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Under "White Box"
Why such success for the "no names"?.
Note the period after the question mark.


Under "The Internet"
Without an effective well designed and well promoted Web site,
There should be a comma after 'effective'.

More as I read the rest of it.

BTW, depressingly good work. The only poroblem I see is the length. Which is why it's depressing: The problem is so large you can't describe it in any shorter format.

More:
Under "Web Services":
... promoted by three of the major proponents of Web Services, IBM, Bea Systems, and Sun Microsystems.
Should have a colon instead of comma before "IBM".


Under "Wireless Networking":
You use wireless were it is impractical
Should be "where".

Also under "Wireless":
and with broadband all less than 1.5-MB per
Should be "at".


Under "Mobile Devices":
because it's similarity to a full function PC, means they can expect
Lose the comma after "PC".

Also under "Mobile":
this will be a very dynamic field, allowing innovative companies
Lose the comma after "field". (BTW I'm anal about extraneous commas, having once had a tendency to using too many.)

now defunct Napster, not only bog down your network
The comma. ;)


Under "Microsoft 'Road Ahead'":
familiar with all Microsoft's tricks, In markets
Comma should be a period.

And
especially outside the U.S..
Note double closing period.


Under "Longhorn":
License 6 does force customers to upgrade on Microsoft's schedule, whether they want to or not, but a majority of the market has not adopted License 6, despite Microsoft's threats.
Lose first and third commas.


Where you write:
I find it probable Longhorn will largely end the use of reliable, low cost servers (Linux, NetWare) for Windows users.
You might want a footnote to explain that you're talking about SAMBA, and what that means.


as did it's "universal filesystem" predecessor
Drop the apostrophe.


Under "Microsoft Office":
Microsoft Office, not Windows is Microsoft's true cash cow, and it is Office, much more than Windows, that ties customers to Microsoft's expensive licensing plans.
Need more commas, I'd write:
Microsoft Office, not Windows, is Microsoft's true cash cow; and it is Office, much more than Windows, that ties customers to Microsoft's expensive licensing plans.



Where you say that Office 2003 will only run on WXP and W2K w/ SP3 you might want to point out that the significant bit in W2K is not a technical issue but a licensing one. IOW that the only reason for ensuring it won't run on W2K without SP3 is that they don't want it to. (Thane has said as much, though I don't know where you could find public references/confirmation.


Under "Paladium":
and at lower prices than their original planned.
Should be "they".


Under "Licensing":
Microsoft says to .
Extra space before the period. (Damn, how'd I even see that?)
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Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
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New saw another one
Popa John's Pizza - 5th paragraph down from [link|http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html#costs|here]

Darrell Spice, Jr.

[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore

New Some more...
"Digital Rights Management to force competitors ...

is missing the closing quote.

The biggest things going on in Internet technologies are and XML. Both of these will deeply change the way your business does business in the future.

Something's missing after "are", and a closing tag around there seems to have been missed (but maybe Ben caught this one. I've forgotten.)

I've only made it about half-way through. It's a great writeup. Thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
Scott.
New Yeah - should be Pope Johns Pizza
Apologies to Father Guido Sarducci.



I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customer got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines. I don't think we are. I think we're responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun. Above all, I hope we don't become missionaries. Don't feel as if you're Bible salesmen. The world has too many of those already. What you know about computing other people will learn. Don't feel as if the key to successful computing is only in your hands. What's in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you can make it more.

--Alan Perlis
New Longer time deltas between updates, please. :-)
New Sorry
I've got the article in one browser window and this post in another. Every time I see something I edit the post again. Although if Andrew wanted a collaborative editing process he could always put his drafts into a Wiki and then post the final versions as straight HTML ... (hint hint[1])


