Virus writers are industrial terrorists, says MS. Bunker mentality seizes Redmond [The Register]

Web services marchitecture wars get personal. Sun vs The Beast, Part 94. [The Register]

PDC 2001 Highlights

Keep up with the latest announcements and keynotes from the event, and find pointers to downloads, books, and training courses related to Microsoft .NET and other technologies covered at PDC. (October 22, Event)  More...

[MSDN by Stapler]

Will Windows XP mark end of forced upgrades?. The new operating system may halt a historical cycle of software and hardware upgrades, ending what some call "planned obsolescence." [CNET News.com: Enterprise]

REDESIGN ON A SHOESTRING. Zeldman: REDESIGN ON A SHOESTRING "You may save a lot of money if you choose an Open Source Content Management System like Zope www.zope.org . But unless you're a knowledgeable technologist, supervising a qualified in-house staff of same, you could end up spending what you saved on the pricey programmers you'll need to customize the system for your company." [ZopeNewbies]

Not Your Grandma's Desktop. 23 Oct 2001: Linux on the desktop will not be ready until "my grandmother can use it." The phrase invariably shows up on both sides of the desktop war. Windows proponents present it as proof that the Linux desktop is dead. The Linux evangelist's retaliation is his sweet, elderly grandmother. She uses Linux. She also frags him relentlessly in Quake and balances her checkbook with GnuCash. [RootPrompt.org -- Nothing but Unix]

Sony to Release Linux Playstation 2. 23 Oct 2001: Linux World reports thatSony is releasing the Linux Playstation 2 kit."We are preparing the finalized Linux kit for the worldwide market," Okamoto said. During the presentation, another Sony employee demonstrated Linux running on the PlayStation 2 platform, running the X-Windows graphical user interface. During the demonstration, show attendees were shown applications including a word processing program, a spreadsheet program, and an MP3 player running on the system." [RootPrompt.org -- Nothing but Unix]

Apple to unveil digital device today. Apple will introduce its "groundbreaking" digital device today at 10 am PT at its invite-only event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, CA. ... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Palm Adds New Developer Programs. In a move to cement its relationship with its 175,000 registered developers, Palm Inc. Tuesday unveiled new developer programs. [internetnews.com: Web Developer News]

.Net My Services RoadMap - Report from the PDC 2001 [Webservices.org]

Review: Windows XP--good for gamers?. ZDNet Oct 23 2001 9:34AM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Manila Site Analysis Tool. I have completed about half of the user interface prototypes for the set of use cases. I hope to finish the prototypes and have them up on the Manila Site Analysis Tool home page by the end of this week. [Ruminations News]

The Keyword at Google: Growth. Business Week Oct 22 2001 10:09PM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]