Jan. 17, 2008
The BEA-all and the end-all
IT World Canada
Shane Schick takes a moment to reflect on Oracle’s recent acquisition of BEA and notes what this says about the industry.
“It’s tempting to see BEA’s acquisition as a commentary on the service-oriented architecture (SOA) trend. After all, BEA reached its peak as SOA become the predominant enterprise architecture strategy of the last five years. The consolidation of middleware software among the big players may suggest SOA is finally ready for prime time, but it could also mean that the hype didn’t match the actual business demand that would have supported independent middleware vendors.”
Why does MacBook Air make so many so dumb?
ZD Net
David Morgenstern writes that appearance is key to Apple’s soon-to-be-released new MacBook Air notebook.
“The MacBook Air is aimed at a narrow upscale segment of the market. These customers care about style and what that style says about them. It’s all a part of their personal brand.”
Facebook bullies writers, not its engineers, to keep data private
Valleywag
Owen Thomas writes that other writers like him could soon be banned from Facebook if personal pictures and stories get out of hand.
“Certainly, you can threaten to revoke reporters’ Facebook accounts, but they’ll simply get material sent to them by tipsters with active accounts. In fact, bullying the press is a sure way to make sure that we get a steady stream of material from sympathetic sources. Correcting Facebook’s flaws, on the other hand, would improve all of your users’ security and privacy.”
