Isotropic is …
... my personal blog.
Unless otherwise indicated, anything I write here is simply my personal, probably ill-formed, opinion and does not represent the views, beliefs, positions, or opinions of any other person or entity.
Category Archives: Old-Posts
23 Feb 2001
outrageous spin II
Microsoft Corp. representatives assert that Platforms Group Vice President Jim Allchin was “misunderstood”, according to Peter Coffee of eWEEK in his article “Microsoft clarifies exec’s open-source concerns“. Yeah, he really didn’t mean to imply that open software was “un-American” and that open source developers were criminals. Microsoft is not an altruistic organization; open source competes [...]
16 Feb 2001
outrageous spin
This item from the CNET Investor is absolutely amazing. Microsoft wants legislation (why else do “legislators need to understand the threat”) against open-source software? Notice the unsubtle reference to Napster, trying to taint Linux and all other open-source software with Napster’s current legal problems. Day is night, up is down. Redmond, Washington, Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) [...]
23 Jan 2001
Want my old job?
Want my old job? 1/25 update: I’ve deleted the draft ad for Director of Computer Services; the official ad is now on the Millsaps Current Job Opportunities page [link removed; job finally filled 2001-05].
01 Jan 2001
Happy New Year, with Snow!
Happy New Year! Snow is so rare here. Woke up this morning to find an inch or two.
17 Dec 2000
a columnist’s epiphany…
I’d ripped this out of Network World some time back; it resurfaced while I was cleaning up some old files. I’m putting the link here so I can trash the hardcopy. Kevin Tolly says Like most people, I’m a prisoner of Microsoft. And, like most, I spend an inordinate amount of (unplanned) time trying to [...]
23 Nov 2000
Elimination of ‘DLL Hell’, correction of fatal flaws, and reinventing the Internet
First, there was the Windows API and DLL Hell. Revolution #1 was … Read Ron Burk’s hilarious “A Brief History of Windows Programming Revolutions” (Editor’s Forum, Windows Developer’s Journal, December 2000). [update 2000-12-30]Because the “Editor’s Forum” URL is always for the current month, this is a local copy (with permission). [update 2009-03-21]My local copy of [...]
23 Sep 2000
resignation
Well, the headaches, contusions, and bruises (refer to image in 2000-02 entry below) finally got to me; I’ve resigned (24 August, effective 31 October 2000 [actually mid November]) to take some time off, tend to all the personal stuff which I’ve neglected, and rediscover life in the real world.
