Tuesday, August 27, 2002

Caldera Becomes SCO

by alec on August 27, 2002

Caldera revives SCO name, upgrades OS products.  Interesting strategy.  Caldera, in my mind, is associated with Ray Noorda’s futile complaints about unfair Microsoft business practices, whereas SCO is one of the oldest names in the UNIX business.  I’m not sure it will help much, but certainly abandoning the negative baggage assciated with the name Caldera can’t be a bad thing.  

Parents Take Action

by alec on August 27, 2002

Parents from Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton Announce Action.   The parents insist that this is not a struggle between schoolboards and the province, but it most clearly is.  Recalcitrant boards have refused to bring down the budgets required.   

Blogs and Search Engines: KM Tools

August 27, 2002

Blogging for Dollars. More on the use of weblogs as corporate information tools.  The combination of blog and some kind of search engine seems especially powerful.  

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Blog Additions

August 27, 2002

Added a couple of new items to the blog.  About… which is the who, what and why of this blog, and Reading List which is what I’ve currently been reading and a few thoughts. Enjoy!   

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Unite the Right: Not Gonna Happen

August 27, 2002

I’ve been watching the Unite the Right debate in Canada for some time. It won’t ever happen, because the parties are so different.  The idealogues of the Canadian Alliance will never compromise ("it’s particularly difficult for Stephen to compromise", says Jim Hawkes), and the Progressive Conservatives simply don’t want what the Alliance feels are basic [...]

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Nortel: Cutting, cutting, cutting!

August 27, 2002

Nortel issues warning.  More job cuts.  My heart goes out to everyone at Nortel.  

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Notes, DEAD

August 27, 2002

Steve Gillmor: "Notes is dead."  

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