Monday, April 8, 2002

Unix servers breaking out all over. Compaq Computer and SGI are showing off new systems at the same time that powerhouses IBM and Sun Microsystems release new machines. [CNET News.com] 11:09:49 PM

"When I was growing up, books, television, and movies never expected anything - never waited for anything - from me." [The Shifted Librarian] For me, books have always been interactive. They waited for me — to take a breath, step back, reflect on the words, and then plunge in. I could never bring myself to mark their pristine pages, but carried a notebook into which I wrote comments. I still do this, but now I write in the margins too. 10:37:38 PM

SBC Exec Voices Fear of MS. An executive from the telecom giant tells the judge that Microsoft is in perfect position to crush its attempts to compete in the burgeoning Internet-based service sector. [Wired News] 10:15:26 PM