Friday, May 16, 2003

Sinking Ship? IONA's CEO, COO and EVP of Corporate Development stepped down today. http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030515_003869,00.html Given that the firm lost ~$12million in the March quarter and has $16 million in cash & equiv, it doesn't look real good. They did $123M in 2002, but the first quarter was $17M with GAAP at ($0.36); projections for Q2 are $17M with GAAP at ($0.37-0.54) ... It just supports the Professor's contention around the Platform Paradox: http://www.flightpath.com/nublog/archives/000673.html Is Integration a stand-alone product offering? Some are making their way by adding to their stack offering (http://www.tibco.com/solutions/products/default.jsp?m=b1, while others http://www.vitria.com may follow the CORBA leaders from Ireland. I wonder what the "refugees" http://www.capeclear.com/about/people/aotoole.shtml are saying now? No doubt, there's a sly crack to accompany the constant craic (http://www.howsthecraic.com/) 3:16:48 PM    comment []

Geography Question Is New Jersey near Manhattan? Apparently not, according to the NYT Sports section (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html). Too obsessed with failed franchises http://www.newyorkrangers.com/   http://www.nba.com/knicks/ too notice that folks in the Sixth Borough, previously known as New Jersey are having (another) nice little playoff run. How else do you explain the Devils being the 7th listed story on the NYT homepage? Is interest in the Mavs-Kings really that great?  Anyway ... looks like the 3rd Cup is on its way (http://www.meadowlands.com/) to Jimmy Hoffa's home  (http://specials.tribstar.com/Clients/Specials.Tribstar/Colts.Season.2002/January5B.html); can anyone really route for (another) Disney team (http://www.mightyducks.com/home.asp)? Weren't the Monkey kids annoying enough http://www.rallymonkey.com/bio.shtml? Anyway ... perhaps Dave Anderson & friends will notice what JKidd, RJ, KMart are doing, not to mention Marty, Scott and Neidermayer. 3:04:02 PM    comment []

Bummer! U of M Should Sue! http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&;ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22According+to+those+who+have+seen+the+report%22 It looks like other folks are using the phrase I held eponoymous with U of M's Consumer Sentiment report including the Sacto Bee talking about a DoD report (www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/ 6244108p-7198374c.html 2:55:15 PM    comment []

Consumer-Sentiment Index Climbs The University of Michigan said (Missed the early report) its consumer-sentiment index climbed to 93.2 in mid-May from 86 last month. Economists had expected the index to be on par with the April reading. WSJ says: "Components of the survey were mixed. Consumer confidence in current conditions slipped from last month, but attitudes about the outlook increased dramatically." (http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105308806425218500,00.html?mod=home_whats_news_us)   2:37:20 PM    comment []