Scripting News: 3/5/2005
“With so many others starting up, why not offer your services to the best of them? People with a real chance of success in the market, as it gets more competitive, as it heats up. “
Note to self, drop an email to Dave…
Red Hat Exec Takes Over OSI Helm
Slashdot | Red Hat Exec Takes Over Open Source Initiative
“CNet reports that Michael Tiemann, vice president of open-source affairs at Linux seller Red Hat and an OSI board member, has taken over from Russell Nelson as president pro tem. ‘We thought that Michael would be a better president’ Nelson said of the change, declining to share further details. Nelson will remain a board member and active in the group, he said.“
MSFT Gets Real on Podcasting
Microsoft-centric Podcasts…
“Stick this stuff in your portable media player and play it!Mike Hall is doing a series of audio shows interviewing employees at Microsoft (all around Mobile and Embedded. First is with Balz Weiss, talking about voice over IP (VoIP).“
Channel 9 has been using enclosures to pump out lots of good video, but until now everything has been in Windows video. Now we’re seeing MP3s.
Multi-user Blogs
I was looking for info about multi-user blog packages for the ClassCaster/AsterCast stuff and found this on incorporated subversion and this on D’Arcy Norman Dot Net. Both articles have good lists and comparisons of multi-user blog systems. Most important is WordPress MU which includes Metaweblog API support and LDAP auth.