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![]() Matt Croydon wrote a comment about the new theme for this weblog: I love the new theme and the tweaks that you made. I know it took me quite a bit to get the CSS to a point that I liked. When I started my weblog, the theme that I used was the most appealing to me. Now I am glad that I can get rid of the graphics and focus my readers on content.I have been correcting some mistakes I made in the change to the new template. (I forgot to include the macro for tracking referrals, for example.) In addition, the new style has some inconsistencies, and some CSS definitions are not good as they are. But this has to be wait for future edits and tweakings. I have never really looked at CSS coding, so this is not trivial to do for me. But I'm also happy with the new lighter version. The weblog also loads to the browser much faster than previously.
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![]() New Microsoft Open Source Analysis, Deconstructed: "Microsoft is beginning to understand the backlash it can create with its FUD and deceptions, especially in a world where a committed, decentralized army of volunteers counters the lies. [...] But it's not enough simply to tell the truth and expect the public to understand. [...] One of Microsoft's clever tactics, Larry Lessig notes, is to advocate neutrality -- to say that the software ecosystem is fine with more than one choice as long as no one forces that choice. Of course, anyone who's been awake the past 20 years understands that Microsoft does not believe this. Microsoft believes the ecosystem is ideal when there is precisely one choice -- Microsoft." [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
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