links for 2009-08-21

say what you will about the (acknowledged) naivete of this, but seriously – do you know anyone who loves their bank?

interesting that i thought of USAA when reading this and Matt mentions that's the closest example he could think of.

HBR's take on the Google Apps vs Exchange question is interesting, if only for what it says about the prototypical business person's view on the risks

this should be interesting to watch

pro-Linux, for sure, but an otherwise interesting contrast between Linux and Windows 7. shame they couldn't have looked at Karmic, which will be released in the Win 7 timeframe.

pretty even handed look at the history and future of Mono

a mention of my old colleague Dave in the JetBlue section, but also interesting demographics for the major social media sites

"How could AT&T not object? AT&T clings to the old business of charging for voice calls in minutes. It takes not much more than 10 kilobits per second of data to handle voice. In a world of megabit per-second connections, that's nothing—hence Google's proposal to offer voice calls for no cost and heap on features galore." – voice is only 10 kilobits? i hadn't known that.