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Now, that’s progress

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Doug

The IE team announces that IE8 passes the Acid2 test.  Nice.

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Facebook is NOT worth $15 Billion

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Doug

I know everybody is throwing around this insane figure of Facebook being worth $15 billion.  It is not true. Nick Carr gets it right: Welcome to Fantasy Island. Extrapolating Facebook’s true worth from Microsoft’s investment is a ridiculous exercise, for … Continue reading →

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OpenOffice.org can’t compete just on price

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Doug

This blog entry from Bring It On! hits the nail on the head. Here’s a thought. If OpenOffice.org wants me to quit spending thousands of dollars on a commercial product, they have to compete on more than just price. Price … Continue reading →

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IBM Announces Free Office Suite

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Doug

Count me among the underwhelmed at this announcement. IBM has joined the growing group of tech companies punting alternatives to Microsoft’s omnipresent Office suite. Its new Lotus Symphony package, which launched yesterday, includes word processing, spreadsheet and presentation programs and … Continue reading →

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