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Balmer Doesn't Get Social Networking...Few People Do

Web 2.0 is about community. Web 2.0 is about relationships. Web 2.0 is NOT about Ruby on Rails. Web 2.0 is NOT about building a "better" MySpace. Robert Scoble posted an interesting tirade yesterday about Steve Balmer misinterpreting social networking . Scoble cites Balmer's propensity to respond with the Microsoft insular comment about Web 2.0 "We could build [fill in the blank with Web 2.0 technology] in a matter of [short period of time]" as wildly off base. I couldn't agree more. Scoble's most compelling argument focuses on Ebay. Ebay isn't successful because of its technology. It's successful because it surpassed the tipping point. Everyone uses it for auctions. Why would I want to use another service to buy or sell something when everyone is on Ebay? Every time I see a job-board listing needing a Ruby/PHP/whatever developer to "build a Facebook-like" application or a "Monster-like job board", I cringe. So some engaging...
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Judge Lowers the Boom on SCO. Hasta la vista, baby.

It's about time this non-innovator, tort-exploiter got what was coming to it (although I feel for their shareholders):
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Mount an ISO

Working with ISO images is a PITA! Typically, I download ISOMagic or ISOBuster and extract the image to my hard drive. However, apparently, this functionality is no longer accessible with the free download. ;-( I then discovered " Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP ". Works under Win2K3 as well. The interface is clunky and I needed to start the "IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service" service but it provided exactly what I needed. I'm surprised this isn't just built into the OS...?
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