RatcliffeBlog - Mitch Thinking Out LoudMitch Ratcliffe Thinking Out LoudBallmer: Unclued- October 26, 2003 Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of the Redmond Horde (that would be Microsoft), is saying some really stupid things about open source software. Here is the highest achievement in nonsense I've read in a while: Why should code written randomly...http://www.ratcliffe.com/RatcliffeBlog/archives/001297.html Bushies -- Getting a little Rummy- October 24, 2003 One cross-posting of the Bushies from Correspondences.org this week: UPDATE: For the many of you who have asked, this is satire, not a record of actual statements....http://www.ratcliffe.com/RatcliffeBlog/archives/001296.html The margin of victory is already angry- October 24, 2003 Michael Cudahy writes that the Bush coalition is already in tatters. I agree that the challenge is to get Bush out of office and stop the deconstruction of the United States, yet that is only the first step. He goes...http://www.ratcliffe.com/RatcliffeBlog/archives/001295.html Google's Web-based IPO- October 24, 2003 I've been thinking about the Google IPO, rather than joining the chorus of celebration, both of the fact it is going public and that it will do so over the web using an auction format (sorry, it's an Financial Times...http://www.ratcliffe.com/RatcliffeBlog/archives/001294.html Wall Street and Bush- October 23, 2003 Why should we not be surprised about the fact Wall Street is now the largest contributor to the Bush Reelection campaign, despite the "tough new enforcement initiatives" announced to reform the financial services industry by President Bush in April 2003...http://www.ratcliffe.com/RatcliffeBlog/archives/001293.html |