The Parable of the Languages
Well - this is exactly the tension in our company, me being the XML-nerd and the others Java-freaks.

Bite me!
4:43:49 PM    comment []  

Better Sex through Outer Log Thought Web
Yup, have more sex while reading my blog. This is what a reader stumbled into when trying to access 0xdeadbeef from behind some Fortune500 firewall.

(edited to protect the innocent ;-)
1:39:13 PM    comment []  

Sexy Selectors
On a lighter note: Bruno is writing up some Dutch documentation on Cocoon components he wrote. He asked me what the gender of a 'Selector' should be... female, of course, because of their capricious nature :-)

(yes, we have genders in Dutch, and the rules for them are virtually inexistent).
12:44:55 PM    comment []  

Troops are gathering
It's interesting and sad at the same time to see that both FOSS (Free and Open Source) and PS (Proporietary Software) players are gathering at the same time to think about actively lobbying the gouvernment and industry.

Also, I'm feeling pretty bad reading up on Michael Kay's idea about free software. When I organized the XSLT performance event, I asked him about the license of Saxon. He compared his one-man-community open source development of Saxon with the creation of a symphony. I understand that people want to be concentrated while doing so, not being sidetracked by community quarreling while they are into deep-technology stuff. Nevertheless, Linus' remark of being hit by a bus, and the assumed lack of community around XSLTC are good examples of community issues related to OSS development. I believe the prime differentiator between good and bad OSS is community: thought leaders, court jesters, diligent worker bees, etc...

Andy says we have too many cooks in the kitchen. Michael prefers symphonies. The commercial players are gathering, so are the FOSS guys. The software economy is still trying to climb up from where it came.

Where are we heading at?
12:38:33 PM    comment []