“Many large Internet corporations, such as Icon, Medialab, Razorfish and others, are�despite all wise words that have been spoken about the new economy�trapped in negatively conservative ‘factory’ -thinking.
Instead of creating strong networks, consisting of small, creative and talented IT�companies, the smaller companies are being merged into the larger ones, becoming tiny parts of a huge organizational structure.”
Month: May 2000
Linux PPP HOWTO: Using PPP
Linux PPP HOWTO: Using PPP and root privileges
engel “the issue of how to make a non-root user with a PPP connection: solved, but complicated :-(”
Open Source and Business: where
Open Source and Business: where do you draw the line?
Some good questions in one of the comments:
- Can you grow a business at a slow rate or not at all?
- Can you shrink a business without it being a failure?
- Can you take a slow-growth company public?
- Would Share Holders be willing to sit still for a company that made only a small profit?
- Would Share Holders stand for a company that deliberately didn’t maximize profit due to an ideal (like open source)?
Funny Pictures From Around The
slashdot (Andover)’s attorney replies to Microsoft. I like the attitude but it doesn’t seem to have mutch legal mumbo jumbo to actually refute Microsoft’s claim. Then again I’m just a programer and not versed in the legal ways.
“A Community-Indexed Photo Archive
The photo archive at Gimp-Savvy.com has more than 15,000 images consisting of over 1Gb of data.”
Smokedot.org: Drug Info, Rights, Laws, and Discussion
Jeffrey Zeldman Bites Back “Liquid
“Liquid design is not always appropriate but it is generally best.”
WOMP – Web Object Model
WOMP – Web Object Model for Perl – a web application development framework in perl – CGI scripts