Has the software industry, primarily Microsoft, seen the last days of price gouging through software licensing? Is this the death of the Microsoft business model?

Analysis

As a former national account manager for a software reseller, I managed the software utilization for one of America's largest banks-Wells Fargo. In my experience within this niche, two things came to my mind immediately in 2001:

1. Rip Off: Companies were buying licenses and being ripped off by licensing requirements, lack of understanding of the price matrix, and the forced obsolecence of perfectly fine operating systems.

Note: Microsoft's cash cow was based on planned obsolecence and they milked that bad boy to the hilt--killing the golden goose in the process

2. Sharing: rogue companies were already burning software, hacking packages, and attempting to proliferate their resources without having to pay exorbenant fees for the licensing of what they felt was their own property

Final Final

It is a new age with the onset of Web 2.0 readying the approach of Web 3.0. Transparency in business practices, shared intellectual properties, value based giving, and citizen journalism through the phenomenon called blogging has changed our business world forever--and for the better.

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Nur leider ist der Empfang in der South Bay meistens nicht so besonders gut, weshalb ich haeufiger umschalten muss. Dann meistens auf 98.5 Kfox, auch wenn ich davon nicht sooo begeistert bin.

It's a little bit different here in Silicon Valley...the Seattle ones seemed to have more of an emphasis on the bar.

After checking the Red Robin website...I was right, it did start in Seattle...but is now headquartered in the Denver area.  It looks like the chain is doing quite well, and good for them.  They seem to have a good product everywhere I've been.

There are at least half a dozen burgers on the menu that I could go for at any given visit...it is always a tough choice.  For the purposes of this review, I went (for the first time ever) with the Blackened Bayou burger.

TASTE - Very, very, very good.  This is well conceived, well executed burger.  The cheese, meat, onions, peppers, and cole slaw all go very well together.  Did he just say cole slaw?  That might not be what they call it, but that's what it seems like.  For something labeled "Blackened Bayou" I thought that it should have had a touch more heat.  Then again I did down quite a few of those "bottomless" strawberry lemonades.

SELECTION - There is a huge range of selections at Red Robin.  I mean HUGE.  And the write ups of each of the burgers are great...it makes you hungry just reading the menu.  Burgers come with bottomless fries....AND they have this seasoning on the table, that I never see people in California using, but the fry seasoning is excellent.   Red Robin has a full bar...the bottomless strawberry lemonades are a deal.  The onion ring appetizer is a good way to keep from getting too hungry before your burger arrives.

CREATIVITY/X-FACTOR - VERY high marks for creativity.  Seriously, the selections on this menu give me the hardest time in making a decision of any burger joint that I know.  Usually something will pop out at you, but at the Red Robin, it always seems to be a couple things that jump out at me.  X-factor= kids like the stuff on the kids menu, AND they have veggies for a side dish for the kids.

RESTAURANT - The restaurant is neat and clean in a corporate manner.  It's probably just a little over the line in my book for being "too cookie cutter".

EXTRAS/FRESHNESS/ETC - Food is good and fresh.  The got all of the customizations on our groups order correct....and the kids liked the kids menu food (always a bonus!).  The bottomless fries and drinks are a nice bonus...but sometimes are slow to arrive

SERVICE - The staff is always friendly and courteous...and they've always seemed to be really good with my child.  Sometimes they seem too nice.  I suppose that clapping and singing "Happy happy birthday from all of us to you...blah blah blah" can do that to a person.

OVERALL SCORE   86 out of 100.

I don't know what fast-food chains call the people who develop their products, (maybe New Product Development People?), but Carl's Jr. has theirs working on overtime.

They've got chili burgers, jalepeno burgers, 6 dollar burgers, prime rib burgers, breakfast burgers....it's enough to give me a heart attack before ordering!

At the very clean Carl's Jr on North 1st Street, I was a bit overwhelmed at the number of "special burgers" there were.  So I went against the tide and got the Famous Star.  It's the classic burger that started it all...well at least I think it was, maybe not, but I'm not far enough into reading Fast Food Nation to know for sure.

TASTE - Carl's burgers have a real nice char-broiled taste to them.  It really makes them stand out above the fast food crowd.  The Famous Star is a pretty basic burger, meat cheese, bun, lots of sauce, fresh veggies.  It's a well put together burger.  The bun is on the weak side.

