What is in a (domain) name?

Looks like Larry's Empire is about to sell the sun.com domain. People are estimating that it could bring in a tidy sum.

Of course, that will be a drop in the bucket compared to the money changing hands when the .xxx domains go up for sale.

Should I snatch up brickolore.xxx?

Via Slashdot.org and Slashdot.org.

Oracle

...there was an Oracle logo splash screen while OpenOffice.org 3.2 started up. At my job, I've had a less than favorable history with Oracle that I'm not going to get into — rather let's just say I never want anything to do with them again.

I know how he feels. I don't like dealing with Oracle either. They are the least flexible company I have ever encountered. As to his specific question, I've started using Google docs for more and more. I find it is up to any basic tasks. I have lots of short-term lists, so the spreadsheet app gets a work out from me.

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