19 March 2003

Call for public support on Iraq. Downing Street urges the country to rally behind UK troops as Tony Blair wins MPs' backing for war despite a major revolt. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] After the votes, the prime minister's official spokesman said: "It is now time for all of us in Parliament and in the country to come together and show the support our Armed Forces deserve." Why? Labour chairman John Reid told BBC News Online: "It is now clear that Parliament has voted clearly to support the government in its efforts to disarm Saddam Hussein. Now that the democratic decision has been taken, it is time for the country and Parliament to unite." Eh? So what Parliament on a three line whip decides we all have to quietly put up with? Anyone remember the poll-tax? And lets not get into that no 'democratic decision' was taken in the UN because they knew they'd lose. posted at: 9:48:49 AM   Sun to push developer package, Java spec. Delayed software aimed at Web services developers [InfoWorld: Top News] Called the Sun ONE Web Services Platform Developer Edition, the package includes Sun's application server, portal server, identity server and integration server, as well as its Sun ONE Studio integrated development environment, its portlet builder and other tools. This week marks general availability of the package. In addition, for six months starting on April 1 Sun will offer promotional pricing of $999, Nolan said. After that time it will carry a list price of $5,000. Bought separately, developer licenses for the products would cost $36,000, according to Nolan. Well theres a bunch of prices. posted at: 9:32:51 AM   Although he hasn't yet used it, Richard Tallnet has posted an article, "Six Reasons why InfoPath is DOA". They are all very valid reasons. I have a post to make later on the subject, but Richard is dead on with his take, this is not a tool for developers (but that does not mean its not a good tool in general).[ScottW's ASP.NET WebLog] Worth a gander - interesting to note that Forms design has still not caught up with PinPoint (you design the form, the schema gets designed for you). posted at: 8:55:42 AM

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