Author: Vince Kimball

Microsoft wants us to essentially move our lives onto its computers — financial transactions, calendars, address books, documents, you name it. This is the ultimate in centralization. Leaving aside the unreliability of the big computer systems the company now runs — think of the outages and problems with Hotmail, MSN and even Microsoft.com — the… Continue reading Microsoft wants us to essentially move our lives onto its computers

Kevin Werbach: “Microsoft today launched its Hailstorm Web services initiative. Worth watching closely, if for no other reason than that it ties together virtually every hot topic in the computer industry today: distributed computing, component software, instant messaging, online privacy, the post-PC world, user-centric interfaces, you name it.” [Scripting News]

Jabber.Org: Integration of full support for XML-RPC and SOAP. [Scripting News]

White paper: Microsoft HailStorm. “Support will also be included for integration between Windows authentication and Passport authentication of users, so that a user logged onto Windows XP will also be logged onto Passport and therefore able to receive their HailStorm services.” [Scripting News]

OnStream runs out of steam. Files for Chapter 7 [The Register] Uh oh! Have to think about my backup system.

oss4lib: An Interview with Paul Everitt and Ken Manheimer “But did you know that some of the key folks behind Zope admit, unabashedly, that they've “always wanted to be a librarian”? In fact, when I met Paul Everitt, CEO of Digital Creations, at LinuxWorld last month, that's exactly what he said. A quick tour of… Continue reading An Interview with Paul Everitt and Ken Manheimer

Anonymous posters can't be anonymous, says UK court. ZDNET.co.uk: “UK Web sites could be expected to hand over the identity of anonymous notice board posters following a landmark ruling in the UK involving ISP Totalise and the Motley Fool trading site. In the court ruling, Motley Fool was denied the privilege granted to print publications… Continue reading Anonymous posters can't be anonymous, says UK court

For tomorrow's press release. “Radio UserLand is at the sweet spot of the next generation of the Internet, bringing together XML-based web services, a decentralized approach to computing and the power of software,” said Charles Fitzgerald, director of business strategy in the platform strategy group at Microsoft. “This next generation of the Internet promises more… Continue reading Dave Winer: Radio UserLand

Tim Bray thinks about client/server splits and XML [More Like This WebLog]

Glenn Fleishman: Gilmore and Censorship. “I'm sick and tired of people crying censorship when a business enforces contractual rights that happen to involve data flowing. Gilmore's desire to run an open relay is technically pointless and unsophisticated, and [ridiculous] in this day and age…” [Tomalak's Realm]