links for 2008-10-09

"In the same way that Apple took Mac OS X and Cocoa and shrunk them to serve as a handheld device OS, I think Google could take Android and grow it to serve as a PC OS." – this part is true, if unlikely – for the application platform target questions alone. "The big win is saying “screw you” to KDE and Gnome and all those crap Linux interfaces and APIs." – this part, well, i'll just say that i expected more from Gruber.

MySQL David Axmark leaves Sun, frustrated by "all the rules"

wherein Val destroys SSDs in general. i'm still glad i have one, but this is clearly worth a read for prospective SSD buyers.

anyone even vaguely surprised by this is naive: this is the the inevitable cost of sacrificing civil liberties indefinitely for an unquantifiable and yet promised return. and at the same time, this is _least_ problematic eavesdropping scenario i can envision. what happens when it's used for political gain?

i've heard this more than a few times lately, but the sales figures for Vista are ok (even if artifically inflated in many cases (like mine))