Tuesday, November 26, 2002

The e-mail scandal Brian Livingston, InfoWorld, 11/26/02 A NEW STUDY shows that 11.7 percent of messages that were requested by an e-mail subscriber never reached the recipient's inbox. Six percent were incorrectly routed to a junk mail folder, and 5.7 percent never arrived in any form. The problem is faulty spam filters put in place by major ISPs such as Earthlink, MSN, and AOL. In their attempts to reduce UBE (unsolicited bulk e-mail, or spam), these services appear to be whacking many messages people actually want. 10:09:10 AM

Perspective: The five biggest myths about Web services By Bob Sutor (IBM's director of Web services), Cnet, November 26, 2002, 4:00 AM PT Myth No. 5: Web services is the endgame -- the goal we're aiming toward. Fact: That makes as much sense as saying in the 1920s that a propeller-driven airplane that could get us across the Atlantic nonstop should be the goal of aviation. Sure it's fun to develop cool new technologies, but there needs to be business or societal value in their release to the public. The age of IT and the Internet is in its childhood; we have no idea what the kid's going to look like when it fully matures. 8:44:48 AM

Wireless Bill: Too Much Too Soon?. Two senators float a bill meant to jump-start U.S. wireless broadband services. The Senate won't consider it until next year, but the opposition is already gathering steam. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. [Wired News] 5:03:18 AM

Free office space - but coffee's extra By Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe, 25/2002 The VP of engineering favors chai latte. The head of sales and marketing prefers caffe mocha. The president brings his own mug and has it filled with the coffee of the day. Every Monday evening, the three founders of FloSpace converge on a Starbucks at Arlington Center, sign onto the store's high-speed wireless network, and get down to business. They may not have their own office yet, but they do have a favorite table. 4:48:02 AM

Sprint rolls out IM service for embedded apps. Sprint is pushing a new instant messaging service that allows enterprises to embed applications within a buddy list. [Computerworld News] 4:47:39 AM

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