Hyperlinking From CD To The Web Patented -- Plenty Of Software Companies Sued
Acacia claims actually covers having a hyperlink on a CD-ROM that links to a database, such as the web.
Techdirt — Genius! Pure Genius!
The End of a 1,400-Year-Old Business
The world’s oldest continuously operating family business ended its impressive run last year. Japanese temple builder Kongo Gumi, in operation under the founders’ descendants since 578, succumbed to excess debt and an unfavorable business climate in 2006.
How do you make a family business last for 14 centuries?
… Its last president, Masakazu Kongo, was the 40th member of the family to lead the company.
Businessweek via Boing Boing — Wow!
These last two items are a serendipitous juxtaposition of two fundamentally opposing world views.
Erlang or Gambit-C/Termite? A practitioner's perspective
Regularly, I need to prototype a new idea that could lead to the development of a new project or product at work. Each time, I have to ask myself: do I prototype it in Scheme or in Erlang (just to make sure it’s a throw away ;-) …That being said, Gambit-C is a nice piece of software (in fact my preferred Scheme system), it has a great debugger, and the Scheme Now! project will certainly lead to a number of good portable libraries for Scheme. But from the perspective of an industrial developer, Erlang wins easily.
(The Scheme Way) via Patrick Logan
