links for 2008-01-27

Photo Matt » Sun Acquires MySQL

Marten weighs in on the acquisition on Matt’s blog; a typically positive community interaction from Marten

(tags: martenmickos mysql mattmullenweg m&a)
Meet the world’s premier open source vendor – Sun | The Register

interesting piece by Ashlee. skeptical of the “potential Linux re-entry” angle – the affection for Solaris is systemic and entrenched – but it’s otherwise solid

(tags: mysql sun ashleevance linux solaris opensource)
2007 Best Sellers, eMusic

unsuprisingly, i bought a high percentage of these: 8 out of the top 12, to start

(tags: emusic 2007 bestof lists)
Area Eccentric Reads Entire Book | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

can you imagine?

(tags: 2008 articles books comedy culture funny humor reading)
The Big Lead » Blog Archive » No Blogs for Old Men

“[LA] bureau executive of the [AP]…put out a memo…they were to pay more attention to…Britney Spears. The message was: She is news. No she isn’t. She is titillation. She is a troubled young woman whom we cover with delight, rather than empathy.”

(tags: negativity news latimes thebiglead celebrity)
FOX Sports on MSN – NFL – ’72 Dolphins don’t want to face the truth

i know some of the folks reading this are big Dolphin fans, but honestly, they’ve shown a distinct lack of class concering the Patriots all season (and i’m not a Pats fan)

(tags: dolphins patriots sportsmanship football)