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When you follow the computer scene

the way I do, you begin to develop a list

of complaints and ideas for fixing them.

Here’s my latest Top Ten list.

1. Sun-Apple Merger

This has been under discussion since 1985

or so, with no action taken. I have person-

ally never seen two companies that suit

each other to a T as these two do. It would

round out the line of machines perfectly

and put Sun out of its misery. At one point

in the late 1990s, Sun would have been the

big dog in the deal, putting Apple out of its

misery. Now it is the other way around.

2. Microsoft Split

As anyone who has read my columns over

the years knows, I’m a big promoter of a

Microsoft split. Whether it is into two,

three, or four entities, I do not care. All I

know is that the Microsoft shareholders

and the company itself would beneﬁ t from

a breakup. Only the egos of the executives

keep it from happening.

3. Uniﬁ cation of Linux

More than anything else, the industry

needs a unification of the Linux operat-

ing system, with one purveyor that can

control the details of the operating sys-

tem in such a way that you do not have all

these confusing distros (see Inside Track,

opposite). The current ﬂ avor of the day is

Ubuntu. In a year or two, it’ll be another

distro. Years ago there were good reasons

for this internecine battling—a form of

tribalism—but they are no longer valid.

Linus Torvalds could make this happen

overnight.

4. Motherboard Standardization

Why do we need so many motherboard

variations? How many different x86

boards do we need in the world? I know

there are rationalizations for this, since

every new glue chip that hits the market

improves things a little. But this is a bigger

mess than Linux distros.

5. Make Dead Products Public Domain

It’s ridiculous how much superb com-

puter code and how many cool products

and inventions get shelved and die. Some-

times one company buys another and then

decides to stop marketing the acquired

product because it is not making enough

money. Users are left in the lurch. There

should be a proviso in the copyright and

patent laws about abandoned properties.

They should become public domain. I’ve

been harping on this for years.

6. AMD-Intel Merger

I’m sick of watching these two companies

bicker. Enough said.

7. Universal Ink Cartridges

Why does a single printer company have

a line of, say, 30 different printers that

use 20 different kinds of ink cartridges? I

could as easily complain about the price

of ink (another peeve of mine), but that

said, what is the point of all these different

cartridges? What’s weird about it is that

every company in the world constantly

moans and groans about having too many

SKUs. Meanwhile, this situation continues

unabated. We’re not talking about unique

cartridge mechanisms here; they’re mostly

just little tanks ﬁ lled with ink.

8. Standard Cell Batteries

Digital cameras should use standard cells

so people could buy batteries in situations

where they cannot recharge. This change

would also get camera manufacturers

back into the business of making cameras

rather than making weird, overpriced pro-

prietary batteries for profit. Companies

have to ﬁ gure out if they are in the camera

business or the battery business.

9. Stop Outsourcing Everything

This issue has died down in the news lately,

but the problem is worse than ever. Intel

is dropping $2.5 billion into a fabrication

plant in China. Money is ﬂ owing into India

in much the same way—by the billions.

What about building a fab in Macon, Geor-

gia, instead? And, yes, I understand all the

bogus arguments from the outsourcing

perspective. “Bogus” is the operative word.

10. Get Rid of DRM

There is more money being lost in digital

rights management schemes than any sav-

ings from thwarting piracy. I’m not con-

vinced that piracy prevention is necessarily

that good an idea when the evidence con-

tinues to indicate that a more open market

for file sharing results in increased sales.

But everyone in Hollywood sees that seem-

ing contradiction as a mere coincidence.

Honestly, I could pull together similar

lists of complaints week after week. This

is it—for now.

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JOHN C. DVORAK

My Top Ten Bright Ideas

58 PC MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 6, 2007

What about Intel building a fabrication plant in

Macon, Georgia, instead of China? I understand all

the bogus arguments from the outsourcing perspective.

“Bogus” is the operative word.

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