Monthly Archives: April 2002

Yet Another School Shooting

Damn, it’s begun again. Germany now, of all places. Bad!

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The Antitrust Suit and XP Embedded

Paraphrasing my /. post here: in the Gates testimony, who’s leading who? Could the new found focus on XP Embedded (in the testimony) have something to do with the fact that it doesn’t sell very well, as of now? I … Continue reading

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Gates' Antitrust Testimony

Jack Bryar of NewsForge: While reporters for The Register dismissed it as nothing more than “a long tedious advertisement for Microsoft”, it is just possible that Gates saved his company.

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'Consumer' Considered Harmful

An aside: why do the content mills (I like that phrase) like the word ‘consumer’ so much? Has the image of couch potatoes slumping before television made them used to the passive ‘consumer’? A customer by contrast is an active … Continue reading

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The Copyright Crusade

(Via kuro5hin): Frank et al, Viant Corporation: There are many who believe the first step should be to finish the job of eliminating the free competition, to drive piracy back underground,and to make it clear who is in control. In … Continue reading

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NYTimes Random Login Generator

Memepool continues to scoop everyone else on weird sites: NYTimes random login generator. I hope the NYT takes this with a sense of humor.

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XBox Creator Leaves Microsoft

Seamus (X-Box) Blackley leaves Microsoft. The XBox was a good idea, one whose potential you can be sure Microsoft will revisit for years to come: it gives them an entry into the living room in a way nothing else will. … Continue reading

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Quicktime Woes

Note to Apple: In 1996, when Netscape 3 ruled the world and PNG was a newcomer, handling PNG via the Quicktime plugin made sense. In 2002, both IE and Mozilla have made significant advances and can now render PNG natively. … Continue reading

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XFree86 Turns Ten

XFree86 celebrates its 10th anniversary. X is well designed, but the design assumptions it makes are disastrous for the personal desktop (or laptop) market. Just as Apple created Quartz, the Linux community will have to come up with a standard … Continue reading

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Is Gates Lying or Spinning?

Scoble: Am I able to tell you that Bill Gates is lying? Can you?

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