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IntEgrate not separate June 30, 2003

Yet another M$ move to combine IE as the only browser suitable for Windows users. They now plan even more integration with the Windows OS. So much in fact that they are actually stopping the download of IE6 as a standalone browser, so you better rush to get your copy before it’s too late… source: ZDNet |UK|

Software Patents contd. June 30, 2003

In an earlier posting I ranted about the proposed introduction of software patents. To follow up on this line here’s the viewpoint of the register on the same subject matter source: The Register

Upgrading to 2.64 June 30, 2003

Just upgraded my MovableType from 2.63 to 2.64 to combat the issues associated with the CSS bug and the XML-RPC issues also. Seamless upgrade and looking forward to more stable blogging.

Leaky Abstractions June 30, 2003

Just read this nice little article by Joel Spolsky passed onto me by Mícheál Ó Foghlú. It deals with the evolution of programming abstractions and how they have inadvertently made our lives more difficult by making them easier. It’s one of the best and most concise articles that I have read on the paradox of technical abstraction and well worth a read… Joel on Software – The Law of Leaky Abstractions

It’s not Gnu! June 27, 2003

Well, this is a startling announcement that may change the way software is controlled from now on. Previously unable to patent software somebody has come up with a way around this and it looks as though it might put a squeeze on open source developments thanks to a few capitalist management types. Do these people realise that by introducing software patents that they can never use any open source code in them and hence the money derived from the patent will surely be eaten up by the costs involved in developing everything from scratch? Well done guys you’ve got a company worth money on paper pity you’ll never see the cash and will ruin the lives of several developers who struggled to put you there… source: Yahoo

M$ lands a big fish June 27, 2003

Well, well it looks as though M$ have not only secured the biggest market share in history but now they have also included the biggest single deal in history by supplying the US army. So it’s true that every American has a ‘bush’ outside their windows. Hmm I forsee some new and interesting titles emerging onto the scene pretty soon…

• Black Hawk = down
• Apocolypse now – System failure
• The rise and fall of general exception
• and you get the idea

Read on to find out more… Yahoo! News – Microsoft Lands Large Army Software Contract

Drop the blog June 9, 2003

Well I didn’t think that my lack of postings would result in such action by Google to consider dropping the indexing of blogs for the sole reason of a lack of valuable information. I’ll have to start posting some interesting stuff again 🙂 source: The Register