links for 2006-06-22

Hire Me | 2006-06-20 | BitWorking

Joe won’t last long; his contributions to APP and Atom have been immense – snap him up

(tags: Atom APP REST Python Gregorio)
Luis Villaâs Blog Â» crowding out of intrinsic motivations- aka, the bounty problem

very interesting thoughts on some research on bounties and their implications vis a vis volunteer support; Luis’ right – there’s an intriguing thesis in there somewhere

(tags: bounties economics volunteers opensource GNOME support)
Matusow’s Blog : Interoperability – Customer vs. Vendor Input

well, i’m selfish but i’d love to see Firefox become a first class citizen in Microsoft’s world – whether that’s for OWA, Live, or Windows Update; i think this would be great for Microsoft, incidentally

(tags: Firefox Microsoft interoperability compatability IE browser)
The do-it-yourself conference

Business 2.0, June 6th, 2006

(tags: redmonkpress unconference redmonk community conversation conference barcamp mashup camp)
Microsoft’s Gates to step back

USA Today, June 15th, 2006

(tags: redmonkpress Microsoft Gates Acohido Ozzie roadmap strategy)
Is ‘fresh blood’ what Microsoft needs?

USA Today, June 18th, 2006

(tags: redmonkpress Acohido Microsoft Gates Ozzie strategy roadmap)