SELECTION - As mentioned above there is a HUGE selection at Carl's.  I couldn't begin to count or remember the number of burger choices.  I specified "criss cross fries".  I'm not sure if that costs extra.  It might.  It used to.  then it didn't.  Then I think it did.  Now?  I don't know.

CREATIVITY/X-FACTOR - Overall Carl's should get high marks for creativity.  What I ordered was the least creative thing on the menu.  I'm so not like me today.  There is a reason that this is the place that had the ad tag line "Don't bother me, I'm eating".

RESTAURANT - The restaurant is clean and bright.  It's very visually appealing.  Carl's Jr Inc should be glad that I'm not basing this review on the Saratoga Ave. location.  Actually, I have enough past history with eating Carl's burgers, that I'm sure some of that will taint my always unbiased score for both better and worse.

EXTRAS/FRESHNESS/ETC - Everything seems to be quite fresh and of good quality.   The bun wasn't great.  The fries are there to be eaten, but completely unmemorable.  Sad that they put so much time and effort in to making a distinctive burger, but then are so lackluster about the fries.

SERVICE - It is a counter service place...but yet they bring the food to your table...and bring ketchup.  All in all, the employees at this Carl's Jr seemed genuinely happy to be there.

OVERALL SCORE   75 out of 100.

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Hamid Saadat, the sparkling presence with MC qualities and charismatic flair, provided much needed reminders of the importance of a clean-updated resume. He gave away 3 timely handouts: Top 10 Guidelines-Resume; The Eight Worst Things to Say in an Interview; and Networking, what not to do. This dovetailed perfectly with impromptu presenter Pamela Livingston of M Shift.

Pamela a woman of obvious boundless energy, provided what was the best most succinct tips of the day. She spoke of the importance of networking, the idea that nearly every waking moment of the day is an opportunity to network, and most important of all--give value and give often.

As the Vice President of Business Development for M Shift, Pamela related stories of her own employment history, her strategy in becoming more valuable to an organization, and a general approach to life that has a lets get it done together feeling.

Attendees with Expertise

1. Barbod Varjavandi- An irrepressible charismatic man with fantastic communication skills, Barbod's expertise includes: Engineering Operations; Software Engineering; Product Management; Release Engineering; Information Technology. Barbod is the type of person every organization should have in order to prosper. Contact Barbod at barbod@varjavandi.com and 408 802-9120

2. Nobuko Isomata- Nobuko is such a joyful intelligent woman. She is fluent in English and Japanese and her background specialty is Asian Market Entry and Product Launch. Her consulting services, Market Entry Experts, provides a full array of market to market management and strategy. Contact Nobuko at nobuko@marketentryexperts.com and (650) 922-1786 or 240-0460

3. Joyce Phillips-Joyce is a Human Resources expert with a focus on H.R. Management and Business Partnership. She is looking for an opportunity with a large company. Joyce has the savvy and warm intelligence to relate to any situation as well as substance factor. With companies facing an ongoing battle for human capital "assets", Joyce would be key acquisition for any organization. Contact Joyce at jelp444@gmail.com

4. Susan Siegel-Susan is an intelligent communicator who I only had a moment to connect with at our meeting. She impressed me as well spoken and hard working in her approach to business and networking. Susan can be contacted at smsiegel1@aol.com or (415) 602-1120

5. Bill Gascoyne-A man of substance he is an ASIC Engineer, a corporate technical trainer, and an amateur Physics lover. Bill is the type of guy who can train and relate to an audience of experts, hold their attention, and most important of all--be effective communicating complex theory in the most effective manner. Contact Bill at bill@billgascoyne.name and 408 497-5682

6. David Strom-David is a Technical Writer with expertise in API, software, and digital video. David's strength is not only his substance factor but as an effective communicator through both the spoken and written word. Contact David at davestrom@mac.com and www.davestrom.com

7. Barb Kinnune-Barb is a Career Consultant with experience as a Personal Coach. Barb's focus is talent management, career mapping, resume building, and networking. With experience in Silicon Valley, Barb would be an asset in order to move employees forward with a plan for success. Contact Barb at bkinn_1@yahoo.com

Finally me, Dean Guadagni, I have 23 years of business development experience. I am utilizing my substance factor as a blog consultant, free lance writer, and agent to author Susan Hanshaw. I am the Business Director of Inner Architect and Inner Architect Media. I represent Susan Hanshaw's newly released book "Inner Architect: How To Build The Life You Were Designed To Live" our workshops, keynote speeches, and products are aimed at providing the platform for you to become your own life coach, identify your passions, and plot a new destiny built upon your passionate interests.

