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# Notice (Oct 19/05): So ends my stay here on Blogger. This morning Google implemented an anti-spam 'feature' that forces me to answer a challenge phrase when I want to post to my own blog. No notice of the change, nothing. Worse is that it doesn't even work! I type the phrase, submit, "An error occured", post deleted. Damn you, Google. Chances are I will revive my blog somewhere else, sometime soon. I'll post the new coordinates here as soon as they become available. (BTW, I'm unable to post anything to my RSS stream, so I'd appreciate it if readers could spread the word and ask people to take a look at this notice)

Update (Oct 19/05, ~noon): After a frustrating few hours (and not just trying out alternatives to Blogger), I've decided that this is a good time to take a break from all this. A day? A week? Who knows. But I need to step away from it before I pass a heavy magnet over the whole mess.

Update 2: According to this post, the reason I'm seeing the CAPTCHA (challenge phrase) is that Blogger has classified my blog as spam. Thanks. User for five years and now I'm spam. I searched the Blogger site, but there is no mention of how to get the spam flag turned off. There is also no way of contacting anyone at Blogger. Wow. Spam they say I am, so spam I must be. Maybe it is time to take a break.

Tuesday, December 07, 2004

IBM Sells PC Unit to China's Lenovo :
Lenovo will take ownership of IBM "Think" trademark family, including its ThinkPad notebook brand and its ThinkCenter desktop line.
This marks the end of an era. I know nothing about Lenovo, but seeing as how they are hiring 10,000 IBM'ers as part of the deal, I'm assuming that the Thinkpad design and manufacturing groups will be more or less intact. Not sure if I can say the same for the brand.

Comments:

Update from the NYTimes:
"Under Lenovo's ownership, the I.B.M. personal computer business will continue to be based in the United States and run by its current management team."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/08/technology/08computer.html?ex=1260162000&en=0f2649147e8889ca&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
 

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