Monthly Archives: April 2004

It’s So Simple, It’s Ridiculous

Posted on 4/16/2004 by Ben

Reason: Taxing times for 16th Amendment rebels. All that is small beer compared to his latest crusade. Since 1999 Schulz has presented his contentions regarding the income tax’s illegality to the IRS, the president, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and … Continue reading →

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Desktop Linux

Posted on 4/16/2004 by Ben

The Economist on Linux on the desktop: Within the past month, some of the world’s most powerful technology firms have pledged considerable support for Linux on the desktop. Hewlett-Packard (HP), which runs neck-and-neck with Dell as the largest seller of … Continue reading →

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Neal Stephenson

Posted on 4/16/2004 by Ben

Interview with Neal Stephenson: Cyberpunk has been over for a long time. Some would say it was already over by the early ’90s. It’s over because it became part of the main current of science fiction. One way of thinking … Continue reading →

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Boston Open Source

Posted on 4/16/2004 by Ben

Open Source Software Flourishes in Boston Area Boston area venture capital firms are jumping on the open source bandwagon, funding companies that are experimenting with new business models based on packaging, servicing, and supporting free computer software rather than the … Continue reading →

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Wide Open Magazine

Posted on 4/16/2004 by Ben

It seems ironic to me that Red Hat’s Wide Open Magazine isn’t available on the web at all. Not quite so open as the title might lead you to think.

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Element Computer

Posted on 4/16/2004 by Ben

This is great: Element Computer is a Linux hardware vendor that’s offering an Apple-like level of support and hardware-software integration. Decent prices, too.

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Expectations rising over Linux desktop

Posted on 4/13/2004 by Ben

Interview with Nat Friedman. The No. 1 misconception is that usability is a major barrier to adoption and that’s not true. It used to be. There was a study done recently with a group of 20 users who had never … Continue reading →

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A prediction

Posted on 4/12/2004 by Ben

I’m going to go out on a limb and make a prediction: in the near future, Microsoft and Novell will announce that Microsoft is opening up all or most of .NET and chunks of the Longhorn technologies. This will include … Continue reading →

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Interop

Posted on 4/7/2004 by Ben

dive into mark: “OpenOffice.org interoperates with Microsoft Office better than Microsoft Office interoperates with itself.”

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Yes, we do

Posted on 4/7/2004 by Ben

Nat Friedman: “We need a feature in Evolution that warns you if you try to send a message whose body implies there is an attachment, but with nothing attached.”

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Gimmicky.org

Posted on 4/6/2004 by Ben

Dr. Menlo has a new blog with a scary premise, or is it a year-long April Fools joke? Timelock: if by April 1st, 2005–one year from the formal launch of this site–I don’t sell a book, script, ten short stories, … Continue reading →

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The O’Franken Factor Blog

Posted on 4/6/2004 by Ben

The O’Franken Factor has a blog.

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Remove iTunes DRM

Posted on 4/5/2004 by Ben

Playfair is a tool to strip the copy-protection from iTunes music files. Get it before the cease & desist orders start flying.

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Sun and Microsoft settle their differences

Posted on 4/2/2004 by Ben

Microsoft pays Sun $1.9 billion to settle all outstanding lawsuits and enter into a “broad technology collaboration arrangement.” I wonder what “technical collaboration” between Java and .NET means.

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