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As the big Web 2.0 event changes from "Conference" to "Summit," the whole Web 2.0 meme may be approaching "old and busted"…
Virtual Earth 3D launched from Microsoft as a response to Google's Earth program, with Microsoft's version running in the browser as a plug-in instead of as a separate program.
There is a symbiotic relationship between Oracle & Red Hat now. Yes there was one before with Oracle's database business on Linux, but it's even more intertwined now.
Tim O'Reilly, the tech media titan who gave Web 2.0 its name and defined many of its characteristics in a seminal paper called What is Web 2.0, is peddling a new report called Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices. The 101-page report was actually written by John Musser of Programmableweb.com, using O'Reilly's original 5-page paper as the takeoff point.
Microsoft aids in the design of a $46 million Philadelphia public school that will pave the way for schools in the future.
Alex Fletcher, an analyst from Entiva Group is asking why IBM doesn't have more blogs devoted to OSS projects that IBMers participates in. He points to the easily findable blogs from Sun employees who work on NetBeans & GlassFish as examples for what he'd like to see from IBM.
