Wednesday, June 10, 1998

ZDNet: Stewart Alsop doesn't dig Network Computers.

XML.COM is looking for structured XML editors. What do they mean by structured editors? Are they talking about outliners?

SJ Merc: Greenspan says it's the best economy in 50 years.

News.com interviews Chief Operating Yahoo Jeff Mallet on their acquisition of ViaWeb. "These guys have kept a lean and mean operation, very Web-centric from a user and merchant's standpoint. They never got caught up in the IPO race."

NY Post: Startups deal with hypergrowth in the race to IPO.

Wired: $40 million pours into Inktomi.

Red Herring explains the rationale behind Inktomi's $700 million valuation. Is caching really that hard?

Reuters: Lycos gets search spider patent.

Last week I asked why print journalists are so upset with Matt Drudge. I emailed with an experienced reporter who wouldn't go on the record. He said that Drudge didn't play by journalistic rules, no fact-checking, or multiple-sources. Very low quality reporting. Here's a NY Times opinion piece by Frank Rich that explains this view.

Jason Figone, a journalism major at Penn State, asks why my journalist friend wouldn't go on the record.

A panel discussion on stereotypes in media from 1996 led by Mr. Rich. Requires RealAudio.

SJ Merc: Researchers question net-based polling.

Upside: Apple's comeback?

MacWEEK: NetObjects woos Mac webmasters. There appears to be some scripting support in this release. A free public beta is available. Can anyone verify this?

InfoWorld: Sun's Ed Zander wants to woo developers. He wants to pattern his developer pitch after Apple's, as Netscape has.