Coke vs. Pepsi, Apple vs. Google

John Maeda on Web error pages. DreamHost has some information about how to do better (which I should).

Wikipedia vs. the Web

Tim Bray:

There’s an old saying in business: if you want to get credit, the first thing you have to do is show up. Let me rephrase that: if you want to have authority on the Web, you have to show up on the Web. And those who ought to enjoy more authority than Wikipedia aren’t. Let me make the point by example.

EFF on Zune DRM

The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports (emphasis theirs):

Microsoft’s Zune will not play protected Windows Media Audio and Video purchased or “rented” from Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink, Cinemanow, or any other online media service. That’s right—the media that Microsoft promised would Play For Sure doesn’t even play on Microsoft’s own device.

Apple’s DRM is much more reasonable, but I still don’t find the music or video at the iTunes Store tempting with the current prices, quality, restrictions, and omissions.