Daily Archive: September 9, 2004

Don Box, like me, finally tells it like it is

It’s nice to see that even Don Box, who has grown up on Object orientation, application integration and database middleware gets it: For better or worse, a significant amount of the world’s data is stored outside of relational DBMSs, specifically in Microsoft Word and Excel files. As these files move...

New Blackberry goes conventional

The new Blackberry 7100, goes all conventional in looks, loosing the traditional thumb friendly keyboard for predictive text input.  Reports seem positive however.  Shared Spaces has more details. Another trend towards consumerization is at work here.  What used to be a coporate essential is now going mainstream.  Soon employees will...