February 14, 2005
On the road. . .
I'm on the road this week so the Manic Minute is being produced on a laptop with
a $40 USB headset. Let me know if there are any quality problems. Mike -at-
softwareland.org
Happy
Valentine's Day. . .Everybawdy!
Software and Love. . .always a dangerous mixture is highlighted today in USA
Today.
It seems like www.Yahoo.com is the center of
the online dating universe.
www.PeopleFinder.com, www.eHarmony.com
and others claim to have figured out algorithms that will match you to a member
of the same species who is compatible with you. I say, love and software, will
they ever get married? Who knows!
Memo to Michael
Malone. . .
On Saturday Scoble (
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/02/12.html#a9394) pointed to Michael
Malone's article.
I think reports of the death of Microsoft are premature. And I'm not alone!
Many people recently read Malone's article entitled Microsoft RIP in which he
tries to draw comparisons between the current state of Microsoft and Silicon
Graphics of 10 years ago. I have a unique perspective in that I was working at
Silicon Graphics in those days and am working at Microsoft now. From the
inside, at least, they are so different. Yes, SGI had Windows at its heels just
as Microsoft has Linux at its but the culture inside SGI at the time was one of
entitlement and 6 month sabbaticals. I can tell you that everyone I know at
Microsoft is aware of the rapidly changing environment and knows that we won't
survive unless we pay attention every day.
Podcast of the
day:
Just in time for Valentine's day: History's Greatest Love Affairs
http://www.texasmusicforge.com/HGLA.htm
Manic Minute Recommendation: Nice music, star-crossed lovers, what's not to
Like!
And that's your
Manic Minute for February 14th, 2005
9:57:08 AM 
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