Tuesday, December 29, 1998

Frontier 5.1.5 trial version. Expires 6/1/99.

The trial version is great for working thru the website tutorial to see if Frontier is right for your site.

Jon Katz: Luring the lurkers. Katz makes an important point. If we want to have a business that works on the net, we have to be careful to serve all the people, not just the most vocal ones.

Wired: Microsoft wins Vaporware of the Year.

Hybris is a structured document editor written in Perl.

Wired: School dazed by court ruling. Free speech of high school students affirmed.

Washington Post: Is Gates Rattled? "He must think of himself as an industry leader responsible for helping the industry grow, rather than as head of a company fighting to stay in business."

DaveNet 5/19/98: "Microsoft's best option is a vision that truly excites users and developers, with Microsoft playing a limited role. I urge Microsoft to undermine the government's case, appeal to developers at a level of huge empowerment, so much power that trust isn't an issue."

Dan Gillmor: Don't be a fool on Internet stocks. "Witness the way industry after entrenched industry -- including much of the newspaper business -- has reacted to the Internet like a deer frozen in the headlights of an oncoming car."

Eric Sink discovers the purpose of www.scripting.com on the current mail page. Lots more good stuff this morning.

People who believe honor and government have nothing to do with computers should read this piece, 3/1/98.

Computer Shopper: Too many standards lead to frustrated site builders.

Red Herring: Ten trends for the post-PC world.

Mud-slinging on the NY Times op-ed page. "Why mention that two-year-old investigation now? Because it shows how petty, nasty and partisan Henry Hyde was in a situation where no wrong had been done." And it shows how petty, nasty and partisan the NY Times can be. I expect better from them. Often disappointed. Who cares about Henry Hyde's past? What difference could it possibly make? It's up to the voters of Illinois to take care of him.

RageBoy's New Year's Page.

Another coool picture. I don't know why I like this one so much. Who's more stoned? Nixon or Elvis? Hippy New Year!