--- title: links for 2007-03-09 date: 2007-03-09T23:27:49Z modified: 2007-03-09T23:27:49Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/links-for-2007-03-09/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 948 categories: - Uncategorized timestamp: 2007-03-09T23:27:49Z tags: - Uncategorized --- - [FT.com / Companies / IT – Tories eye IT savings via ‘open source’](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/95f83fde-cde4-11db-839d-000b5df10621,_i_nbePage=9a36c1aa-3016-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F95f83fde-cde4-11db-839d-000b5df10621%2C_i_nbePage%3D9a36c1aa-3016-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html&_i_referer=) Conservatives continue to make Labour look like dinosaurs when it comes to technology. They will cancel the national identity database and start using open source in earnest, unlike the current MS lock on central government. They are going to win the geek (tags: [Technology](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Technology) [Politics](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Politics) [Labour](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Labour) [Conservatives](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Conservatives)) - [Oracle Shows No Momentum In Linux Effort: Analyst – Technology News by InformationWeek](http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197801146) InformationWeek.com. March 8th, 2007. (tags: [redmonkpress](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/redmonkpress)) - [mamamusings: why twitter matters](http://mamamusings.net/archives/2007/03/06/why_twitter_matters.php) More twitter theory – ambient intimacy thoughts. (tags: [Twitter](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Twitter) [ambientintimacy](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/ambientintimacy)) - [Excellent move Lawson « Vendorprisey](http://theotherthomasotter.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/excellent-move-lawson/) Lawson is building out a compliance oriented architecture for corporate social responsibility reporting (tags: [COA](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/COA) [Lawson](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Lawson) [compliance](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/compliance) [greening](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/greening)) - [A Leader In Our Industry](http://bill-marriott.blogs.marriott.com/default.asp?item=518336) Marriott responds to my query. I said a 5% reduction in guest room carbon emissions by 2010 is not enough. the answer- this is on top of an 11% reduction over the last five years. Good answer. Not great, but good. (tags: [greening](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/greening) [Marriott](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Marriott)) - [INVESTMENT RESEARCH, CHARTS, and ANALYSIS: Investment Idea: Red Hat](http://emasmarketblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/investment-idea-red-hat.html) I think the real competition for Red Hat is not going to come from Novell or Oracle. it will come from Sun, with a Solaris Ubuntu combo. Therefore margins will still be squeezed. (tags: [Solaris](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Solaris) [Ubuntu](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Ubuntu) [Sun](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Sun) [RedHat](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/RedHat) [Novell](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Novell)) - [/Message: Overload, Shmoverload](http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2007/03/overload_shmove.html) really good contrarian piece by Stowe Bowd, looking at our new ways of connecting. Its what I have been saying – never mind overload, Embrace Personal Singularity. (tags: [personalsingularity](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/personalsingularity)) - [David Schatsky – Welcome Back, Michael](http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/schatsky/archives/007919.html) Are we the baby boomerang generation? Michael, like Anne, refactors. (tags: [Jupiter](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Jupiter) [work](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/work) [boomerang](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/boomerang)) - [Back in skinny jeans: 9-1/2 weeks: Leaving Microsoft not as sexy or tormenting](http://cravingideas.blogs.com/backinskinnyjeans/2007/03/912_weeks_leavi_1.html) another baby boomerang. I can’t fully grok anyone that describes Blogger as robust but some of the copy channels RedMonk core thinking (no speeds and feeds) so probably more to agree with than disagree. But would Zune really be more popular with women jus (tags: [Zune](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Zune) [boomerang](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/boomerang) [via:annez](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/via:annez) [Microsoft](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Microsoft)) - [Linux Today – RedMonk: Should Linux Play the Apple Card?](http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-03-09-002-26-OP-HW-DV) Well that sucks. Tons of sites are pointing at Linux today, and not to tecosystems, which is where the content comes from. So much for attribution. (tags: [Redmonk](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Redmonk) [Linux](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Linux) [Apple](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Apple)) - [A VC: Looking For MySQL Gurus](http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/03/looking_for_mys.html#comments) In which Fred gets some useful feedback about MySQL performance from the LazyWeb (tags: [MySQL](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/MySQL) [database](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/database)) - [Everybody loves Eric Raymond](http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/the-redhat-package-mangler) I can’t believe I just came across this. Thanks redmonk irc. This is a new must read. (tags: [ESR](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/ESR) [comedy](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/comedy)) - [Bruce Schneier Facts](http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/) In which Bruce also has a target drawn on his back. very flattering i am sure. (tags: [schneier](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/schneier)) - [Bruce Schneier Facts](http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/266) having gone through a few its pretty clear Bruce doesnt generate hate. these are all v respectful (tags: [schneier](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/schneier)) - [STOP THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS](http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_clash/pr.php) Video and petition. Are leaders on either side really speaking for the people? (tags: [politics](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/politics) [peace](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/peace))