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The search giant risked missing the chance to herald its netbook OS as a distinctive alternative to netbooks running Microsoft Windows, says Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT.

Google Chrome: beating PC makers to the punch? 2009

Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT acknowledges that there are many more Linux-based tools and services of high quality ready for prime time than there was three years ago, including IBM Lotus, Ubuntu and StarOffice.

Experts: U.S. businesses will likely stick with Windows 2009

Big Blue deserves credit mostly for listening to its customers and tweaking Notes/Domino accordingly, says Charles King, principal analayst at research firm Pund-IT.

IBM: More firms switching from Microsoft's Outlook to Lotus 2009

"The strategic value of 3Par to Dell is such that it wouldn't surprise me to see Dell come back with a counteroffer," says Pund-IT analyst Charles King.

Like EMC, HP pushes around smaller rival in bidding war 2010

"I have a list of questions to ask [Microsoft] about Azure," says Pund-IT analyst Charles King.

Microsoft TechEd event to shed light on cloud computing plans 2010

Charles King of Pund-IT in Concord, Mass. expects that "we'll eventually see Watson-like technologies cropping up in commercial computing solutions before too long."

IBM Plays Jeopardy! Bruce Upbin 2010

"I have a list of questions to ask [Microsoft] about Azure," says Pund-IT analyst Charles King.

TechEd watchers expect Windows Phone news, Azure details John Cox and Jon Brodkin 2010

Pund-IT analyst Charles King offered similar remarks in an interview Friday.

VMware could abandon anti-OS crusade with Novell Linux purchase 2010

Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, notes that SUN and IBM will have to overcome the natural skepticism of tech buyers.

Green initiatives from Sun, IBM 2007

I stopped at every altar and shrine, the tiny stand of pale oats at Shirva, the nettle bed at Pund, the vegetable patch at Quoy, a miniature plantation of stunted sycamores and dissolute pines, the squelching bog beyond the post office.

A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009