i keep typing "scribvan" instead of "scriban". think i should get venture capital?

Microsoft and AOL Time Warner resolved their differences over documentation, according to c|net.

despite the thaw in their legal briefs, battle lines are starting harden as the penalty phase get into the short strokes.

sorry.

"web services" is a difficult conceptual beast to harnesss with a short, punchy explanation. the enterprise software industry constantly wrestles with the meaning of the term because a web services orientation to application development changes nothing and everything in the enterprise. here's why i believe that.

the Mono project (an unofficial open-source port of part of Microsoft's .NET platform) has changed the licensing scheme for the Mono Class Libraries from the GNU General Public License (GPL) to the more permissive, yet still GPL-compatible, MIT X11 license.

since the licenses differ in minor detail, i expect full-scale ideological warfare among free software advocates. twist on an old joke: what do you get when you put two free software zealots on a desert island? three licenses.

Big day for new models as Palm debuts the BlackBerry-killing i705 Palm OS PDA, featuring always-on wireless access to the internet.

i used to use a BlackBerry e-mail pager (when fully loaded, i carried the pager, a Handspring Visor, and a Nextel iDEN phone) and was often heard to lament that "the only good thing about it is that it lets me get my e-mail." rolling BlackBerry-like functionality into the Palm lineup is a smart idea. so's adding wireless telephony. in fact, if the Handspring Treo features always-on access to mail through its service providers (and it's not clear to me that it does), then we just might have a winner in this category.

Apple has introduced enhanced Power Mac G4 models to their "pro" product line. the two new configurations sport 933MHz and dual 1GHz G4 processors, 2MB of DDR SDRAM-based L3 cache, and the new nVidia GeForce 4 MX GPU. they also feature enhances bundled software packages including must-have tools like Ambrosia's SnapzPro and Lemkesoft's GraphicConverter.

the G4 Power Macs still use PC133 SDRAM, and standard USB, FireWire, and PCI expansion busses.

SiliconValley.com has a report on how MBA programs and students are adjusting to the new new economy. example: classes on e-commerce are out, and interviewing skills are in. also up, figuring out how to describe "living at home with my parents" on the resume.