I think this is kinda funny.

I have been watching blogs half heartedly for a while now. Sure there is MaryMary, and Jonathan's which are almost religious things for me, but in general I figured these were things for the cognscenti, people in marketing and generally - people smarter than myself.

So why did I start this campaign of blogging to waste your time? 3 reasons:

1) I was ticked off with the world. Anyone who knows me understands that I totally passionate about something, or I am "the glass is half empty" poster child. Either way, I am sure to have something to say on the topic.

2) I think that what we have to tell Canadians about Sun's desktop solutions is pretty cool. And since that is what I do for a living.... why not continue after hours?

3) I believe that writing is therapeutic. Better to be writing than taking it out on our cat by putting it back in the freezer from the microwave.

And then there was a straw that broke the camel's back.

Every day I get a listing of all of the press Sun gets in Canada. One special article set me off. A Canadian trade paper issued this (at the bottom of the page) cuz it must have been an exceedingly slow news day. The gist of the article was that Sun had again delayed the public release of Star Office 8 (which seriously rocks - I have been using it exclusively for 8 months now on Windows and Linux clients) until Sept 12th and, in my opinion, the article read pretty negatively. But that's not what set me off. What frosted my cake was the issuance of this "news item" in mid-August when the decision to change the SO8 launch was probably made 4 months ago. I am of the impression that Sun's visibility in Canada (in the press) is exceedingly small, and too often negative.

Don't think, BTW, that I am dissing this publication specifically. I am not, and the article was a pretty small thing in hindsight. I read this publication and others often as I am intrigued by the coverage we both do and don't get in Canada. The poor coverage we get is no one's fault but ours... and here's my chance to change that. See 1) and 2), above.

So here I go... and BTW, that cat thing was a joke. We don't have one... anymore.