DISQUS

Twenty years from now, if you want to learn about physical organic chemistry, you'll do it by reading. You may be reading hypertexts; you'll probably be reading on the screen (or what replaces the screen), but you'll be reading.

And if you want to explain something new about physical organic chemistry, you'll do it in writing. The journal may look bloggish by 19th century standards, but it'll still be a journal. (And some of those journals will still be called "Letters", even though chemists don't primarily publish through circular letters anymore. And some will be called "Transactions", even though hardly any chemists report their results in after-dinner speeches to a club meeting upstairs at a tavern.)

One of the best advocates of the contrary position, I think, is Jason Fried of 37 Signals.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05...
http://37signals.com

It's a security issue; see Gruber's recent explanation

Joshua Schnell:

Relax. " Grim" apologized in advance, and he's right. Typos are typos. We understand that it's a blog, and we understand that mistakes happen.

But mistakes are mistakes. Fix it if you can, resolve to get it right next time if you can't, it's not a big deal.

>Both companies also have lots of fat that can be cut, so it’ll be interesting to see whether Microsoft keeps the fat around (on both sides, as they have done so far) or if they cut back to make both companies together leaner and meaner.

Oh, good. Just what the world needs, a meaner Microsoft.