Month: November 2007

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Rockies Tickets, anyone?

Rockies tickets, anyone?
This is a great opinion column in today’s Rocky Mountain News that addresses the ethics of what the Rockies did and how the Rockies handled distributed tickets.

From a business and public relations standpoint, the Rockies messed up.  They limited the tickets to a few who could get in to the computer system.  It created a lot of unhappy people.

From what I understand what happened, once people got in to purchase tickets, they could stay in there and purchase tickets.  This alienated many of the Rockies fans who for some reason were unable to get in. Continue reading “Rockies Tickets, anyone?”

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Google to unveil ‘Android’ phone software

Google to unveil ‘Android’ phone software | One More Thing – CNET News.com
In a press conference on Monday, Google is expected to announce a software stack for mobile phones called Android.  Based on Linux operating system, the operating system will be available in a few days following the annuoncement.

This is being pulled together by a group of about 30 different companies, bringing open-source to the cell phone industry.

It will be interesting to see how this accepted and adopted in the industry and by the public.