Saturday, March 20, 2004 - Posts

Scusa Mario, รจ un libero download!

One wonders if Steve Ballmer ever downloaded Realplayer? If I had a chance to talk to Mario Monti I'd show him my laptop loaded with adware and nagware courtesy of Realone. There are websites that require you to download Realplayer for content, it never occurred to me to sue Realone for all the lost productivity I have suffered as result of their adware and nagware.

This is the latest chapter of Silicon Valley vs Microsoft being fought near the fields of Flanders and the Ardenne . The BIG question from me is why can't Europe or California create an OS that I might want to buy and install?

Make Jobs not War

A few weeks ago returning form JFK to NJ I emerged from the subway at Chambers Street and looked around for the new WTC PATH station. I turned a corner and continued along a fenced corridor when suddenly I realized I was beside the hole that will forever be known as Ground Zero.  Looking down I was struck by the silence, looking around I could not see a soul.  I was alone in the tragic zone, 11PM on a Tuesday and my emotions were running high. Vengeance is so unbecoming of a democracy, how many more must die.