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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft releases source code under an Apache license]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft releases source code under an Apache licenseAnti MS zealots bashing this in 3... 2... 1...I win $20 if anyone mentions embrace, extend, extinguish. :)Pay us to use technology, we need to feed the greedy.Anyone who buys a single word of anything from Microsoft is ultimately just a dumb consumer.Anyone...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?RE: So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?Okay, I've been in school all day and couldn't wait to get home and download the Windows 7 Beta! And now I get this! I navigate to the webpage and all it says is "Windows...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:16:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Proof that there are two types of computer users: Dumb and Dumber]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=696]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[First, the good news.Â  Our Technology Shakedown videos seem to be striking a nerve so expect more of them. The idea? We shouldn't have to accept mediocrity in our technology products. Period.Now, the bad news. Judging by the responses to these shakedowns (yesterday's in particular), there's a contingent of end-users...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:26:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gartner: Wake up IT managers, you're mediocre (at best)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4900]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  Technology managers are mired in mediocrity, wait for technology vendors to innovate and fear being a first mover. The result: The U.S. doesnt innovate and CIOs risk becoming extinct.    That sobering message was delivered by Gartner analyst Steve Prentice.     "Now is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:54:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HP drops iTunes, taps RealNetworks for music]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HP drops iTunes, taps RealNetworks for musicDumb moveDoping iTunes for Real Networks is the dumbest thing HP could do.Everybody knows that Real Player/One is a piece of crap that contains spyware.  Ever wonder why RealOne has a built-in keyloger??Mediocrity is powerful and gets lots of attentionPT Barnum said a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Too many companies have it all wrong]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too many companies have it all wrongGood ArticleI totally agree.  One thing that's really bad is the whole customer lock-in mentality:  Hook them, and then lock them into non-neutral solutions.  Then we charge for the extras because it becomes impossible for the customer to switch.And I'm not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:18:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['We're No. 17'--Why U.S. coders fell flat]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA['We're No. 17'--Why U.S. coders fell flatNo Pressure"The astonishing reality is that we've become accustomed to mediocrity as the norm."That sums up nicely one of the major problems we've been seeing become more and more widespread in recent times.  Teachers can no longer discipline or challenge children, force them...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
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