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Today's scriptingNews Outline
Author: Dave Winer Posted: 8/25/1999; 8:23:06 AM Topic: Today's scriptingNews Outline Msg #: 9841 Prev/Next: 9840 / 9842
The Compaq Saga that started last week continues, with the arrival of the machine, DOA. And I finally wrote down, so I won't forget, why NT setup is such a uniquely humbling experience.Today's song, Galileo by the Indigo Girls.
An email from Dennis Ritchie to Dan Bricklin explaining how he got permission to release the early version of the original C compiler.
Dori Smith on the difference between coding and writing.
Wired: Programmer Reaches his Xanadu.
A question to start the day. If open source is so good for software, why isn't it equally good for books and magazines?
Tim O'Reilly: "I feel that it's immoral to try to compel someone else to give you something they've created without compensating them in some way. That is, when software is freed, it is a gift, not the result of an obligation." Excellent!
Jice "enables companies to easily construct syndicated publishing networks, Web superstores, and online reseller channels by establishing Web-site-to-Web-site information networks."
InternetNews.Com: The Worst Security Hole? "IE5 users can protect themselves by going into security tab of the browser's Internet Options menu, and disabling ActiveX controls or plug-ins."
Apparently the Udanax site has exceeded its transfer limit. Luckily there's a mirror site here.
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