Wednesday, May 13, 1998

An elegant rebuttal to today's piece, not from Microsoft.

Windows Magazine chose Frontier 5 as Best of Class in HTML Authoring. This is the first honor bestowed on our Windows software. It feels great!

Red Herring: The Geek's-Eye View on Java.

InfoWorld: States, US to file suit against Microsoft tomorrow.

This is hot! 22,000-employee company seeking Frontier consultant (or consultant team) to train production staff in Frontier for massive e-commerce specialty-retail website. Interested parties may email Jeff for more details.

News.com: Next antitrust battleground -- Windows NT.

Mr. Bunny's Guide to ActiveX. It's funny!

InfoWorld's Jeff Walsh on Apple zealotry.

According to News.com, former Apple CEO Gil Amelio wanted a "hardware-agnostic operating system". This is so clearly counter to Apple's interests. Jobs correctly understands that Apple is a computer company, not a software company. The opportunity to synchronize hardware and system software is a strategic opportunity that only Apple has. Compaq, Dell, IBM, etc are stuck selling Windows machines. Microsoft has an uncomfortable relationship with the Windows hardware vendors.

Jorg Brown explains Mac OS X on MacInTouch.

Updated: Linux Advocacy Mini-HOWTO.

Dan Fylstra: The Politicization of the PC industry.

Next challenge: Convince Jobs that Macs make great servers. They do!

Scripting News will be off the air Thursday, Friday and Saturday, as I head to Maine, of all places!