Survey shows certified IT jobs get lower wages, backing the view that a
Microsoft-certified developer is closer to a McDonalds-certified food technician:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1954198,00.asp?kc=ewnws042706dtx1k0000599
Apparently, Microsoft have not based Vista on .NET because all their
systems programmers prefer 'C':
http://darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=93335&WT.svl=column1_1
Amazon switches from Google to Microsoft for its site search engine:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-05-01T232050Z_01_N01190789_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-RETAIL-AMAZON.XML
A proposed customer-friendly law allowing format-shifting of DRM'd
material is gutted, leading to the interesting possibility of more strikes:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060501-6715.html
Xtra is killing off the Usenet newsgroup service in New Zealand at short
notice, but your bill will remain the same:
http://publicaddress.net/default,3124.sm
And finally. The jury is still deciding if this one is the product of a deranged
mind or someone who has overdone the subtlety in a Linux comedy skit:
http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-computers.html
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.