A telling quote in the story, from founder/CEO of mobile startup Loopt: ""Were it not for Dan'l - if we just knew Microsoft by reputation - I don't think we'd be working with them nearly as closely as we are."

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I had noted earlier that two years seemed to be rather long getting this fund on the road. Rekhi, who founded Excelan (acquired by Novell) in Silicon Valley and subsequently went on to mentor/fund several successful Valley startups, including Exodus Communications and Rightworks, seems to have had his reasons. I find it interesting that he's keeping deal sizes, small, implying that he's going to try and bridge the critical gap in early-stage funding in India -- Series A or the round of funding that follows seed funding. Of course, there is also a huge void in terms of the availability of seed funding itself, but Inventus' approach is a good step towards connecting the missing links in the venture funding life-cycle.

Held at the private home of Heidi Roizen and David Mohler in Atherton, the party kicked off with a VIP only event inside the Italian villa. Backed by a suit of armor, and looked upon by a giant Bison head and stag's head, SDForum's CEO Susan Lucas-Conwell (sporting one of her signature French silk scarves)  made the introductions, as everyone crowded into the wood beamed hall. Susan teased the crowd about revealing how the five visionaries are actually chosen, but the selection process remains a well guarded secret. Ann Winblad is giving nothing away.

I chatted to Cromwell Schubarth, editor of the Silicon Valley Business Journal who reports that contrary to the fate of many newspapers, like the Merc, his paper is thriving. Exploiting a niche and doing it well is key, he tells me. Next up: The Green Mayor: Chuck Reed, who was unususally enthusiastic. "The best days are ahead of us!" he exclaimed. Perhaps the optimism of all those successful techies and entrepreneurs rubbed off on him. Or maybe it was his delight in driving his wonderful Prius to the event. He told me he gets a cool green 44 MPG. That would make anyone a wee bit jovial, the way gas prices are surging!

Talking joviality, the exuberant Heidi Roizen gave me some of the skinny on her startup: SkinnySongs (an interview for Women's Radio seems inevitable). She was determined to get the visionaries to sign her "virtual" bookshelves, a masterful tromp l'oie in her living room, already adorned with Sergey Brin, author of "Googled" among other big techy names. A smart move by Heidi: no doubt adding many $'s to the value of her home, even in this down market.

I was cheered to hear a visionary like Forest Baskett (former CTO of Silicon Graphics and Partner at VPs NEA) pushing the case for wind power and electric cas. Moving from 20c a mile (gas) to 2c a mile (electric) sounds pretty compelling to me.

Diane Greene, pioneer of mainstream virtualization and CEO & co-founder of VMWare was the most modest of the bunch. She simply credits her 'visionary powers' to being an optimist. According to her intro, she established a company culture that is employee-focused and about being "nice people".  Mendel Rosenblum summed it up by saying "she showed you can build a multi-billion dollar software company and not be a jerk." Amen to that.

I look forward to exploring both her company culture and her great passion for sailing (she tells me she sails a trimoran) when I interview her for Women's Radio later this summer.

Founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings had some interesting wisdom to share about growing a startup: success is all about employee freedom he says: encourage creativity, take risk, do things different...

And finally: Steven Levy, senior writer for Wired Magazine and author of "Hackers" was entertaining: he described all the poses Bill Gates goes through in the space of a two hour interview - from rocking madly, almost horizontal, to fetal position. Steven is proud of the fact he antagonized the richest man in the world so much that he threw a pencil at him! Only a geek would boast that claim to fame.

Heidi warned me the party goes on till the wee hours...sadly I couldn't stay around to see if techies really can party like the Oscar party crowd. But with Heidi at the helm, I don't doubt they'd give it a good try.

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There were the usual staples of the San Francisco Parade, the Rainbow flags, the shirtless muscled men, the drag queens and the dykes on bikes,  but this time there was something more.  

You could see it in the Parade in the myriads of wedding gowns and groom's tuxedos.  In the numbers of same sex parents and their children marching together. In the numbers of straight parents and their gay sons and daughters holding hands proudly. In the numbers of gay young teenagers cheering in group after group. It was in the music and on the floats.

