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John C. Dvorak Biography

John Charles Dvorak (born April 5, 1952) is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a regular columnist in a variety of magazines. Dvorak is also the vice president of Mevio (formerly PodShow) and has been a host on TechTV and TWiT.tv. He is currently a co-host of the No Agenda podcast.

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The tablet market has only succeeded as a niche market over the years and it was hoped Apple would dream up some new paradigm to change all that. From what I've seen and heard, this won't be it.

Apples, Change, Dream, Heard, Succeeded, Years

When I hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete, I see that the System Idle Process is hogging all the resources and chewing up 95 percent of the processor's cycles. Doing what? Doing nothing?

Doing Nothing, Nothing, Percent, Process, Resources

People are only concerned about the next party, meeting up for casual sex, finding a job as a Web page designer, or getting a new apartment.

Designer, Finding, Jobs, Party, Sex

IBM uses what I like to call the 'hole-in-the-ground technique' to destroy the competition. . . . . IBM digs a big HOLE in the ground and covers it with leaves. It then puts a big POT OF GOLD nearby. Then it gives the call, 'Hey, look at all this gold, get over here fast. ' As soon as the competitor approaches the pot, he falls into the pit

Competition, Fall, Gives, Giving, Gold

Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone. . . What Apple risks here is its reputation as a hot company that can do no wrong. If it's smart it will call the iPhone a 'reference design' and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else's marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures. . . Otherwise I'd advise people to cover their eyes. You are not going to like what you'll see.

Apples, Eye, Hands, Iphone, Like, Smart

The stock market goes nuts over any company that so much as mentions the word Internet. All this proves to me is that the boneheads on Wall Street are as dumb as they were in college when they had to switch their majors to business to keep from flunking out.

College, Dumb, Flunking, Nuts, Wall

If time means nothing to you, then surf the Web.

Ifs, Mean, Nothing, Surf, Time, Web

If Apple has a flaw, it's the inability of the company to crush competition using the kind of aggressive tactics that companies like Microsoft and Intel have always applied.

Apples, Competition, Crush, Intel, Microsoft, Tactics

Make a faster machine and people will flock to inefficient software.

Flock, Flocks, Inefficient, Machines, People, Software

The right to be a journalist is part of the Bill of Rights.

Bill, Bills, Part, Politics, Rights

[A]s for my prediction that [the iPhone] would be a bad idea for Apple to pursue, anything can still happen. Time is a cruel mistress.

Apples, Cruel, Happen, Ideas, Iphone

The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse. ' There is no evidence that people want to use these things.

Macintosh, People, Use, Want

Within the decade, Microsoft should have a minimum of 300 stores. They should do as well as the Apple Stores. . . [Microsoft] is going to experiment with holiday pop-up shops this year in various cities. I predict they will be hugely successful.

Apples, Cities, Holiday, Shops, Successful, Year