Books Read
Add Linspire to the deathwatch pool. ⊗
Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems’ CEO and President, says that, “Companies compete, communities simply fracture.” What exactly does “communities simply fracture” mean? Schwartz seems to be taking a shot at the Linux community, one Sun is desperately trying to emulate with OpenSolaris. ⊗
Paris Hilton goes back to jail. I feel so much safer now. ⊗
I can only see new bloggers, those who weren’t blogging in 2004, and MT diehards adopt Movable Type 4. Six Apart alienated and abandoned the self hosted personal blogging platform market. ⊗
Like Novell, Xandros has signed its own death sentence. ⊗
From Brent Schlender’s The trouble with Apple TV piece: “Three uses for your Apple TV: Doorstop, Furniture leveler, Sushi platter.” ⊗
So I was reading Robert Scoble’s post about Zoomr and I came across a comment by Ben Metcalfe. I had to let out a muffled laugh, but not because Metcalfe’s comment was particularly funny. I haven’t been able to take anything Metcalfe says seriously ever since his entertaining confrontation with Mena Trott a few years ago. ⊗
Chris Hansen and To Catch a Predator have some work to do in Second Life. ⊗
With the ousting of the Phoenix Suns, this season’s NBA Finals is bound to break the NBA Finals record for the lowest television ratings. ⊗