Excellent article. Let's hope Michael doesn't get rosted for heresy by the social media community.Another sign of a bubble is when almost everyone says it will continue to grow forever. A couple of months ago people were saying Facebook would absorb most of the web - that's "bubble-thinking" to me.Bill Gates once said people are overly optimistic about the short-term future and overly pessimistic about the long-term future. He meant that people think today's trends will continue in the same dMore...

RE Pk De cville:You don't need Microsoft Office to open MS Office docs. Sun's Open Office can do it, as can Google docs. In the days when it existed, Corel Office would also open MS Office docs, and vice versa. Interoperability between major office apps has been around since the early days."Open" as used here doesn't mean "public" - it means open to others. Can I run Apple hardware with other operating systems? No - it's closed and restricted to an OS from Apple. Can I run Apple's great OS More...

Folks - I appreciate the feedback, but please note I did NOT recommend Google Android, or any aspect of Google. In fact I said they had demonstrated poor communications skills. Criticising one company is not an endorsement of their competitors.