Sunday, July 28, 2002

Friday, July 26, 2002 You’ve created a unique product, arranged production and, suddenly, it’s selling like lemonade on a hot summer afternoon. But as the market takes notice, how do you prevent some corporate conglomerate from copying your concept and crushing your creation once it’s proven profitable? Netscape ring a bell? That's a problem many start-ups face. Although, there isn't a single perfect solution, look how: two entrepreneurs found some ways to think about how to protect your businesses.  # [John Henry on Business] 6:47:50 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

One of the biggest stumbling blocks for a new Java programmer is configuration problems related to Sun's Software Development Kit, which does not set up the Path and ClassPath environmental variables during Windows installation but requires them for use. I have received at least 1,000 e-mails over the past five years from readers about these problems. To help some of these readers, I have published a free online tutorial, Using the Software Development Kit on a Windows System. I updated it today so that it also covers Windows 2000, NT, and XP. [Workbench] 6:47:27 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

Seven Myths of Knowledge Management. From the August/September issue of Context Magazine comes the Seven Myths of Knowledge Management: If you look at how companies approach knowledge management, you can see that the problem is in the execution. Companies commonly make catastrophic mistakes by falling for one of these seven myths... [more] [tins ::: Rick Klau's weblog] 6:45:41 PM    trackback []     Articulate []