Software, Digital Content, Geopolitics, Economics & More from of a Libertarian Serial Expat and Entrepreneur
In: software
30 Oct 2001Forbes: "In an attempt to offset the flattening growth of its flagship database, Oracle is building a third leg to its business, called application servers–a booming market projected to grow more than tenfold to $26 billion by 2005." I speculated earlier this year that a big player might want to buy BEA. Their market cap [...]
Instant Messaging Planet: "Groove users can now communicate with Windows Messenger — the new instant-messaging (IM) software in Windows XP. For example, a Messenger user can send an "Invite to Groove" notification directly from Messenger to a member of her contact list, automatically creating a new Groove shared space or pulling the two participants into [...]
In: web services
30 Oct 2001Amazon.com Services:: "Your Message Center shows you messages from Amazon.com that are generated based on your Favorites, your wishlist, and your community settings." Amazon already sends email notifications based on user requests (you can be warned when a product is available for order, or when a search query turns out new results). Now they introduce [...]
I'm CEO of an online trade publishing firm in the marketing and defense verticals. We try to make news and data digestible and useful in an environment that is more noisy each day. This personal blog mixes my thoughts and interests on politics, business, software, and more, based on my business and personal experiences. Over the years I have posted items that turned out spectacularly wrong, and a few posts that stood the test of times better. Personal views only.