Month: October 2002

Dan Gillmor.  Microsoft piggy bank tops $40 b.  What if Microsoft took $300 m and provided a $3 m grant to 100 small independent companies doing the most innovative software on Windows?  What if they promoted their products to customers?  There are still lots of things that Microsoft doesn't do.  Could this restart the PC upgrade cycle? … Continue reading Dan Gillmor

I just heard tonight that a college converted its ENTIRE site architecture to Manila (a different college from the one below).  They now have professors editing directories in Radio for Manila sites. Students getting coursework from the Web.  Weblogs for faculty and much, much more.  They love it. The savings over the Vignette solution they… Continue reading I just heard tonight that a college converted its ENTIRE site architecture to Manila (a different college from the one below).  They now have professors editing directories in Radio for Manila sites. Students getting coursework from the Web.  Weblogs for faculty and much, much more.  They love it.

The savings over the Vignette solution they were looking at:  $200 k. [John Robb's Radio Weblog

I just talked to a school (college) on Friday that has 250 faculty weblogs running on Manila (up from 100 at the start of the year).  The faculty loves it.  Of course, you don't see these weblogs on weblogs.com. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

Wow.  I have the quote of the week on the Harrow Technology Report.  If you haven't subscribed to this yet, you should.  It is one of the gems of the NET (it also includes audio versions).  Sample quote: Serious “competitive advantage” could easily overcome peoples' reluctance to accept even invasive “accessories.”  Consider how, on a… Continue reading Harrow Technology Report

The enterprise Mac. IN MAY 2001, Apple began shipping OS X on new Macs. Six months later, at the O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services conference, it was clear that a sea change was under way. The open-source geeks who flock to these events were flouting Microsoft not with PC notebooks running Linux, but with PowerBooks… Continue reading The enterprise Mac

Mitch Kapor's open source PIM to use wxPython. Mitch Kapor's Open Source Applications Foundation has emerged into blogspace, where Mitch says he'll chronicle its progress. The first project: a powerful, easy-to-use personal information manager for Linux, Windows, and Mac. Mitch writes: … [Jon's Radio]

Dirt Cheap Scans. I opened this business because I was frustrated at having to pay what seemed to be unreasonable prices for scanning services… [xBlog: The visual thinking weblog | XPLANE]

Don Park: “What I am afraid of is the erosion in the sense of value for software. If OSAF succeeds, consumers will have access to a wide array of high quality software for free. Most likely, every PC will start to ship with them preloaded. Every time a new OSAF product ships, a market segment… Continue reading Don Park

Bootstrap: How to Redirect an RSS Feed. “You've just moved your weblog or news site, and the RSS feed has moved too. You want people who are subscribed to your RSS feed to automatically start reading the feed at its new location. This document explains how to do that.” [Scripting News]

“Standards of truth” Compares Google to Library of Alexandria “This essay at the 'Disenchanted' website includes the following summary: A robotic descendant of an ancient library's servants forces a new generation to learn some skills that they just don't teach in school, these days. But that doesn't do the article justice. The author begins by… Continue reading “Standards of truth” Compares Google to Library of Alexandria