Spencer F. Katt

The buzz at Linuxworld in New York last week was security—or, rather, the conspicuous lack thereof. But, alas, it wasnt the usual gripes about Microsofts numerous security issues that one would expect to hear in a crowd full of Linux lovers. The security that attendees were buzzing about concerned the doors to the Javits Center […]

Cant we all just get along,” laughed the Lynx as he watched the public battles being waged almost everywhere he looked last week. Although none were as ugly as Mike Tysons psychotic episode at a New York press conference (cant someone get this guy some meds?), they were ugly just the same. El Gato nearly […]

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The Puss was pontificating to a pal recently that Epiq Systems seems to be in the catbird seat. After all, being a company that specializes in bankruptcy management software—given the current economy—cant be a bad thing. The Kansas City, Kan., financial software company landed at No. 69 on the Forbes 200 Best Small Companies in […]

In his Dec. 10 column, El Gato cited a Gartner study that stated that about 25 million users are enrolled in Microsofts Passport system. The part that amused His Hirsuteness most was the studys claim that only about 7 million of those users actually realized theyre using it and that about 1 million have actually […]

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El Gato was amused to see that Microsoft may be having as much trouble stopping internal memos from leaking to the press as it is providing a secure operating system. The latest memo that found its way to the Kittys litter box is a scorcher from Brian Valentine, a vice president of Microsofts Windows division, […]

Stretching back in his easy chair in front of the fire, pen and pad in hand, brandy on the table, Spencer spent a few thoughtful moments reflecting on the turbulent year that was. Luckily for his editors, though, he soon found himself chuckling over some of the sillier moments and jotting them down. For example, […]

A tabby tattler told the tawny titan that a deal may be brewing between e-marketplace maven Commerce One and SeeBeyond, an e-business integration company. Apparently, the companies are supposed to announce a partnership in which Commerce One will embed SeeBeyonds EAI capabilities into its software. Whether the deal also involves Commerce One and SAPs MarketSet […]