Got a new computer here at work. It's fast. Which is good, since I unfortunately have to run Windows NT on it. The performance of the old machine next to an identical Linux box was truly appalling. I am also shocked that a single Windows server can't be expected to do multiple tasks like web serving, mail, and ftp. No wonder there are so many Windows machines out there.

Biggest recent outrage at Microsoft's Embrace, Extend, Extinguish policy comes from their XML-DOM implementation. This was a standard to which Microsoft was a large contributor, and they STILL have inserted their own proprietary functions. I have grown tired of trying to explain to people why standards determined by one company are worthless.

Anyhoo, jumping the pond tonight and going to England and Ireland.