Stay tuned! Today, the DoJ rejected a settlement offer from Microsoft. And tomorrow, Judge Jackson will deliver a verdict. This will be really interesting, but it’s unlikely that Microsoft is being broken up. Works for me – a breakup would probably strenghten Microsoft’s position, so I would prefer to see restrictions than a breakup.
Everybody is talking about Software and Business Patents lately. The whole discussion has been triggered by Amazon.com’s one-click ordering patent. Now Bezos wrote this letter, defending his practice and making suggestions on how to improve things. This is really exciting reading, and Tom O’Reilly’s follow-up letter is as exciting.
Today, my current employer, Post Communications, got acquired by Netcentives. So, we won’t have an IPO. Acquisition instead. Oh, well. Read the Press release.
Maha found this really interesting Interview with Noam Chomsky on the DOJ case against Microsoft. I think this is enjoyable reading, I hope you do, too.
Post got more money. As I work for this place, I like it. Here’s the press release – check it out.
If you are running AOL Software on your computer, think twice before you update to Version 5. That piece of software is nasty, and will attempt to take over your computer – even at the cost of breaking your computer! In a nutshell, the software offers you the option to let AOL handle all Internet connections. If you answer yes to this relatively innocent question, you will not be able to connect to the Internet through any other mechanisms any more, you won’t be able to read email (except web based mail), etc. Read about it on CNN – it’s nasty!