February 5, 1999
AtNewYork: Size Matters: Big Companies Will Dominate Interactive Market.
Jason Chervokas. It's too bad then that their place in the sun, at least as powerhouse independent businesses, is teetering on the brink.
NY Times: Recruiting Firm Unprepared for Post-Super Bowl Traffic.
"The bottom line is, you have to deliver and you have to have the underlying technology to handle spikes in traffic..."
Industry Standard: Hocus Pocus.
Carl Steadman. "When I say 'Web-based application,' what's the first thing that comes to mind?"
Industry Standard: E-commerce Spec to Debut.
Commerce XML to be unveiled on Monday. The new standard will enable real-time business transactions on the Web.
Industry Standard: Open Source: The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
Q&A with Richard Stallman, Eric Raymond and Eric Allman.
Smart Reseller: Web patent issues plague Microsoft.
Some standards bodies have patent rules. Some say you can submit technologies that are patented but companies must be able to license them on a nondiscriminatory basis."
Industry Standard: Herman Miller in the Hot Seat.
At the risk of alienating distributors and dealers, Herman Miller is starting an ambitious campaign to sell furniture on the Web.
News.Com: World is waking up to Net radio.
The two factors driving this rapid maturation are mergers and popularity.
PC Week: Questions raised about Microsoft patent.
...we offer the same licensing agreement that we've established since the beginning, which is that it be royalty-free and reciprocal [by other companies' submissions]..."
RCFoC: "Never Before in History...".
"The little guy can communicate and use the Web in such a way to bring about new channels of communication and success."
DaveNet: John Shoch on Clean Rooms.
From December 19, 1996. This response to a DaveNet might be of interest in light
of the flurry of patent stories.
ZDNN: Publishers want online ad guidelines.
We ought to be able to expect ethical leadership from sites like Wired and USA Today. Instead, we're all let down..."
News.Com: Are e-commerce patents patently absurd?
"It's one thing to get a patent, and another to get people to license it."
Wired News: A Moment in Internet Time.
MIT's business school froze the Internet in time Thursday in a digital time capsule that will be opened in only five years...
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