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[Netscape will soon reduce Windows to] a poorly debugged set of device drivers.

Them's fighting words, and I think of them this morning, reading some of the press and commentary about Chrome OS, the new egg to pop out of Google's backside.

Netscape was almost single-minded in their focus on toppling Microsoft and making the browser the OS. They failed miserably.

Now it's Google's turn to try and become the OS. They're doing a very Mac-like thing in specifying the exact hardware that the OS will run on. Interesting how "closed" it seems too. While it's built as a subset of Linux (er, pardon me, GNU/Linux), there doesn't seem to be the traditional opportunity to get under the hood. Unless I haven't read that bit yet.

They're saying it's for netbooks (and I think that's true), but it's a short hop from there to tablets, and I think the actual competition for this device will be Apple's mythical tablet device.

There are still people in Second Life? News to me.

me that IT must be aligned with the needs of ‘the business’, as if I just had one customer.

"The reality is that I am constantly refereeing in squabbles over budgets, resources and priorities between the heads of the eight divisions I support, and I know that within each of those divisions, people are squabbling at the next level down too. My problem is not aligning what I do with the business, but getting those in the businesses to align themselves with each other.”

Very true. This kind of thing happens in most organisations, regardless of size. This is a fairly IT-centric view (what else to expect from El Reg, though). All parts of the business are always balancing their own needs against the balancing act of everyone else's demands on them and each other. Tricky stuff, but a good management team will go far in mitigating the situation by encouraging open communication and fostering the idea of all the department heads being on one team together, as well as leading the teams they're responsible for.

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Improving calcium and vitamin D nutritional status substantially reduces all-cancer risk in postmenopausal women.

Why doesn't anyone TELL people about this stuff?

It's Dora Dale on the Ukulele. Get DOWN!

...as told through AOL search logs.

Meanwhile, a train line to the airport remains off the agenda.

(Sigh).

Because I know you were wondering, gentle reader.

Bread help Philip Glass think!

If you find Glass's music as beautiful and annoying as I do, you'll be on the floor with one.