Friday, January 05, 2001
Vaporware? Ha! Linux 2.4 Arrives. The much-anticipated Linux 2.4 kernel, a year late and a prominent addition to Wired News' year-end Vaporware list, is finally released, and not without a sense of humor. By Andy Patrizio.
5:00:41 PM
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VCs weather the perfect storm. The crash in Internet stocks and the uncertain economy have venture capitalists sailing against the wind in choppy seas. Most claim they are not worried. But the truth of the matter is that for the past three years VCs have invested for the short term.
5:00:25 PM
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Wired: Apple Widens Mac OS X Code. In an effort to appease open source developers, Apple has changed the terms of its open source licensing agreement for Darwin, the heart of OS X. No group cheers, but many are pleased. By Michelle Delio.
5:00:12 PM
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Marketing Computers: Conflicts of Interest. Michael Schrage. However, the imperatives of venture capitalists are not the imperatives of brand builders and marketers. A dispassionate analysis of dot-com turbulence and Net-hysteria can only conclude that conflicts of interest have played a starring role in raising the market up and crashing the market down.
11:01:14 AM
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Dylan Tweney: Infrastructure is big in 2001. "If you've got a website, chances are you'll be spending significantly more this year than you did last year to beef up your site's capacity to handle traffic, customers, and content. Sites that don't invest in these improvements will find themselves falling behind, as the number of Web users mushrooms and puts a heavier strain on their servers."
9:00:07 AM
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Wired: MP3.com Looks Home for Harmony. This time last year, MP3.com was on the verge of a legal war with the recording industry. On Thursday, the company moved out of the courtroom and into the living room when it unveiled its new business strategy. By Brad King.
4:00:35 AM
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Wired: Music Makers Go Silent. Think you're safe because the company survived through 2000? Think again. The carnage continues with Musicmaker.... Napster goes back to court.... Intel offers a new player.... and Epitonic lives on as Brad King spins this week's digital music news.
4:00:35 AM
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