[1] No, I'm not just bucking for new content on the TWiki, nor am I trying to hijack Andrew's content to the community's site. But he could put up his own TWiki on his own server, and allow trusted users edit rights on the drafts.
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Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
     OK, this got waaaaay out of hand. - (Andrew Grygus) - (86)
         dunno if I'd trust that scary lookin guy in the tie - (boxley) - (4)
             Doesn't everyone have an Evil Twin? -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (3)
                 No, I *am* my Evil Twin! ;-) -NT - (n3jja) - (1)
                     That's what my Evil Twin accuses ME of -NT - (Andrew Grygus)
                 My Evil Twin is named Kevin. - (orion)
         I think you are right on in many areas - (orion)
         A Tour de Force {ugh} - (Ashton)
         Haven't had time to finish much of it yet but... - (ben_tilly)
         Edits - (drewk) - (5)
             saw another one - (SpiceWare) - (2)
                 Some more... - (Another Scott)
                 Yeah - should be Pope Johns Pizza - (tuberculosis)
             Longer time deltas between updates, please. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (1)
                 Sorry - (drewk)
         Andrew, if I may - (cwbrenn) - (1)
             It's open for linking . . - (Andrew Grygus)
         Edits - (Silverlock)
         Blanket thanks for the edits. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2)
             Content question - (drewk) - (1)
                 Rewritten. -NT - (Andrew Grygus)
         ICLRPD (one of many) - (boxley) - (3)
             Don't know that you'd want to say that publicly - (drewk) - (1)
                 This isn't news to them. - (Andrew Grygus)
             Guess we're a thumb. - (inthane-chan)
         Something I'm curious about... - (inthane-chan) - (1)
             Two client's were not fixed in time because . . - (Andrew Grygus)
         More edits (other post was getting *waaaaaay* out of hand ;) - (drewk) - (1)
             Dude... - (admin)
         Bad link. - (inthane-chan) - (1)
             Well, that's what happens when . . - (Andrew Grygus)
         Yet more - (drewk) - (12)
             Well, that's a good number of corrections . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (11)
                 Like I said in the first post - (drewk) - (4)
                     Yes, please keep it all together. - (tseliot) - (3)
                         Once it got big I thought of breaking it up . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2)
                             Agree on the "single repository"; suggested Intro for others - (Ashton) - (1)
                                 Send it to Kevin! - (drewk)
                 One minor error in fact - (Steven A S) - (5)
                     Speaking of which... TheInq story. - (Another Scott) - (4)
                         Yes, I have read the German site . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3)
                             You *used to* get it all for free by clicking "Weiter>>" (1) - (CRConrad) - (2)
                                 Never mind. - (Another Scott) - (1)
                                     Uh... No, I'm only on the second page... Wha?!? Noooo! - (CRConrad)
         couple of minor edits - (cforde)
         Okay, just one more I promise - (drewk)
         Well, now it's really getting out of hand. - (Andrew Grygus) - (20)
             Booyah! - (drewk) - (15)
                 My impression is: rejection by /. is a positive - (Andrew Grygus) - (14)
                     Used to be worthwhile until fairly recently - (drewk) - (2)
                         A trick for /. - (inthane-chan) - (1)
                             Doesn't help much - (drewk)
                     hits are coming in from slashdot.org now . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (9)
                         I linked it in my sig - (drewk)
                         Slashdot hits - must have been from rejectrion process. - (Andrew Grygus) - (7)
                             What's the Linux Today link? -NT - (drewk) - (6)
                                 Here it is: - (Andrew Grygus) - (5)
                                     Yeah, just saw it - (drewk)
                                     I like ganesh's comment #8 in the talk back -NT - (boxley) - (1)
                                         Oh hey, didn't scroll down and see that, thanks -NT - (drewk)
                                     Meesa think, yousa gonna be FAMOUS. - (admin) - (1)
                                         Yep I agree - (jake123)
                     Splooge for nerds, stuff that splatters - (deSitter)
             That might be my fault :-) - (ben_tilly)
             Re: Well, now it's really getting out of hand. - (deSitter)
             Blame Ben - (kmself) - (1)
                 Went up on Linux Today - (Andrew Grygus)
         404s - (SpiceWare)
         Need updated link. 404 - Not Found - (n3jja) - (4)
             Not here either. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1)
                 fine here is $MS at work? -NT - (boxley)
             Found Register retraction / apology - (n3jja) - (1)
                 Oh shoot - now I'll have to dig up another story . . - (Andrew Grygus)
         Oooff! I'm finally done . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (8)
             Only complaint... - (kmself) - (2)
                 OK, I finally answered that one. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1)
                     (and that's just surfin the high spots ;-) -NT - (Ashton)
             What Karsten said :-) -NT - (ben_tilly)
             Just in time, too. - (inthane-chan) - (3)
                 Of course - (drewk) - (2)
                     Also note... - (ben_tilly) - (1)
                         Worth reading... - (admin)
         It's on The Inquirer now. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2)
             Irony would be if Infoworld picked it up. - (Silverlock) - (1)
                 Wonder if slugbug has seen it yet? -NT - (boxley)
         Bundeswehr banning MS software research flaw? - (admin) - (1)
             I will look into that more. - (Andrew Grygus)

For the time being, let's leave him in the infirmary with a defenseless female half-wit with no survival instincts.
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