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title: links for 2007-09-06
date: 2007-09-06T23:34:31Z
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- [Quotes about Design](http://www.sysprog.net/quotdesi.html)
    
    fantastic quotes on design from various luminaries.
    
    (tags: [design](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/design) [software](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/software))
- [We should be virtualizing Applications, not Machines – Jon Galloway](http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2007/09/04/we-should-be-virtualizing-applications-not-machines.aspx)
    
    nice contrarian argument against machine virtualisation from john galloway, and roundup of some application virtualisation fixes.
    
    (tags: [virtualisation](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/virtualisation) [VM](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/VM))
- [Steven Poole – Goodbye, cruel Word](http://stevenpoole.net/blog/goodbye-cruel-word/)
    
    Why Word brings us very little
    
    (tags: [Word](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/Word) [simplicity](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/simplicity) [minimalism](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/minimalism))
- [iplayer – epetition response](http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page13090.asp)
    
    BBC Trust fails its first big digital media challenge. BBC iplayer can be windows only, and Auntie will only be nudged again on a six monthy basis… I am a huge BBC advocate, and I run Windows, but this stinks
    
    (tags: [BBC](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/BBC) [iplayer](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/iplayer))
- [Agile Elephant: Zapthink Acquires Linthicum Group](http://agile-elephant.typepad.com/agile_elephant/2007/09/zapthink-acquir.html)
    
    David Linthicum now works for ZapThink. That’s some talent.
    
    (tags: [ZapThink](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/ZapThink))
- [An Antic Disposition: How to Hack ISO](http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/09/how-to-hack-iso.html)
    
    Rob Weir on the Microsoft OOXML no vote. I think he has a point. Fast track should surely happen after, not before thorough review process by outside parties.
    
    (tags: [ISO](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/ISO) [OOXML](http://del.icio.us/JamesGovernor/OOXML))