Monday, May 19, 2003

Need a Laugh? If so, the Borowitz report is a must read! I confess, I only added this to my frequent reads following a WSJ article; The author, Andy Borowitz, is a successful writer who created (?) or at least drove "The Fresh Prince.' Anyway, his AP-release format, The Onion-style anchored around politics, business and headline news is just funny funny stuff .... sample? http://borowitzreport.com/ http://borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=595 3:19:29 PM    comment []

Is it Time? 2 weeks ago, I saw Scott McNealy http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/mgt_mcnealy.html address a small-ish crowd (less than 500 people) at the annual SIIA Software conference. It was the first time I'd seen him in person and I'll admit,  I was hoping to be impressed. Wow! was I not ... aside from some smart (smarmy?) one-liners about the tech industry and his favorite target: http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/default.asp He talked extensively about how Detroit doesn't ship turn cars without left-hand turn signals and that because the car was a "whole product" http://www.chasmgroup.com/, that infrastructure software should be as well. Of course, all bundled in SOLARIS. You hear people around the Valley say, "Sun's not a software company." I used to question that POV, but the more time I spend here, the less I do. They certainly have been a visionary company over the years, but it looks to me as if their time is up; or do they become part of Big Blue? http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/19/technology/19PLAC.html?dlbk Regardless at present McNealy and Larry are bringing us "Low Cost Computing," http://www.sun.com/lowcost/feature/index.html, pardon me if I chuckle. 2:52:57 PM    comment []

Airport hot dogs, tornados … in the name of pitching. Not that you needed a reason to read Peter Gammons, but the headline is how his most recent article ends; this piece is an assessment of the trade market as May winds down: http://espn.go.com/gammons/s/2003/0519/1556237.html It's really to early to talk for most folks, especially Brian, but you never know ... the next 10 days could help make or break the race out West (at least for the D-Backs: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/0519dbgiants0519.html   2:35:07 PM    comment []