Author: Vince Kimball

On the Web, Without Wasting Time. Small businesses that want to build a Web site will find that doing so is easier than in the pioneering mid-90's. By Lisa Guernsey. [New York Times: Technology]

Longhorn Milestone Five Preview — Longhorn is the next desktop version of Windows. [Eugene Pervago Web Log]

BBC To Launch Citizen Activism Site. Details of iCan's workings are a bit sketchy — the system is still in development — but an overview was provided recently at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in Santa Clara, California. Cronin and Matt Jones, an information architect with the BBC's new media wing, told conference attendees that… Continue reading BBC To Launch Citizen Activism Site

Revisiting FreeBSD vs. Linux for MySQL. Last September, I wrote entry that became quite popular. In FreeBSD or Linux for your MySQL Server? I detailed some of the reasons that led me to recommend Linux over FreeBSD for MySQL servers at Yahoo. You may hove also noticed my Solved: MySQL, FreeBSD, and LinuxThreads post back… Continue reading Revisiting FreeBSD vs. Linux for MySQL

Technology Hits a Midlife Bump. The information technology industry is maturing in ways that will affect technology companies, their customers and investors for years to come. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Microsoft Moves from Cathederal to Bazaar in IIS 6. Eric Raymond contrasted closed-source and open-source development in his famous essay The Cathederal and Bazaar. Developing good closed-source software requires very good programmers who build Cathederals. Open-source by its nature is a free-for-all Bazaar; the software design has to be layered so that it is accessible… Continue reading Microsoft Moves from Cathederal to Bazaar in IIS 6

Telecom bill passes, could lead to record rate increases. TALLAHASSEE – Legislation that could lead to record rate increases for local telephone service was passed Thursday by the Florida House and now heads to Gov. Jeb Bush. The governor, who vetoed similar legislation a year ago just six months before his re-election, has already indicated… Continue reading Telecom bill passes, could lead to record rate increases

At eleventh hour, lawmakers save Medically Needy program.  TALLAHASSEE – With less than an hour to spare, the Legislature late Wednesday passed a bill to protect thousands of seriously ill people from pending cuts to the state's Medically Needy program. Under changes that had been scheduled to take effect Thursday, the 27,000 people in Medically Needy would… Continue reading At eleventh hour, lawmakers save Medically Needy program

Slashdot | Opportunistic Encryption of IP ttraffic: FreeS/WAN 2.0. Russ Nelson writes “Since 1996, John Gilmore has dreamed of an Internet where all traffic between cooperating sites is encrypted. He has supported the FreeS/WAN project which uses IPSEC to encrypt IP traffic on an opportunistic encrypting basis. The team has released Linux FreeS/WAN 2.00, their… Continue reading Opportunistic Encryption of IP ttraffic: FreeS/WAN 2.0