--- title: links for 2007-11-06 date: 2007-11-06T05:24:33Z modified: 2007-11-06T05:24:33Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/11/05/links-for-2007-11-06/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1822 categories: - Links timestamp: 2007-11-06T05:24:33Z tags: - Links --- - [Bob Sutor: Open Blog | Facebook: How open should they be?](http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1913) i think the real question is how open will Facebook be forced to be? Facebook forced LinkedIn into an API, and now in turn will be forced to respond (tags: [facebook](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/facebook) [linkedin](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/linkedin) [open](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/open) [apis](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apis) [bobsutor](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/bobsutor)) - [PCs Losing Their Relevance in Japan: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance](http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071104/japan_bye_bye_pcs.html?.v=2) lots of folks have predicted this for some time, and while i remain skeptical for the near term as folks i know continue to snap up Macs, it’s worth seriously thinking about (tags: [cellphones](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/cellphones) [mobile](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mobile) [pcs](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/pcs) [desktops](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/desktops) [sales](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sales) [japan](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/japan)) - [The 15 Dumbest Apple Predictions Of All Time | Gadget Lab from Wired.com](http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/11/analysts-dont-k.html) yet another reason that grandiose predictions aren’t usually my thing. Gibson’s right, as is Drucker. (tags: [dumbest](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/dumbest) [prediction](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/prediction) [apple](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apple) [wired](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/wired) [mac](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mac)) - [ongoing · My Indiana](http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/11/01/My-Indiana) “They considered adopting apt and decided they could build something better; it’s called IPS.” – i have concerns about this, notably on the resource and package formatting fronts, but will withold judgement. also, no sympathy for the bash haters. (tags: [timbray](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/timbray) [sun](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sun) [solaris](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/solaris) [indiana](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/indiana) [opensolaris](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensolaris) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource)) - [The Blog of Ben Rockwood](http://cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=872) “We’re seeing calls to revoke the commit rights of individuals who implement something that a community members doesn’t like…This is chaos of the worst kind and a sign that people don’t trust the system.” – at last, a sane take. democracy run amok. (tags: [benrockwood](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/benrockwood) [sun](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sun) [solaris](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/solaris) [opensolaris](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensolaris) [community](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/community) [democracy](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/democracy)) - [Red Hat and Sun Collaborate to Advance Open Source Java Technology](http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071105005882&newsLang=en) interesting news. FYI, this bit – “Red Hat will have full access to the OpenJDK code base” – is intended to mean that RHAT has the ability to contribute back (not commit rights, yet). the code is still open for all comers. (tags: [redhat](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/redhat) [sun](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sun) [foss](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/foss) [icedtea](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/icedtea) [java](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/java) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource)) - [Open Handset Alliance](http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_faq.html) “Because these innovations and differentiated features can be kept proprietary, manufacturers and mobile operators are protected from the ‘viral infection’ problem often associated with other licenses.” – the use of viral is a major faux pas. (tags: [android](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/android) [viral](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/viral) [gpl](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/gpl) [apache](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apache) [licensing](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/licensing) [google](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/google) [gphone](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/gphone)) - [FreeRice](http://freerice.com/index.php) build your vocabulary, generate free food. decent way to kill a few minutes. (tags: [freerice](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/freerice) [charity](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/charity) [un](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/un) [hunger](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hunger) [via:bree](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:bree)) - [Mark J. Wielaard » Friends](http://gnu.wildebeest.org/diary/2007/11/05/friends/) mjw on the Red Hat / Java news (tags: [redhat](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/redhat) [java](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/java) [mjw](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mjw) [openjdk](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/openjdk) [icedtea](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/icedtea)) - [Mozilla Labs Blog » Blog Archive » Prism Prototype Now Available on Mac and Linux](http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/11/prism-prototype-now-available-on-mac-and-linux/) will be interesting to see how this proceeds (tags: [applications](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/applications) [firefox](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/firefox) [mozilla](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mozilla) [prism](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/prism) [webrunner](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/webrunner) [browsers](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/browsers) [onlinedesktop](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/onlinedesktop)) - [The Analyst Research Influence » SDLC Blog](http://www.rodenas.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-analyst-research-influence/) interesting follow up look at influence and the industry analyst market (tags: [analysts](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/analysts) [research](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/research) [influence](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/influence) [sdlc](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sdlc)) - [Phoenix HyperSpace Bypasses Windows With Fast-Boot Technology](http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2007/11/phoenix) bios level virtualization. i’m all for it if it speeds startup time. (tags: [bios](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/bios) [phoenix](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/phoenix) [boot](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/boot) [virtualization](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/virtualization) [hardware](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hardware) [hyperspace](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hyperspace))