now the stakes for both sides are even higher.
Robert von Goeben

How VCs are hurting, not helping

March 6, 2002 3:00 PM PST

Venture capitalist Robert von Goeben explains why current investment practices will leave cash-starved entrepreneurs worse off than ever.
Robert von Goeben

How VCs are hurting, not helping

March 6, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Venture capitalist Robert von Goeben explains why current investment practices will leave cash-starved entrepreneurs worse off than ever.
John Dickinson

HP-Compaq: Dumb and dumber

March 5, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Tech industry veteran John Dickinson writes that the food fight between Carly Fiorina and Walter Hewlett obscures the deeper challenge to the success of the companies' proposed combination.
Charles Cooper

Spam and its IT discontents

March 1, 2002 4:00 AM PST

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says CIOs are using the wrong tactics in the corporate war against spam--with those on the receiving end paying a double price.
Frank Moss

Web services' dirty little secret

February 28, 2002 12:00 PM PST

Bowstreet Chairman Frank Moss says the major platform vendors may talk a good game but their words belie a naked power grab. The intention: to create yet another proprietary lock-in.
David Holtzman

Dumpster-diving the global village

February 27, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Technology veteran David Holtzman says privacy in the wired world is increasingly at risk, as interlopers are willing to get their hands dirty to ferret out personal data about you.
Brian Jenkins

It's not just about technology

February 26, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Garage Technology director Brian Jenkins says the communications market is still ripe for start-ups. But simply flashing cool bits and bytes won't cut it with customers anymore.
Charles Cooper

When technology chops matter

February 22, 2002 4:00 AM PST

With Sam Palmisano set to take over at Big Blue in one week, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says it's about time IBM had a CEO who knows how to talk the talk in IT circles.
Neal Goldman

The challenge for start-ups

February 19, 2002 12:00 PM PST

Analyst Neal Goldman says savvy entrepreneurs can still prosper, but in a computer industry where elephants dance, they must first figure out how to avoid getting trampled.
Charles Cooper

Apple: Don't flub it again

February 15, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Steve Jobs is betting the house on turning the Mac into a digital hub. But CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Apple is doomed to remain a small fry if it ignores the corporate market.
Larry Dignan

No more bells and whistles?

February 14, 2002 4:00 AM PST

CNET News.com's Larry Dignan asks whether the tech sector doesn't follow the same patterns as any other maturing industry. So how about those aluminum producers?
Doug Isenberg

PayPal, Palm and patents

February 13, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Legal analyst Doug Isenberg writes that current events only reinforce the importance of patent law to the Internet and to new forms of technology.
Ashok Kumar

Network storage's hazy future

February 11, 2002 1:10 PM PST

Analyst Ashok Kumar says the business is about to get rocked by a technology shift, but too few companies are paying attention to the writing on the wall.
Larry Ponemon

Deciphering the security ID debate

February 11, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Privacy Council CEO Larry Ponemon says the core issue for many Americans is less centered on the existence of a national identification program than on how their personal data would get used.
Charles Cooper

Developers feel the squeeze

February 8, 2002 4:00 AM PST

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper wonders whether the deck has been permanently stacked in favor of the Microsofts and Oracles, leaving independents to play pilot fish.
Bill Joy

Microsoft's blind spot

February 7, 2002 4:00 AM PST

Sun Microsystems Chief Scientist Bill Joy says an ambitious security push outlined by Bill Gates last month is likely to fail because of fundamental flaws in the security design of Microsoft applications.