As someone who still has a few shares in IONA and an interest in their future I was very disappointed to learn that Chief Engineer Steve Vinoksi has left. Steve is one of the true mavericks in distributed computing who’s contributed insight and direction to Web Service standardisation efforts and the OMG’s CORBA standardisation efforts prior to that. I wish him well with his new startup and I hope they’re wildly successful in the future.
Why is google called Googe today?
Just read this article in a local newspaper. Now it must have been a very slow news day but the criticism of what is, after all, a harmless piece of fun is plain silly. Is it more “retarded” to publish such a book for the purposes of entertainment and financial reward than it is to generate publicity for the book by making negative comments on radio and in the press?
I’m still trying to figure out whether this guy is for real and has a genuine issue with Cian’s Wateford Slang Dictionary or whether it’s a publicity stunt. I’m assured the outrage is genuine.
Perhaps Vincent O’ Toole, this self-styled champion of the Waterfordian intelligentsia, should have a look at his own hotel which in my arrogant opinion features some noteworthy crimes against architecture. That would be a more useful contribution to improving the city than than this guff and handbags.
Those who take everything too seriously can’t be taken seriously themselves.