DYLAN TWENEY
Rough Drafts

Rough Drafts

Essays and blog posts I've written that haven't been published elsewhere yet

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Rough Drafts

Defense industry exchange announced …

Defense industry exchange announced … most mysterious is their choice of Microsoft for the underlying software. Microsoft??? No one building B2B exchanges these days is doing anything with Microsoft, as Computerworld recently reported. – Global trading exchange announced for aerospace and defense in
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The New York Times’ outstanding

The New York Times’ outstanding technology columnist Denise Caruso is leaving the paper. Her farewell column voices her reservations about the unbridled greed that seems to have overtaken the technology industry of late: Technology Has Made Some People Money, but Is That All There Is?
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E-commerce is getting hot in

E-commerce is getting hot in Hong Kong — and in Taiwan, Korea, Japan, India, and the rest of Asia, where B2C commerce will hit $8.4 billion this year and B2B commerce will hit $30 billion … and the investment capital is flowing. One difference: Asian investors look for profits, and seem to have litt
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FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith

FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith thinks that the majority of consumer dot-coms have vastly underestimated the costs and difficulties of delivering physical goods. If he’s right, the Standard’s Jonathan Weber writes, “the messy realities of the old economy
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Everybody’s doing B2B now: aerospace

Everybody’s doing B2B now: aerospace and paper industries get into the act. Four Largest Aerospace, Defense Firms Near Agreement to Form Web Venture (subscription site) Largest U.S. Paper Firms Team Up To Launch Online Marketplace (subscription site) Paper Companies Plan Online Marketplace
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Afraid to stand up to

Afraid to stand up to the likes of Microsoft and RealNetworks, pussycat privacy-protection organization TRUSTe is trying to show it’s tough by beating up on MotherNature.com: TRUSTe Cracks the Whip
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Car buyer beware: It turns

Car buyer beware: It turns out that online sources for car pricing information, including Kelly Blue Book and Edmunds.com, may not have such accurate information after all — in fact, they often report prices hundreds of dollars higher than the SRP. Car shoppers often pay more online
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CompUSA’s new owners clean house,

CompUSA’s new owners clean house, get rid of management responsible for Cozone.com debacle. CNET.com – CompUSA names new CEO WSJ Interactive CompUSA Announces a Shuffle Of Management as CEO Resigns (subscription required)
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