Thursday, June 26, 1997

BIG NEWS! The Communication Decency Act has been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The text of the decision. "Party Today!" in San Francisco. The White House statement. Special coverage sites: SJ Merc, www.news.com. The web blackout commemorative site. "Mail Starting 6/26/97". I totally dig this picture!

If other people are into creating graphics to commemorate the victory, send me a link!

Other stuff...

News.com: Netscape's JavaScript is declared a standard. Borland, Sun and Microsoft contribute to the spec.

Yesterday was a big hit day on Scripting News. Makes sense. But I thought most of the hits would be on Java-related pages. Not true. Looking at yesterday's log digest, the top story was Brent's piece on Connectix Virtual PC for the Mac. That was a surprise!

Everyone who wants to understand high-tech marketing in 1997 should read Marketing Warfare.

Let's also take a look at where we were in the summer of 1995 just before Windows 95 launched.