It was also on the faces of the parade spectators,  a mixture of gays and straights from all races and creeds. We were shouting it together. We were calling for equality.  The revolution has gathered a new energy.

The same sex marriage legalization in California was simply the rallying cry.   The movement has been ignited and it is rolling forth America!   Happy Pride!

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This one isn't Valley specific, but oh well. I've spent several years walking around office hallways and cubos and overhearing people saying, "Let's jump into a conference room and touch base", or "My crack dealer and I are touching base at the street corner tonight, want to join?" and it has been getting to me.

As far as I understand it, touch base == call or meet someone irrelevant about something immaterial. No one or nothing is being touched (at least I hope not). And whose base is this anyways? Why is there a base involved in the first place? Is anyone climbing a mountain?

So why the hell do we keep using it?? "Touch base" is yet another example of corporate America's slow but continuous emasculation and withering of plain, simple, understandable English.

I only wish Hemingway were alive so he could get into a cagefight with anyone who'd dare to use the phrase in his presence. Now that's a fight I would pay to watch on HBO.

The destination was ultimately Starbucks for a late breakfast/snack (so close you practically have a visual on it from the house). I mistakenly thought we were really going for a bike ride. Mariette intended us to go to Starbucks for refueling and THEN head out for a longer ride. So my fault - we went a few miles before Reid conked out of gas. Result: I carried Reid on my shoulders 2 miles back and Mariette, effectively "rode" Reid's bike like a scooter standing up and pushing off with one leg.

By the time we got to Starbucks, all were a wee bit thirsty and cranky for the 20 minute ride that was actually turned into an hour and 20 minutes.

While sitting outside on (yet another) perfect California summer day, we started talking with a couple with a new baby. As it turns out, the father is a local venture capitalist (aka a "VC") that specializes in early stage venture investing (i.e., companies like my startup Vidtel). He gave me his email address on a proverbial Starbucks napkin. I was warned that venture capitalists were all over the local Starbucks stores but did not expect serendipity to happen so quickly. Ah, the benefits of being in "The Valley".

Off to play with our kiddies in the backyard.

Scott

I can't believe this either, but there are actual folks who are very upset that the "Replies" tab in their Twitter accounts have not worked for the past week or so.

I'll be honest here. While it is kind of annoying that when a "follower" asks for feedback on something, I use the @ command to respond, and I get no acknowledgment for my trouble, and it's because they can't see the response to begin with, I primarily use the thing to update status, release tension, promote my blog links, and other things people trying to market themselves on the web do. Most of my offline friends who use Twitter pretty much go on there to read what other people are doing. Or, like my husband, abandoned the service all together, because, frankly they don't see the point. After all, he says, if I want to have a "conversation" with someone, I can pick up the phone and talk to them. Or send them an email.

Then again, he's not a public guy. Unlike a lot of these webicissists (and I include myself in that bunch), he likes to keep his conversations private. That I can respect and understand. Not everyone is cut out be an attention whore.

Anyway, I think reports of Twitter's demise (as being noted by the more hoity toity SV blogs) are greatly exaggerated. They are, in my mind, just a small startup that got too big, too soon (how are they making money, anyway? They can't live on VC funding forever). And too many people are now relying on them for contact with others. They've just gotten too much negative attention this past week to not do something about their "replies" tab not working. I'm sure they know that something's gotta give.

In the meantime, as noted in that link above, the SV cool kids are migrating over to FriendFeed in order to continue conversations/flame wars with each other (or their fans). As noted from the side bar, I've been using the RSS feed in my FriendFeed account to "lifecast" (oh puleeeeeeeze) my web doings. But this morning, I changed my Twitter profile to redirect folks to my friendfeed account if they wish to "reply" to something. I hope to get some feedback, in that respect.

SV cool kids are now singing the praises of FriendFeed, pronouncing that they'll never go back to Twitter, blah, blah. Heh!

1. As cool as I think FriendFeed is, the talk interface in Twitter is MUCH nicer, and more self evident. If you want to start a convo on FriendFeed, you have to "Share Something". And the "Share" interface is small and icky, to say the least. None of my offline friends will go for that.
2. Once that "Replies" tab is fixed (not to mention the server access - it frankly REALLY sucks), these cool kids will come storming back to Twitter like flies on fresh kill. The interface is just too easy to pass up.

