Spencer F. Katt

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“What provides folks with the illusion of comfort and security?” Mused the Mouser. “Firewalls? Teddy bears? Locks and chains?” Lately, El Gato has been comforted by old movies on DVD, so the retro Rumor Monger went out for a DVD of the 1956 version of “Around the World in 80 Days.” Alas, when the Kitty […]

“Its the eye of the tiger / its the thrill of the fight,” warbled the Tawny Titan as he prowled San Franciscos Moscone Center checking out Suns JavaOne conference. The Proud Puss was ecstatic. The conference was dedicated to “The Tiger” and his “strength, power and fierceness,” Sun execs said. “Cest moi,” Spence squealed inwardly. […]

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“If Bill Gates gave a keynote in the desert and no one was there to hear it, would he still be profound?” chuckled El Gato when he heard there would be no Comdex in Vegas this fall. For years, Pentium-powered pilgrims journeyed to Nevada to hear Gates pontificate on PCs as much as they went […]

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“Ah! Thats the government I know. Declare something an urgent priority, then take the summer off!” the Maven of Murmur meditated, as he noted that the FTC had said authentication was the best way to fight spam but wouldnt lift a finger on e-mail authentication until the fall. The FTC probably thinks spammers will take […]

Spence lolled in his litter box, glancing from his PDA news feed, where he read of SCOs threats to block Sun from releasing Solaris under the GPL, to his TV and the nonstop memorials for Ronald Reagan. “Great communicator … evil empire … boyish good looks.” Thats it! A synapse fired in the felines febrile […]

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