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Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Notes and Tips: Mac OS X 10.3.5 Bug. Apple notes a bug in 10.3.5 with network volumes. [MacInTouch]
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>Taking out the garbage. Scoble was fascinated how news of the Longhorn recalc propogated, but he missed the most fascinating aspect of the announcement. Microsoft shipped the story on a Friday night, I even got a detailed email from a Waggenerette, but the blogosphere waited until Monday to carry the story. It wasn't that we were on vacation or weren't checking email over the weekend, it's just that by announcing it on Friday, Microsoft was clearly taking out the garbage (a term I learned from The West Wing, basically announce all your bad news on a Friday, no one reads the political news on Saturday). The blogosphere didn't play along. Blog flow over weekends, esp a late summer weekend, is miniscule compared to the flow on a Monday morning. Can the story wait till Monday? No problemmo. [Scripting News]comments < 9:06:04 PM
>About that Microsoft 'Win' over Linux.... In its latest love letter to Microsoft, Forbes makes the odd claim that Linux is the monopolist's best friend. Rationale? From the story: "Consider the deal that Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) snagged with the London borough of Newham, announced in early August. Looking to overhaul their computer systems, the Brits originally planned to dump Microsoft's Windows and switch to open-source programs, including Linux. But when they commissioned a study to evaluate costs, they found it would be cheaper to stick with Windows. So they signed on for a 10-year deal."What the story fails to note, as the Register (among others) pointed out at the time the deal was announced, Microsoft paid for the study. Observed the Register: "It takes a lot to raise a laugh at an IT press gig, but this news tickled the spot for the journalists at today's press conference in London."It was also cheaper to stick with Windows, as Forbes did acknowledge, because Microsoft lowered its prices to get the deal. Computerworld's Frank Hayes explains more bluntly: "Newham had a viable Linux alternative to Windows (and a lot of press attention for being a highly visible Linux poster child). Microsoft negotiated. Newham ended up with a truckload of goodies that it couldn't afford before."A few thousand more "victories" like that for Microsoft, and Forbes might find itself wondering how the monopolist could have gotten into such trouble. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] comments < 9:03:42 PM
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