“For business reasons, AOL Time Warner is bringing over only three of the 50-plus member editorial team that created the Business 2.0 brand. The majority of the talent that produced the magazine and Website for the past three years is moving on. That doesn’t mean Business 2.0 is going away. The newly merged publications and online sites will still be called Business 2.0 when they are relaunched in early August. They’ll also use some of the same section names, graphic ideas, and editorial focus that made us a success. But in this version, they’ll be created by the eCompany Now staff. I have no doubt that those who produce the new Business 2.0 will do a good job, but any publication and Website closely reflects the sensibilities of the edit team that puts it together, and these new editions will undoubtedly reflect those changes.”

“Inspired by baseball’s annual midseason blowout, I’ve composed my own roster of all-stars, my midsummer lineup of this year’s best small business technology tools. Keep them in mind as you manage your own small business team.”

“One of small businesses’ celebrated advantages is their flexibility, but companies of all sizes can get into a rut. The comfortable rhythm of routine can hypnotize even the tiniest enterprise into stagnation.”

“Inspired by baseball’s annual midseason blowout, I’ve composed my own roster of all-stars, my midsummer lineup of this year’s best small business technology tools. Keep them in mind as you manage your own small business team.”

“Everyone from Forbes magazine to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer is saying that XML is at the strategic center of our industry. That makes me happy, as I helped invent XML. But there is a significant hype problem, so let’s stick with the basics: XML is a set of rules for taking your data and encoding it in chunks of text, which you can easily send across the Net and unpack at the receiving end. It has good internationalization and error handling, and nobody owns it.”

“Everyone from Forbes magazine to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer is saying that XML is at the strategic center of our industry. That makes me happy, as I helped invent XML. But there is a significant hype problem, so let’s stick with the basics: XML is a set of rules for taking your data and encoding it in chunks of text, which you can easily send across the Net and unpack at the receiving end. It has good internationalization and error handling, and nobody owns it.”