News.Com: Microsoft to abandon standalone IE. Dave Winer comments: “This means that to get a new version of the browser you’ll have to install a new version of the operating system? Also, what about the Mac version of IE? Again, Web developers never asked to be Microsoft developers, now they think we should be Windows developers. Oy.” from Scripting News
Slashdot erupts here.
“Redmond’s scanning the Net” is the chilling title of this no-so-chilling tale of Microsoft Research’s studies of community activity on the Internet. Interesting reading.
Ballmer unloads more Microsoft stock. Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer cashes in on nearly 2 million company shares, bringing the total number he sold this month to about 51 million. [CNET News.com]
qotd may 28. Thomas A. Edison: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]
Alan MacCormack: The True Costs of Software. A good essay and survey of published documents in the field showing that TCO is not a simple measurement like “miles per gallon,” and that the context of computer use can have a major effect. At this point, everyone needs to analyze what the total cost of ownership of a particular piece of hardware or software is for them. Link from Scripting News
When you Shouldn’t be Using Linux. Words of wisdom – a simple list of when another operating system might be a better choice. Link from OSNews
SCO Threatens Torvalds. And if you’re not careful, they’ll sue you, too. I wonder who else could be targeted? From OSNews.
Zen Garden: “A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSSöbased design.” [Scripting News]
EricR has a blog! Imagine that! I ran across a reference to Eric Rudder’s blog on Chris Sells blog on his “Senior VP meeting” after a month at Microsoft here: Chris Sells: “Imagine a company run as a strict meritocracy that’s one of the most important and profitable in it’s industry.” ( via Scripting News). It seems that Eric, while not a daily blogger, is using Chris Anderson’s BlogX tool http://www.simplegeek.com).
So far, one blog entry doth not make a log. Keep trying, Eric!
Zawodny: “PageRank stopped working really well when people began to understand how PageRank worked.” via Scripting News