FrankArr: Friday, 28 November 2003

Friday, 28 November 2003

.NET is here to stay
Interesting post, considering my recent chat with the metagroup analysts.

Several print magazines (ComputingWorld and PC Pro) recently said that .NET and Web Services are being pushed aside in Microsofts mass drive for Longhorn. They warn potential users of .NET to hold back and wait for the dust to settle before committing..[more]
[listening to: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - 80 Drums Around the World ]
11:08:05 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Organization

Fantastic Book : Timeline by Michael Crichton
I've been reading Timeline by Michael Crichton. It's a fantastic read.

The teaser goes like this:

In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival--six hundred years ago. . .

THE movie opens February 2004 in Australia. The official site has some good info. The trailer looks pretty good too. I can't wait for the movie.
[listening to: You're Not the Boss of Me Now - They Might Be Giants ]
11:01:53 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Interests • Random

Microsoft helping ISVs
Cam posts some info that I sent him.

I forgot one important one -- Empower.

    Microsoft Empower Program
The Empower program is designed to assist ISVs, over a 12-month period, in developing a commercially-viable software product based on Microsoft technologies. It is intended to assist ISVs to become Microsoft Certified Partners.

Did you know that we have 140 companies signed up on Empower already
[listening to: What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones ]
10:36:06 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Organization • My Profession

I've just won US$5,500,000.00
Wow - look what appeared in my INBOX today! -- UK LOTTO

Should I Apply???
[listening to: Nu Flow - Big Brovaz ]
1:15:44 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Random