Speaking of pretty, I set up shop at another "lifecast' place yesterday. I got the idea from, yet again, TechCrunch". It's called Swurl.com. It's purpose is similar to that of FriendFeed, a place where you can gather feeds of what you do around the web so as to share with other, or have others share with you. Five main differences are that:

1. You can't post anything except comments on your swurl page. All of your generated content comes from elsewhere.

2. You can post RSS feeds in FriendFeed to get around, say, having to "Love" a song on Last.FM in order to have your Last.FM activity show up on our feed (I don't hang at that site that much, to begin with, but my winamp and itunes players have plugins that send my song info up there all the time - I don't really mind sharing that, even if it's a tune I'll one day regret telling people I listened to). In Swurl, you can only access services. And, especially with the Wordpress, you have to log into the service in order to have the full content show up on your Swurl page (which, in the case of this blog, may not be a bad thing).

3. FriendFeed's page design is more functional than anything else. Swurl's is, in a word, BEAUTIFUL!!! I'd like more control over some of the design aspects of it (for example, maybe I want to put my del.ici.ous tags on one part of the page, my Flickr pictures in another part, my blog feed in the middle, etc.). I'm sure this will come down the road.

4. Friends: In FriendFeed, the subscription (and their Friends) show up in the friends' tab. In Swurl, the friendfeed tabs, your friends from other places, and ALL of their web content show up. I'm not sure I like this. I don't want to have to filter all the time cut out the noise from the SV cool kids I subscribe to, so as I can access folks who's happenings I really care about. There is a mute feature, but I'm not sure about that either. We'll see.

5. Update: You can see Twitter replies in your Swurl's friends timeline. Good times! :p

Anyway, that's my take on things this afternoon. How about you?

- Der Apartmentbewohner im allgemeinen sucht sich zwar ein Apartment mit Pool, benutzt diesen aber nicht, auch nicht bei 30 Grad und Sonnenschein am Wochenende.
- 25-jaehrige Asiaten koennen sich die neuesten BMWs und Hondas mit Sonderausstattung leisten und lassen die Motoren vor Schlafzimmerfenstern gerne nachts 10 Minuten laufen.
- Man kann immer ueber Benzinpreise jammern. Egal ob sie bei umgerechnet 0,80 Euro pro Liter wie hier sind oder bei 1,60 pro Liter wie in Deutschland.
- Malls sind die Downtowns der Zukunft (leider).
- Ein Lunch special im Restaurant ist billiger als das gleiche Essen zu Hause zu kochen.
- Feueralarm ist laut und weckt einen auch um 3:00 Uhr nachts. Zum Glueck war es nur ein halbverkohlter Balkon und kein Grossbrand. Der Feueralarm ging trotzdem fuer ca. 30 Minuten und alle Apartmentbewohner haben sich in Schlafsachen am Pool versammelt.

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I have to admit I never thought I would see this list.  10 of the hottest female golfers. Compare these with the 10 best female golfers of all time.  The difference is negligible.

Solar power the new Silicon Valley?

Jason Bateman talking Arrested Development Movie

Supreme Court to Rule on right to bear arms in DC today.

Money Shots!

Hispanics taking back Texas the legal way.  Wouldn't be surprised if a local or even our national government write a law putting restrictions on foreign owned residential units and you can bet the government will be all over them if they don't agree to rent or sell to other races.  Then again money talks if they contribute to their congressman then no worries.

US gets its first offshore wind farm.

No fried foods at Democratic Convention.  As of yet no RSVP from any Southern states.

Guidelines for Americans visiting a German Soccer or futbol match.

Top 10 Celebrity Moms Who Could be Hookers.  I am actually glad they limited this to a Top 10 otherwise, judging from the crap coming out of Hollywood lately, this list could go on and on and on and frankly I don't have the patience.

Denise just scares me.

 The secret life of powerlines. 

Saw this on Break, thought it was funny.  I really wish they had a picture of the crowd inside. 

The Worlds first building in motion.  The building can rotate or "dance" with the wind.  Have fun giving a presentation on the 40th floor.  See video of wind turbines here.

Mmmmm cucumber sandwiches are gooooood!

