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Archive | December 9, 2003
The Programmer As (Starving) Artist
eWeek links to this piece on NewsForge by OSDN (think SlashDot) leader Robin “Roblimo” Miller
Court rules for IBM in preliminary SCO hearing
Good news from ComputerWorld in this piece: http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,87945,00.html?f=x10
Microsoft dropping Windows 98, Office 2000, SQL Server 7, more
It sounds like a feeble attempt to force customers into upgrading. Perhaps if Microsoft spent a few minutes to remove the offending code from the older products, or even better, worked out a deal with Sun to ship a modern version of Java, Microsoft might obtain a bit of customer loyalty. Microsoft to stop offering host of older products. “Microsoft will stop distributing several older products next week as a result of a legal settlement with Sun Microsystems in a dispute over Java, Microsoft said.” [InfoWorld: Top News]