Thursday, April 11, 2002

Groove updates peer-to-peer software. The peer-to-peer software specialist is set to release a new version of its collaboration and instant messaging software. [CNET News.com] Woohoo. I think they've left vaporware mode and are finally shipping. Ooops. I take that back. No mention of version 2 on their home page 8:06:40 AM      comment []  trackback []

Greatbridge, Part Deux: Mammoth PostgresSQL ... a second(besides RH?) commercially supported package. Cool. 7:52:15 AM      comment []  trackback []

Hailstorm, we hardly knew 'ya Microsoft Has Shelved Its Internet 'Persona' Service. Microsoft has quietly shelved a consumer information service that was once planned as the centerpiece of the company's foray into the market for tightly linked Web services. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Business] What a relief. For a good techie writeup, check out 7:00:34 AM      comment []  trackback []

Coverage from Digital Identity: MS sidesteps on Hailstorm Strategy. Good discussion of how Liberty Alliance is going down the road of simply cloning Hailstorm. The whole thing is a textbook example of Joel's Fire and Motion essay. Web Services Microsoft: Web services have way to go. For all the buzz around the Web services concept, it will remain just that--a concept--until businesses figure out how and why to use such services, says a Microsoft engineer. [CNET News.com] ...From the source 6:35:04 AM      comment []  trackback []