Before he came to live on a quiet street, Jimi Simmons, a Native American, was consigned to the foster care system and later, prison. He met his future wife, Karen Rudolph, when he was on trial for his life. “Making the River,” a documentary chronicling one facet of the social turmoil of the 1970s, is their story. It captures the early tragedies that led to their lifetime of advocacy work in the community.

For more information about the story of Jimi Simmons and Karen Rudolph, a great article was recently published in the Los Altos Town Crier.

Grand Ronde, OR - The Grand Ronde Tribal newspaper, Smoke Signals, also featured an article on the life story inspiring our documentary, Making the River, in this week's edition. For many tribal members, this is first time hearing about the Simmons family history. Please read the Grand Ronde article in full here.

Bei den beiden letzten Deutschland-Spielen habe ich mir Gleitzeit und VPN zu Nutze gemacht und vormittags erst zu Hause gearbeitet und dann haben wir das Spiel hier in unserem Gym gesehen! In unserem Apartment haben wir naemlich nur ein paar Sender, im Gym haengt aber ein Fernseher mit allen moeglichen Kanaelen (unter anderem auch ESPN). Bei uns in der Firma wird die EM auf jeden Fall auch diskutiert, was aber auch stark daran liegt, dass sehr viele unterschiedliche Nationen vertreten sind (wobei eigentlich nur 2 Europaer, aber lassen wir das, das wird zu kompliziert).

Das Spiel Holland - Russland sowie das Finale wurden (werden) sogar auf ABC gezeigt, das heisst wir empfangen es auch UND - der groesste Vorteil - koennen es in HD sehen! Flachbildfernseher ohne HD ist einfach mal scheisse, aber diese Neuigkeit scheint in Deutschland ja noch nicht angekommen zu sein (wo neulich die HD Kanaele von Pro7 und Sat1 eingestellt wurden).

Also auf gehts ins Finale! Egal ob Russland oder Spanien - Deutschland gewinnt!

This prestigious award is given in recognition to Jimi's commitment as a responsible and involved father.

Congratulations Jimi!

Congratulations Karen!

Another Silicon Valley-based organization founded by Sharon Chatman, Red Power Divas, got Jimi's wife Karen Rudolph and son Arthur Simmons involved in their walking fitness program. Karen is an active member of the Red Power Divas, a diverse support group of individuals dedicated to living healthy, active lives. While each member is encouraged to complete a Half or Full Marathon, the Red Power Divas was primarily founded to challenge oneself to become fit, meet new people, and have a great support system while becoming educated about a healthy lifestyle.

Arthur participated in the FitKidz program, an initiative aimed to educate and empower our youth. At the age of thirteen, Arthur is helping other kids to realize that exercise and healthy eating can be fun. Both Karen and Arthur completed their first half marathon!

The area is a posh locality of San Jose, whose residents mainly consist of Silicon Valley executives, doctors, engineers and other professionals. Some Landmarks in Almaden Valley are Lake Almaden, Almaden Quicksilver County Park, and Calero Dam and Reservoir. Almaden Valley is the best place to live life the California way. With its pleasant climate and delightful wineries and golf courses, it’s no wonder that Almaden Valley real estate properties are selling like hot cakes. In fact, most single-family houses start at prices around $1-million though homes are available for sale at prices in the 6-figure bracket.

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It's possible, then, that any company, even those seemingly flying high, could be beginning to suffer the effects of an incipient organizational cancer, which will eventually spread, become pervasive, and bring the firm to ground. There's a life cycle to any information-technology company, just as there's a life cycle to any human being or to any organization that depends upon the cooperation and coordination of human beings for its success. That covers every hardware, software, on Internet-services firm on the planet today.

So, given that decline is possible in any company, it logically follows that decline is possible today at Google, currently the thriving juggernaut of the Internet scene.

Is it really happening, though? We just have anecdotes as evidence, including one conveyed today by Peter Kafka of Silicon Alley Insider. Kafka quotes an anonymous "Valley bigwig," who says the following:

"Google's a complete f--ing mess on the inside. A total f--ing trainwreck. They don't talk to each other. They fight constantly. A lot is being pissed away. In three or four years you'll be looking back at this company and wondering what happened."

This could be coming from an embittered former executive, or from a competitor, or from a current or former Google partner. Without quote attribution, it's impossible to know. It might mean nothing, or it could be the sign of manifest difficulty at the industry giant.

One fact is undeniable: All companies decline eventually, even the giants.