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Novell follows the Linux path to profit. Linux has saved the day again, this time for Novell. The company's focus on Linux paid off this week in a big way, as the company posted a profit in its fourth quarter and for the year. … [InfoWorld TechWatch]

Cat update. The cat wants to eat. The cat wants to eat an hour early. He's quite definite on this point. So am I. Feeding him early would be the thin end of the wedge. The cat must wait until 7pm. He's retaliating, though. He's got my feet pinned up on the desk again. He's… Continue reading Cat update

New Avalon version. New Avalon version: If you've got an MSDN subscription, then there's a new “Community Technology Preview” version available. MSDN also has a new introductory article open to all, where they distinguish between the Avalon runtimes (both native Longhorn and the varying backports to XP and such), the Avalon framework (the authoring process… Continue reading New Avalon version

Adam Bosworth on. . . well, everything. This is great stuff — worth stopping whatever you are doing and reading it. I would quote a small bit of it, but it's all good. If you work in IT, I would recommend reading it every morning before work. [Chad Dickerson]

A Practical Example of Why Talking to Your Clients about Technology is Important. Mike McBride of the Life of a One-man It Department nicely sums up the problems lawyers create for their clients by (1) not understanding the technology they use and (2) not checking with their clients about technology preferences and problems. Interestingly, he… Continue reading A Practical Example of Why Talking to Your Clients about Technology is Important

Laszlo gets an IDE. IDE for Laszlo is a technology preview of an Eclipse-based development environment for creating, editing, debugging, and testing applications based on the LZX declarative mark-up language. alphaWorks : Integrated Development Environment for Laszlo So, it seems that this little company named IBM has picked up on Laszlo going open source. They’ve… Continue reading Laszlo gets an IDE

Eclipse IDE for Laszlo. So the folks at IBM liked Laszlo so much, they threw out Flex and decided to go and build an IDE for Laszlo – without Laszlo having to raise one finger. They liked it so much, they did it all on their own. I can't think of a better testament to… Continue reading Eclipse IDE for Laszlo

Adam Bosworth nails it. Adam Bosworth put up a transcript of his talk from ICSOC 2004, and it is quite deep and profound. I'm too busy to add more commentary right now, but if you haven't had a look, it is definitely worth a slow read – there's lots of good meaty stuff in there,… Continue reading Adam Bosworth nails it

RESTful Flash plus Flex history. After Kevin Lynch was gang tackled for failing to integrate his Flash deep-linking example with the browser's history navigation (Back/Forward), I recalled that Flex includes a history manager that's intended to support just that kind of integration. Manish Jethani, a Macromedia developer, has created another example that shows how Kevin's… Continue reading RESTful Flash plus Flex history

British Library Becomes London's Largest, Most Popular Hotspot (They Say). There probably is little fear of contradiction that with 1,200 Wi-Fi sessions per week, the British Library's Wi-Fi network is the most popular (and largest) in London: The library officially launched its Wi-Fi service today through its 11 reading rooms, conference auditorium, cafe, restaurant, and… Continue reading British Library Becomes London's Largest, Most Popular Hotspot (They Say)