Friday December 24, 2004 RLX Exiting Blade Business
RLX Technologies has announced an intention to exit the blade server business in order to focus on the development of blade/rack management software.
Read the article here.
( Dec 24 2004, 11:17:42 PM PST )
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The Island at the Center of the World
The Island at the Center of the World : The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan & The Forgotten Colony that Shaped America - Russell Shorto (2004)
*** 1/2 (out of 5)
The Island at the Center of the World is a history of New Netherland, the Dutch colony that occupied the island of Manhattan beginning early in the 17th century. Much of the material in this book is based on a large volume of primary sources that have only recently been made available.
I found the most interesting contribution of this book to be Shorto's arguments related to the influences that Dutch philosophical ideas - particularly the Dutch notions of liberty - and the nature of the New Netherland colony - particularly its tremendous ethnic and cultural diversity - have had on the American way of life.
I recommend The Island at the Center of the World for its presentation of material based on new sources, its interesting ideas about the influence of the Dutch on American mores, and its colorful vignettes of life in New Netherland (although I felt Shorto engaged, at times, in a bit too much 'artistic speculation').
( Dec 24 2004, 12:23:25 AM PST )
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