Owen Williams
owened.co.nz · Personal blog · on HN since 2012
Owen Williams, a New Zealand-based writer, covers Microsoft, Apple, Google and Facebook products and how they affect users.
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What HN people wrote when they linked it
kefs · 2012-10-25
..until you have to move internationally.
http://owened.co.nz/how-microsoft-might-sink-its-own-ecosystem