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Wednesday, September 22, 2004
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} The real home computer in 2004 -- Comment()
Scientists at the RAND corporation illustrated a home computer in the year 2004. Seems feasible for the typical home (not!). I especially liked the plans of using a teletype interface and the Fortran language, being a Fortran programmer myself. Update: Check Submarines in the Cold War, especially the third picture, which is eerily similar to the RAND "home computer". Beware falling monitors!
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Wikipedia Hits Million-Entry Mark: "The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the one millionth article in Wikipedia. Started in January 2001, Wikipedia is currently both the world's largest encyclopedia and fastest-growing, with articles under active development in over 100 languages. Nearly 2,500 new articles are added to Wikipedia each day, along with ten times that number of updates to existing articles." Wikipedia is widely celebrated success story. I wouldn't rely only on Wikipedia, but it is a nice place to start looking at a new topic. I have Encyclopedia Britannica 2004 on my PowerBook, but I don't use it much nowadays, except when writing a longer article about a not-very-topical subject.
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IT departments love Microsoft, users don't -- Comment()
Who do you love?: "IT departments appreciate Microsoft more than individual users." Ssp commented - to the point: This is funny in a sad way. The people who don't actually have to use the stuff are 'loyal'. With MS and SAP featuring prominently I wonder to which extent the list would differ from a list of companies that do a serious 'lock in' on their! customers. To their discredit - they couldn't resist using the word Apple and fanatic in the same sentence. Good journalism or innuendo?
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