Saturday, December 21, 2002

Is it software?, Jon Udell's Radio Blog, InfoWorld, Dec. 21, 2002 Is it software? asks Dave. That's such a great question! From the moment I first saw an HTML form on a Web page, it was clear that boundaries were about to blur. Web pages are both documents and programs. Websites are both publications and applications. URLs are both phrases and function calls. Text is code, code is data, data is text.... 10:45:24 AM

IBM plans open-source storage strategy. Big Blue is releasing an open-source version of the software needed to let servers tap into its forthcoming "Storage Tank" technology. [source: CNET News.com] " The technology works by using a different way of keeping track of descriptive information--"metadata" such as physical locations, file sizes or access permissions--that accompanies the actual content within the files. Where most storage systems include this metadata in the storage system itself, Storage Tank spreads the information across a group of metadata servers,..." 4:28:05 AM

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