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The tortoise and the hare
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February 7, 2003
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In the race to build an intuitive collaborative platform, Microsoft and IBM find competition from an unlikely place |
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What didn't happen
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January 31, 2003
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Microsoft tinkers with its .Net branding, but more than a name change may be in the works |
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Just the facts, ma'am
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January 24, 2003
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Hollywood wants you to believe the new digital rights debate is as simple as a ’50s cop drama |
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Trolling the bottom
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January 17, 2003
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As high tech holds its breath for the end of the deep dive, the wiser fish have enough bubble left to breathe |
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Come together
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January 10, 2003
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With hot and cold running applications, Steve's two jobs converge as Apple strikes back at Microsoft's Office empire |
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And the winner is ...
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January 3, 2003
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In this pageant, the runway is the intersection of technology, the marketplace, and public policy |
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High fidelity XML
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December 13, 2002
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Hailstorm may have gone the way of the LP, but the man behind it is still grooving to a familiar tune |
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Show me the model
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December 6, 2002
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In the aftermath of the Bubble, new business models and buying patterns emerge |
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Wild horses
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November 29, 2002
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Content providers say stealing a horse and stealing a song are the same crime; John Perry Barlow begs to differ |
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The Big Bang
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November 22, 2002
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Microsoft may have blurred the messaging, but its brilliant idea processor strikes the right Note |
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Reappearing Ink
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November 15, 2002
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IBM turns up its nose at the Tablet, a decision that may someday leave the company singing the big blues |
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Law and order
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November 8, 2002
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Marrying the spirit to the letter of the law produces a victory for Microsoft customers, if not for competitors |
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Follow the money
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November 1, 2002
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When innovators with a proven track record start investing their own money in open source, it's time to pay attention |
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Not fade away
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October 25, 2002
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Before you buy the line that peer-to-peer and Web services are passing fads, look again at how they're converging |
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Off the record
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October 18, 2002
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Psst ... Here's the Cliffs Notes version of Michael Crichton's thoughts on the copyright debate, but don't quote me |
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In my own dream
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October 11, 2002
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'Nightmare on DRM Street' has an eerily familiar plot, but don't blame me if it's already copyrighted |
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We the people ...
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October 4, 2002
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One reader says technology didn't create our copyright problems -- bad laws that steal from the public domain did |
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Here comes the Sun
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September 27, 2002
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Sun plays the client card in its strategic battle with Microsoft and others for control of the enterprise desktop |
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Fighting the last war
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September 20, 2002
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It's you and me against Jack 'watch-the-puppet' Valenti and his Hollywood-on-the-Potomac flunkies |
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Empire strikes back
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September 13, 2002
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Al Zollar and IBM Global Services battle the Force, defending Notes against Groove ... film at 11 |
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Link free or die
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September 6, 2002
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No taxation without representation: It's time for bloggers to convene the Content-inental Congress |
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Notes postmortem
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August 30, 2002
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Some readers suggest reports of Notes' death may be greatly exaggerated, but save the obituary just in case |
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Notes is dead
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August 23, 2002
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It's no murder mystery -- killer Ray Ozzie is publicly dissecting the corpse on his favorite new tool: Weblogs |
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Game over
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August 16, 2002
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McNealy's on a roll with Linux, picking up free games at the expense of IBM, Microsoft, and Dell |
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The death of e-mail
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August 9, 2002
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Where there's a will, there's a way, but Microsoft won't kill the messenger any time soon |
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Next Stop Greenwich Village
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August 2, 2002
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There's something going on -- but you do know what it is, don't you Mr. Allchin? |
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.Net Insecurity Day
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July 26, 2002
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Not sure how to get there -- or back, Gates likens .Net to putting a man on the moon |
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Who's on first
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July 19, 2002
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In the Microsoft lineup, it's clear that managing the team is just as important as bringing the next technology to bat |
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Tears of rage
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July 12, 2002
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Mourning the loss of a young innovator who knew that collaboration spurs great achievement |
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Out of order
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July 5, 2002
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The WS-I resorts to term limits dirty tricks to try to stifle Sun's voice in the ongoing Web services standards battle |
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The last mile
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June 21, 2002
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Gates sees all the advantages in sharing, but only when it involves technology that he doesn't own |
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Tear down the wall
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June 14, 2002
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Microsoft's Iron Curtain approach to Java threatens to squelch innovation, and everyone stands to lose |
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Memo to Bill Gates
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June 7, 2002
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It's time, Bill, to commit to the common good by fighting those who would lock the door to the Internet |
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Stop the war
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May 31, 2002
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Hollywood and Silicon Valley need to stop digging deeper trenches and figure out where they have mutual interests |
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Riding the tiger
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May 24, 2002
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Disruptive technologies are actually constructing new models of networking infrastructure |
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Save the whalestorm
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May 17, 2002
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Hailstorm's future within Microsoft is cloudy, so it's no wonder the rest of us are feeling confused |
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Secret identity
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May 10, 2002
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Once you get caught in the digital-era Web, you may want to spin off a few superhero alter egos of your own |
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Gartner diary
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May 3, 2002
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While the official line on Web services may be 'wait and see,' XML is making its way into quite a few new products |
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No reply ... needed
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April 26, 2002
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IBM's Bob Sutor is strangely silent when challenged about theexclusion of Sun from WS-I |
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Google, Dave, and Ozzie
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April 19, 2002
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Like the puppets that charmed the first television generation, this trio will be remembered for years to come |
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Gorillas in the mist
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April 12, 2002
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Despite Sun's pivotal role in Web services development, Microsoft and IBM are still muscling their rival away from WS-I |
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We can work it out
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April 5, 2002
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The architecture of unintended consequences is pointing the way to the future of the Internet, and you can see it now |
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The new McNealy?
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March 29, 2002
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Sun chief acknowledges the importance of XML, but sees his battle with the big boys over standards as a fair fight |
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Write once, sue many II
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March 22, 2002
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In the corporate potboiler genre, here's another look at competitive strategy, legal wrangling, and good old-fashioned greed |
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Write once, sue many
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March 15, 2002
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This juicy corporate tale has all the dramatic elements you could want for the perfect weekend read |
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Tale of two Rodneys
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March 8, 2002
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The standards battle is being played out over inclusion in the Web Services Interoperability Organization |
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Déjà vu all over again
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March 1, 2002
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BEA moves ahead to take the lead in the Java pack, closing in on a familiar rival using a familiar team |
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Grid Will Hunting
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February 22, 2002
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Researchers see the combination of Web services and peer-to-peer helping bring their vision of grid computing to life |
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Misadventures with Bill
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February 15, 2002
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As competitors move ahead on everything from SOAP to nuts, Microsoft's lead erodes on a number of fronts |
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Hello, good-bye
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February 8, 2002
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The innovative tradition at Lotus is vanishing, even as its visionary architect takes up the mantle for the future |
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