Linux advocate: More SCO evidence flawed. “The SCO Group is zero for two in its efforts to prove that its Unix software was illegally copied into the Linux operating system, according to Linux advocate Bruce Perens, who on Wednesday said he traced a second example of SCO’s disputed code and that it was lawfully included in Linux.” [InfoWorld: Top News]
Archive | August, 2003
Week 34: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-33
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-033
Security Update for Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-033.asp
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-030
Security Update for Microsoft DirectX
has also been updated to support more versions of DirectX
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/MS03-030.asp
‘Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely’ says Edward Tufte
WIRED: PowerPoint Is Evil. Edward Tufte. At a minimum, a presentation format should do no harm. Yet the PowerPoint style routinely disrupts, dominates, and trivializes content. Thus PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play -very loud, very slow, and very simple. [Tomalak’s Realm]
Should Windows Update be automatic for home users?
The Washington Post reports ““Microsoft Weighs Automatic Security Updates as a Default“
FoxForum Wiki RSS 1.0 feed beta two release
The FoxForum Wiki RSS 1.0 feed is ready for more beta testing. It failed when there were no changes to process, a RETURN within a TRY…CATCH generating an error. Patched. The RSS 1.0 feed is the last set of links on http://www.tedroche.com/RSSFeeds.html.
FoxForum Wiki RSS 1.0 feed beta one release
The FoxForum Wiki RSS 1.0 feed is ready for beta testing. Let me know if you see any weirdnesses. It’s the last set of links on http://www.tedroche.com/RSSFeeds.html. It validates. It looks okay. We’ll rattle it around and see how it works.
Is it Big Brother watching? Microsoft tries to reason out newsgroups…
News.Com: Microsoft’s in-house sociologist. Q&A with Marc Smith. Microsoft has a big investment in online communities, and has not had until recently many tools to enhance that investment. What Microsoft wants around communities is what every enterprise does, which is a peer-support, knowledge-management application. [Tomalak’s Realm]
Borland to compete with IBM for federal bids
The headline doesn’t seem justified by the body text. A software supplier to the federal government will use Borland’s tools rather than IBM’s in bids on federal contracts. Whether it wins any or not is another matter…“Borland edges out IBM for federal bids” [CNET News.com]
Dan Gillmor: Outsourcing Our Future?
Outsourcing Our Future?. “Will America lose 3.3 million high-paid, value-added technology jobs in coming years? That’s one estimate that John Chen, CEO of…” [Dan Gillmor’s eJournal]