Canadians are about the most generous people around. But please remember that when Paul Martin speaks about a 'Generous Canada', he means two things:

1. Being generous with tax dollars taken from your pocket
2. Being generous to the Liberal-party-connected (just remember who was Finance Minister during AdScam, and who called an election before the finger pointing got beyond the first level).

In short, it means nothing to the average Canadian except more of the same.

On April 15 I reported that the Public Patent Foundation was challenging Microsoft's all-important FAT Filesystem Patent. Today the US PTO agreed that PubPat's challenge had enough merit to prompt a new hearing into whether the Patent in question should be abolished. Score one for the good guys at PubPat!

"On a sad note - as you all know we lost former President Reagan this past weekend. You have to give Ronald Reagan credit - he was able defeat his evil empire without invading it."
-- Jay Leno, The Tonight Show

The Second Edition of my Java Cookbook went to the printers yesterday, after a lot of rewriting. I'm really looking forward to having this revised edition available!

The Software History Center provides comprehensive historical information on the business side of the software industry. Different emphasis from the traditional techie focus, but well-informed and interesting.