The deal to sell Knight Ridder closed today. So the San Jose Mercury News is officially on its way to its new owner - it actually has to get sold twice before its over. Its too bad. As a longtime reader, I can see the energy and quality leaking out. The editorial page is a fraction of what it used to be. Its a case of shareholder value and editorial value in conflict.

Back to the blog...after a few weeks of travel.

ISO is the international standards organization — most well known I suspect for the ISO 9000 quality certification, but active in lots of other areas as well. I noticed today an article in which ISO announced that they are preparing a standard for software asset management. Their web site does not have a lot of detail at this point, but the fact that they are actively pursuing this area is important.