http://www.synthesist.net/writing/ Rants and Pontifications. en-us dstutz@synthesist.net 2004-03-22T17:24:08-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.synthesist.net/writing/archives/000017.html A new essay that uses Clay Christensen's conservation law for attractive profits to explain why software platforms are such nasty wads of code, and why they don't really succeed until they are commoditized.... 17@http://www.synthesist.net/writing/ 2004-03-22T17:24:08-08:00 http://www.synthesist.net/writing/archives/000013.html A ramble on what I've found out while researching the process of commodification.... 13@http://www.synthesist.net/writing/ 2004-03-02T16:46:54-08:00 http://www.synthesist.net/writing/archives/000012.html A bleak look at the future of integration standards. Is big software as clueless as big entertainment?... 12@http://www.synthesist.net/writing/ 2003-09-25T16:45:22-08:00 http://www.synthesist.net/writing/archives/000011.html A short trip report on the Harvard Business School/MIT Sloan “Conference on Free/Open Source Software,” embellished by my own always-profound conjectures on the implications of what I heard. One likely future outcome of the open source movement is a bifurcation... 11@http://www.synthesist.net/writing/ 2003-06-23T16:43:26-08:00 http://www.synthesist.net/writing/archives/000010.html Tim O'Reilly publishes my email. (With permission, of course!)... 10@http://www.synthesist.net/writing/ 2003-05-15T16:41:14-08:00 http://www.synthesist.net/writing/archives/000009.html A sanitized version of retirement email written when I left Microsoft.... 9@http://www.synthesist.net/writing/ 2003-02-11T16:35:44-08:00