Thursday, February 26, 1998

The March issue of Byte is all about XML.

Bob Bierman has a question for people who know Apache: 'In writing a module (DLL) for Apache under Windows NT, how do you specify in the module and or handler-rec that you are interested only in files of a certain extension (such as .fcgi)?' If you know the answer, please send email to bierman@scripting.com. We want to get Frontier working with Apache asap, we're also now working on the IIS connection.

A cultural language note. A writer on one of our lists says "I think it is very usable script at this point." Where I come from, the correct grammar would be "I think it is a very usable script at this point." I notice more and more people speaking this way. Where did this way of speaking of script (er scripts) come from?

Mac OS Rumors says Apple is going to be more developer-friendly, especially with tool makers. If you're at Apple and can confirm this, please me email. We want the Mac platform to be stronger. It's good for our business if it is.

A letter to the editor from MacWEEK about whether or not Frontier is the first cross-platform scripting environment from Scott Raney of MetaCard.

Techweb: Novell establishes a $50 Million Java fund.

News.com: Javagator on back burner.

MacWEEK: Autotools batch processes Quark files.