Microsoft to sell Office, security software subscription for $70 a year: This has been rumored for years. I think it’s a response to the growing competition from things like OpenOffice, Google Docs, and the general lagging need for a productivity suite anymore. Office used to be simply required for a…
Tipping the Microsoft Cash Cow Could Be Adobe’s Next Move: Apple users will flock to this like they flocked to Safari for two reasons: (1) it’s a chance to screw Microsoft, and (2) anything that sets them apart from the unwashed masses is, by definition, better. […] the stage…
Fiction Markup Language: Years ago I wrote about an idea called Fiction Markup Language. I said: When is someone going to come up with Fiction Markup Language — an XML spec solely for annotating fiction? Well, today I got an invite to a Google Group on this. Russell…