Louis Cipher wonders if Weblogs.Com will survive the blogging frenzy during the Steve Jobs keynote at MacWorld in San Francisco at 9AM today. It did last year. But the network is bigger this year. I guess the answer is we’ll find out later today. [Scripting News]. Well, Steve’s spinning the values of the integrated digital world with iPhoto2, iMovie3, iTunes3 and iDVD. Impressive stuff. And the Weblogs.com server seems to be holding up pretty well.
Archive | January, 2003
Post dated 2003-01-06 21:46:20
InfoWorld claims that MSN Messenger outage affects millions. Cause of worldwide service interruption unknown [InfoWorld: Top News]. Let’s see, 6 hours means, at best, Microsoft can claim a 99.93% uptime for the year, not even four nines. And it’s only January 6th. I wonder what operating system they’re running. Trustworthy Computing strikes again.
Post dated 2003-01-05 15:24:42
Microsoft’s Passport service was partially inoperative for three hours Thursday. We all have hardware troubles. But we’re not all trying to sell Trustworthy Computing.
Post dated 2003-01-05 13:28:50
This is the week to invest in Apple stock. With MacWorld next week, we’ll see an inevitable bump in the stock price as Jobs announces… whatever. Price rises, charging for upgrades, dot-one versions, it doesn’t matter. The man with the reality distortion field will have the crowd wild at his every demo. Great show to watch, too. Apple will be webcasting the keynote. The 7th at 9 PM PT.
Post dated 2003-01-05 12:25:52
TCO is one of those obscure buzzterms, “Total Cost of Ownership,” that everyone seems to use, everyone claims to understand. But I suspect, the term has falled into public and very loose usage, despite its several trademarks. A new study in ZDNet Tech Update suggests that, while Linux admins may cost a little bit more upfront, the long-term cost of supporting a large number of servers is cheaper with Linux than Windows or Solaris. Interesting reading.
Post dated 2003-01-05 11:36:45
An interesting copy of a handout from Microsoft Benelux here on their attitude towards the GPL. While generally factual, it’s not surprising to see the Microsoft interpretation lean towards their commercial use of IP.
Post dated 2003-01-05 11:27:36
A long day of shoveling 15″ of snow from the driveway and raking it off the roof. Man, am I sore!
Red Hat disks passed out at Great Lakes Great Database Workshop 2003
Friend and publisher Whil Hentzen runs the Great Lakes Great Database Workshop. I’ve had the privilege of speaking at the conference the past couple of years. This last November, at the closing session, he passed out 3 CDs of Red Hat 8.0 for everyone to learn from. Reaction has been pretty interesting, with a number of people finally getting around to trying out Linux now that someone finally shoved disks into their hands, and they didn’t have to shell out money or spend the time download ISO images and burning CDs.
Post dated 2003-01-03 14:51:37
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Well, the weather forecast is for 7″ to 20″ of snow, and it’s been coming down in fits and starts all day. I’m all for the White Christmas thing, but I think we’re on our way to a record-breaking season, 11 days into winter. A big storm on Christmas (a foot+) followed by this one. Glad I’m staying home today.
Post dated 2003-01-03 14:45:48
David Pogue reviews another attempt at the PDA-laptop hybrid: a full keyboard and a small display and Palm OS! NY Times: And Now, the Portable Desktop PC, Up to a Point. Microsoft may have quite a challenge explaining to the masses how this wireless screen differs from last fall’s Tablet PC, whose looks, marketing language, core audience of well-heeled techies and manufacturer roster are confusingly similar to those of the Smart Display. [Tomalak’s Realm]