Microsoft jumps on the open bandwagon

According to a wordy press release issued by the company, the Redmond giant will begin embracing an open attitude by publishing documentation for all of its “high-volume product” APIs free of charge, will detail patents it holds and applications that cover its protocols… at first thought “is it April first already”… but then again, they could be having the tech version of a mid-life crises.. they already have the sports cars…. so the next this to do is to jump in bed with open source… oh wait they did that too with the agreement/deal with Novell… I think the truth is that they are finally realizing there image problem after the fall out with the Yahoo announcement… the blogosphere exploded with dislike and distrust for Microsoft. Heck I’m one of them, I’ve already started migrating some of my services away from Yahoo. The other problem is that they are loosing developers to web apps since developers are tired of having to fight for information. In todays developer environment, if the docs aren’t open and available… we’ll look elsewhere for a solution… and solution there are and they are out there….

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Cruise lines offering healthier foods

I just read this story on CNN… it discusses food on cruise ships and how they are getting better. “Sailing away on a cruise ship with a midnight buffet no longer means waving goodbye to your diet.” That all said, part of going on a cruise is the food and all of it. That was my one request to Lauren when we went on our cruise for our honeymoon… after months of dieting… there was to be no worries on the cruise. But along the lines of healthier food, our honeymoon was with Celebrity Cruise Lines this past June. At every meal there were vegetarian options and lighter portions available, heck even the ‘grill’ buffet on the deck had veggie burgers available. As compared to our previous cruise with Carnival… the food options on Celebrity is one reason we will probably continue to cruise with them and not Carnival (plus Carnival has to many drunk people, but they are the ‘Party Ship’, I’m just not a party shipper).

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