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Archive for July, 2003

July 16, 2003

Netscape Is Dead, Long Live Mozilla

This has been reported all over the place but for posterity here it is:

It has been learned through public and private sources that AOL has cut or will cut the remaining team working on Mozilla in a mass firing and are dismantling what was left of Netscape (they’ve even pulled the logos off the buildings). Some will remain working on Mozilla during the transition, and will move to other jobs within AOL.

The good news, however, is that the Mozilla Foundation has been set-up to foster continued development on the open source Mozilla (aka Firebird) browser. If promised money comes through it should have a nice endowment from the get-go.

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July 14, 2003

XML in CMS Presentation This Week

Tony Byrne of CMSWatch will be speaking about current trends in XML use in web content management this Wednesday at the July Washington DC XML/SGML User Group meeting . You have to register in advance in order to attend (free but required for security reasons).

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July 11, 2003

Project Management and Horses

Spotted this gem on Anders site:

The tribal wisdoms of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that ‘when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount’. However, in many companies as well as in the UN and NGO community a range of far more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:

1. Changing riders

2. Appointing a committee to study the horse
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It just gets better from there.

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July 10, 2003