Paul Graham: Microsoft is Dead

In Paul Graham's recent article Microsoft is Dead he explains why Microsoft is becoming irrelevant to start-ups. He argues that more and more start-ups are not even considering what Microsoft is doing and don't consider Microsoft as a possible partner/investor/buyer of their company.

I also imagine that many recent, especially Web 2.0, start-ups also don't use Microsoft 's development tools and platforms.

Also see his clarification Microsoft is Dead: The Cliffs Notes.

TrueCrypt

TrueCrypt is a free disc encryption tool. It has a lot of features and support a number of major ciphers, such as AES, BlowFish, TwoFish, etc.

Computing at the movies and EE vs CS.

Some humorous links today.

Computing in the movies:

• What code DOESN'T do in real life (that it does in the movies)

• Top 20 Hackers in Film History

• Servers in the Movies - Our Top Ten

• Ten Servers that Changed the World (Not humorous, but still cool)
  

From Philip Greenspuns site:

• Electrical Engineering vs. Computer Science
  

Thanks to Andre for pointing these out.