Monthly Archives: June 2004

Album of the Week

Posted on 6/24/2004 by Ben

The album of the week is Bad Religion’s The Empire Strikes First.

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Designs on the White House

Posted on 6/24/2004 by Ben

The winners of the Designs on the White House t-shirt design contest are out. The real deal one is my favorite.

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Why Microsoft should get out of DRM

Posted on 6/17/2004 by Ben

Cory Doctorow has posted the talk he will give at Microsoft tomorrowgave at Microsoft today on why MS should get out of the DRM business. Go read it, it’s fantastic. Microsoft stood up for its customers and for progress, and … Continue reading →

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How Microsoft Lost the API War

Posted on 6/16/2004 by Ben

Joel Spolsky argues that Microsoft is in trouble because web apps don’t require Windows. That seems to be the bet that Red Hat, Sun, and IBM are all making but I’ll believe it when I see a web-based office app … Continue reading →

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Munich chooses Linux

Posted on 6/16/2004 by Ben

The Munich city council voted 50-29 to dump Windows for Linux on its 14,000 PCs.

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Album of the Week

Posted on 6/14/2004 by Ben

The album of the week is Sonic Youth’s Sonic Nurse. Sorry, not RIAA-safe this week.

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The Fast-Food Syndrome

Posted on 6/10/2004 by Ben

Somebody at OSNews wrote an editorial lambasting modern Linux distributions for giving in to feature bloat and ending up slower than Windows XP. It doesn’t match with my experience at all, Linux has always seemed snappier to me, especially on … Continue reading →

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Album of the Week

Posted on 6/7/2004 by Ben

The album of the week is Tortoise’s It’s All Around You.

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