Published by ugo on March 3, 2005
in web.
Mark Lucovsky's blog goes 404 for a few hours today and Dave Winer goes ballistic:
Editorial: Lucovsky shouldn't have trashed his former employer in a Google-owned space. But you don't pull the site because of that. You learn, grow, show your mistakes, do it better next time. Mark L's former employer gets it, Google does not. The company that owns Blogger has not one clue what blogging is about.
Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by being new to blogging! In fact, a bit later Lucovsky, who is no Mark Jen, explains what happened:
Sorry about my blog being down. Looks like someone actually read it… Oh yeah, and Google had absolutely nothing to do with my Blog being down. I took it down, on my own, so that I could shut down the inbound email comment stream.
See also: Shipping Software or How Microsoft Lost the API War.
It's Raining Code! (Hallelujah?) - OPEN-SOURCE - CIO Magazine Mar 1,2005: “One of the challenges of using open source is simply finding a product that meets your needs and your quality standards. While many developers need an e-mail client or Web browser (hence, the rabid developer base for open-source projects such as Mozilla's Thunderbird and FireFox), finding a spontaneously developed tool to integrate your three retail-specific supply chain applications isn't as likely. And even if your SourceForge search uncovered such a tool, there's no guarantee that the developers wrote it with the care your enterprise requires.”
This is exactly the main goal of Source.zone!
(Via Matthew.)
Published by ugo on March 3, 2005
in web.
Live TV Looks Good On My PC: Rosso Alice: “This past Sunday I have been able, for the first time, to see a live sport event in the full glory of my 15.4-inch laptop wide-screen while connected to the Internet. Frankly I couldn't believe my eyes.”
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Translation: “Sorry but this service requires Microsoft Windows.” 
Published by ugo on March 3, 2005
in devel.
Selenium: “Selenium is a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests run directly in a browsers, just as real users do. And they run in Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Firefox on Windows, Linux and Macintosh. No other test tool covers such a wide array of platforms. “
Looks like this could be a useful tool. Unfortunately the website and the accompanying wiki are a bit of a mess. I had to dig really hard to find some information on how test scripts are ssupposed to be written.
(Via Dion.)
Published by ugo on March 3, 2005
in devel.
Markl's Thoughts: Shipping Software: “I would argue that Microsoft used to know how to ship software, but the world has changed… The companies that 'know how to ship software' are the ones to watch. They have embraced the network, deeply understand the concept of 'software as a service', and know how to deliver incredible value to their customers efficiently and quickly.”
There's nothing surprising in this blog post, actually. You could have seen it coming a few months ago: “None of this bodes well for Microsoft and the profits it enjoyed thanks to its API power. The new API is HTML, and the new winners in the application development marketplace will be the people who can make HTML sing.”
(I wonder whether this is a meme among ex-Microsofties).
This is true now and is going to become more and more important with the diffusion of “Ajax” as a serious development model. The browser battle is starting anew and Microsoft is going to lose some serious turf unless it can bring its browser up to date with respect to the latest XHTML, DOM and CSS specs. Right now, as a developer, you can read specs and have a reasonable expectation that what you read actually works in Mozilla/Firefox. But if you need to support IE, you are going to pull your hair out, google a lot for workarounds and generally have a very bad time.
(Via Scripting News.)
Snow, snow and yet more snow.
