According to Those Who Have Seen the ReportMusings on enterprise software, sports and life. Playing like the stringers, as Dan Gilmor would say ...(Untitled)- May 19, 2003 Need a Laugh If so, the Borowitz report is a must read! I confess, I only added this to my frequent reads following a WSJ article; The author, Andy Borowitz, is a successful writer who created () or at least drove "The Fresh Prince.' Anyway, his AP-release format, The Onion-style anchored around politics, business and headline news is just funny funny stuff .... sample http:borowitzreport.com http:borowitzreport.comarchive_rpt.asprec=595http://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/19.html#a68 (Untitled)- May 19, 2003 Is it Time2 weeks ago, I saw Scott McNealy http:www.sun.comaboutsunmediaceomgt_mcnealy.html address a small-ish crowd (less than 500 people) at the annual SIIA Software conference. It was the first time I'd seen him in person and I'll admit, I was hoping to be impressed. Wow! was I not ... aside from some smart (smarmy) one-liners about the tech industry and his favorite target: http:www.microsoft.combillgatesdefault.asp He talked extensively about how Detroit doesn't ship..http://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/19.html#a67 (Untitled)- May 19, 2003 Airport hot dogs, tornados &133; in the name of pitching. Not that you needed a reason to read Peter Gammons, but the headline is how his most recent article ends; this piece is an assessment of the trade market as May winds down: http:espn.go.comgammonss200305191556237.html It's really to early to talk for most folks, especially Brian, but you never know ... the next 10 days could help make or break the race out West (at least for the D-Backs:...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/19.html#a66 (Untitled)- May 16, 2003 Sinking Ship IONA's CEO, COO and EVP of Corporate Development stepped down today. http:online.wsj.comarticle0,,BT_CO_20030515_003869,00.html Given that the firm lost $12million in the March quarter and has $16 million in cash & equiv, it doesn't look real good. They did $123M in 2002, but the first quarter was $17M with GAAP at ($0.36); projections for Q2 are $17M with GAAP at ($0.37-0.54) ... It just supports the Professor's contention around the Platform Paradox:...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/16.html#a65 (Untitled)- May 16, 2003 Geography QuestionIs New Jersey near Manhattan Apparently not, according to the NYT Sports section (http:www.nytimes.compagessportsindex.html). Too obsessed with failed franchises http:www.newyorkrangers.com http:www.nba.comknicks too notice that folks in the Sixth Borough, previously known as New Jersey are having (another) nice little playoff run. How else do you explain the Devils being the 7th listed story on the NYT homepage Is interest in the Mavs-Kings really that...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/16.html#a64 (Untitled)- May 16, 2003 Bummer! U of M Should Sue! http:www.google.comsearchsourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22According+to+those+who+have+seen+the+report%22 It looks like other folks are using the phrase I held eponoymous with U of M's Consumer Sentiment report including the Sacto Bee talking about a DoD report (www.sacbee.comcontentnewsstory 6244108p-7198374c.htmlhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/16.html#a63 (Untitled)- May 16, 2003 Consumer-Sentiment Index Climbs The University of Michigan said (Missed the early report) its consumer-sentiment index climbed to 93.2 in mid-May from 86 last month. Economists had expected the index to be on par with the April reading. WSJ says: "Components of the survey were mixed. Consumer confidence in current conditions slipped from last month, but attitudes about the outlook increased dramatically." (http:online.wsj.comarticle0,,SB105308806425218500,00.htmlmod=home_whats_news_us)http://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/16.html#a62 (Untitled)- May 16, 2003 Is Deflation on the Horizon Meanwhile, the Labor Department said producer prices fell 1.9% in April -- the biggest decline in 56 years -- after a gain of 1.5% in March. The so-called core index, which excludes food and energy items, fell 0.9%, its biggest drop in a decade, after rising 0.7% in March. The results surprised economists, or at least those surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and CNBC, who had forecast a drop of 0.8% in the overall data and a decline of 0.1% in the core figure. The data..http://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/15.html#a61 (Untitled)- May 8, 2003 IBM takes App Server Lead: Oh Really Today, Gartner announced that IBM has taken the lead in the application server market. http:www.informationweek.comstoryshowArticle.jhtmlarticleID=9600108 This press release is topped off by the quote from the Gartner VP: ""The tight horse race that started in 2000 between IBM and BEA was won in 2002 by IBM as they continued to gain market share in all categories of AIM (application integration middleware)," Joanne Correia said." The report...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/07.html#a60 (Untitled)- May 8, 2003 "ROLL TIDE" Mike Price has gone through a tremendous amount in the past 7-10 days; you've got feel especially bad for his family, especially his wife. How much of the story is true Who knows According to Price, even he doesn't know. The Sports Illustrated story that hits newstands today is pretty amazing outrageous; see the clip below: http:espn.go.comncfnews200305071550422.html According to SI, Price left the club at midnight and went back to his hotel. According to one of the women...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106285/2003/05/07.html#a59 |