By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: April 15, 2007
Sunday, 15 April 2007
- Fred Vogelstein’s Other Interview With Eric Schmidt ★
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Fred Vogelstein also posted a second, older interview with Schmidt; this one was conducted back in 2005 for a story in Fortune magazine that Vogelstein never published. More candid and more interesting than the new interview, really. If you’re only going to read one of them, read this one. (Thanks to Steve Weller.)
- Fred Vogelstein Interview With Eric Schmidt for Wired ★
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The interview was conducted before Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick, but even still, most of the questions are about advertising. Regarding the fact that nearly all of Google’s revenue comes from advertising, Schmidt says:
Also, there are some emergent models for revenue that are very interesting. The one that is probably most interesting is Google Apps. We’re now beginning to get some significant enterprise deals. Basically, companies are tired of dealing with the complexity of the old model, and our products are now strong enough that they really can reliably serve a corporation.
I do think Google has an opportunity to establish their apps in the enterprise. But I wonder if they won’t wind up monetizing those deals through advertising, too.
- MacBook Battery Is Toast After Being Fully Drained ★
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Dan Benjamin:
I went on a quick vacation and put my Macbook into Sleep Mode (and eventually Safe Sleep Mode) before I left. When I got back, the Macbook wasn’t recognizing its battery after being fully drained, displaying a black “X” in the battery icon in the menu bar.