Saturday, January 11, 2003

Tamar E. Granor, former Editor at FoxPro Advisor, has a great editorial piece here on the marketing challenges of Visual FoxPro and proposals to rename and repackage it. 9:45:13 PM    comment []

A Novelist Who Walks the Walk. Science fiction writer Cory Doctorow, an outspoken advocate of the free publication and copying of digital works, is putting his money where his mouth is. He's giving away his first novel to anyone who wants it. By Paul Boutin. [Wired News] 4:43:10 PM    comment []

Microsoft agrees $1.1bn legal deal. The software giant reaches a massive compensation agreement in California after being accused of overcharging. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]. Very cool! I wonder how much money will actually end up in the hands of consumers, and what they will buy. 11:58:25 AM    comment []

Nailed the Twiki problem. It was a rights issue. Just took enough flailing with CHMOD and CHGRP and CHOWN to get the right combination of rights and ownership. Now to go back through and undo the ones I don't need, to keep the installation reasonably secure... 10:17:26 AM    comment []