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Thursday, July 04, 2002 |
SOME EXCELLENT OUT-OF-THE-RAT-RACE THINKING
I only wish this was a weblog so I could get updates via the news aggregator!
John Hagel launched his new site recently. He's a smart guy and I've been enjoying the chance to work with him. When I first read his and Mark Singer's article "Unbundling the Corporation" a couple years ago, I thought to myself, "gosh, I'd like to have big thoughts like that..." John's currently working on business management issues related to web services and has been doing some good writing on the topic. [Brent Sleeper's Web Journal]
5:58:41 PM 
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A CHESS GAME IN 5K!
5K Chess. Yes, it can be done and it has been done. Hear from the creative person behind the game: Douglas Bagnall on 5K Chess from WebReference Update. [meryl's notes]
5:40:39 PM
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AN APPROACH TO MICROSOFT
Dave Winer may have them scoped out better than any analyst I've read!
I should write a FAQ about arguing with Microsoft and how not to fall into their trap, as Mitch Wagner does here. Here's the first question that would be in the FAQ. Why is it pointless to argue with Microsoft people? Answer: because they hold you to a higher moral standard than they themselves support. When discussing their transgressions, they argue that they have the right to do that. When that doesn't work, they question your objectivity or qualifications, or resort to veiled ad hominems (a quick subject-change). It's very disgusting. I used to fall for it all the time, arguing with them as if they were willing to be convinced, when they want nothing of the sort. They want to confuse you and tire you out until you give up. So I don't argue with them anymore, I just form my opinion, state it, and don't worry if I'm being terribly fair to them, because they clearly don't worry about being fair to anyone else, including me (and you). [Scripting News]
5:22:31 PM
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READ MORE ABOUT MICROSOFT AT ROBERT'S SITE
But, when you get their product managers off in a personal conversation over beers, they admit "it's cause our corporate clients don't want their employees to be off in newsgroups while they are at work." Tons of things about Microsoft's software have been put there (or kept out) by big corporate clients of Microsoft's. To understand Microsoft's behavior, you must look at the pressures being put on Microsoft's board of directors. It no longer is about building a cool computer for end users or geeks like it was back in the 1980s. [Scobleizer Radio Weblog]
5:16:46 PM
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