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Links for Sun 6 Nov 05

  • There are rumours that Steve Jobs might consider selling Pixar to Disney. I can’t imagine him doing so except to hope that it bombed without his leadership and then Disney had to buy him back to make it all work. He’s crafty like that.
  • Interesting Wired piece on the value/contribution of IRC. I think the key thing is this: the internet is great for getting help and advice and troubleshooting problems. It’s another way to get a load of eyes on a problem — and a lot of businesses would benefit from letting their employees seek help more transparently in this way.
  • This is an absolutely brilliant article about challenges Linux needs to overcome to be a desktop contender. To be honest I don’t think much of it is revolutionary, but it is very well distilled and clearly put
  • Ping’s written part of a new book which just got reviewed on Slashdot!
  • Wow, that ther intarweb sure is a useful thang. I wonder how long before this becomes an everyday accepted fact? Actually, I wonder how long before this comes up as a plotpoint in CSI or Law & Order?
Posted by Meri @ 3:23 PM on November 6, 2005
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One Response to “Links for Sun 6 Nov 05”

  1. Jeremy Dunck Says:
    November 7th, 2005 at 12:57 AM

    Amazon doesn’t handle edits and compilations very well, so it’s hard to
    tell what’s in _Security and Usability_.

    Here’s the table of contents; Ping apparently wrote chapter 13. He’s written more, too.

    🙂

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