The Daily Grind 380

Not too much news out there this morning; most of the newsmakers are probably hungover.

Software

• Windows 95 makes it to Pocket PC - New highs (lows?) in emulation software.
• Nyditot Virtual Display - Scrollable or compressed larger-resolution screens for your PocketPC.
• OutNote - Attach notes to Outlook e-mails or contacts. $29.95 shareware.

Information

• Microsoft to Deliver Visual Studio Team Tools - eWeek speculates on what this week will bring for VS .NET.
• First look: Sun Java Desktop System Release 2 - Linux.com is not impressed with Sun's foray into Linux. Favorite quote:

Sun JDS Release 2 is the most heavily restrictive software package I have ever seen. Sun takes the heavyweight championship belt for the worst software license ever to have crossed my desk. There are so many special case restriction provisions in the license that it needed an extra booklet of amendments to tack on more rights revocation clauses -- a total of seven pages full of unusually complex and convoluted legalese. The licensing is worse than anything I've seen come out of Redmond -- or anywhere else -- thus far. If Microsoft's EULA says, "you can't do anything with this software," Sun's JDS license says, "I'll tell you every single thing you can't do, and that means everything, including unlikely possibilities, and while we're at it here is a list of unreasonable demands and obligations for you. And get me another beer while you're up."

Community

• Trim Troy - MSN UK presents The Iliad in "messenger speak". Someone at MSN UK has way too much time on their hands.

Mike Gunderloyy is the lead developer for Larkware and author of numerous books and articles on programming topics.

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