01 June 2002

Ernie the Attorney SIGHTING: Great Web Log. It's Ernie the Attorney and if you are following the saga at Treasury Holdings, you would do well to read through Ernie's trademark findings. For his part, Ernie claims he's interested in visiting Ireland. It's a great time to visit right now. The Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival is running during the first week of June and the Kilkenny Arts Festival starts on 9 Aug 2002. Sent from Garringreen with eircom ISDN. ref: f15 x: r

Plan for Piracy Anyone serious about the software business has to plan for piracy. You would have to have your head in the sand to think that everyone using your program will buy your program. Ireland's Business Software Alliance has found more 57 percent of all Web users have downloaded copyrighted works (including software) without paying for it. Viant, a research company tracking Internet piracy, believes between 400,000 and 600,000 film copies are illegally downloaded daily on the Internet. I can't see how that is going to change. Sent from Garringreen over eircom ISDN. ref: 125.

Radio Communicator I love using my Radio as a full-fledged communication environment. I like it best because it merges the Web and XML. Now Radio has a potent outliner, interlaced to its natively extensible programming enviornment. Several programmers have taken the next step, by combining all of these ingredients to create Instant Outlining. The tool merges instant messaging and outlining. Sent from Garringreen over eircom ISDN. ref: 143