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April 21, 2009
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In this issue:
1. IT Blogwatch: Oracle-Sun: "Dumb... Sad... Moronic."
2. Sharon Machlis: Oracle-Sun: What happens to MySQL?
3. Mark Everett Hall: Vendors: We don't need no stinkin' patches!
4. IT News Podcast: T-Mobile admits losing customer data
5. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The five biggest changes out of Sun/Oracle
6. Mark Everett Hall: Larry wins. IT wins. MySQL wins.
7. Seth H. Weintraub: First Google Android Netbooks spotted
8. Douglas Schweitzer: More than ever, we're keen on green!
9. Shark Tank: 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T / Good luck getting it in IT ...'
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Bad Data is Bad for Business
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Edmunds.com Customer Success Story for Service Automation
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IT Blogwatch: Oracle-Sun: "Dumb... Sad... Moronic."
In Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches bloggers chew on Oracle's
surprise acquisition of Sun—and they're not particularly positive about it. Not
to mention running the Boston Marathon dressed as an iPhone...
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Sharon Machlis: Oracle-Sun: What happens to MySQL?
That's my top question after hearing the news that Oracle plans to buy Sun
Microsystems: What's the future of the open-source database overseen by Sun?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4860974/283856150/184643/0/
Mark Everett Hall: Vendors: We don't need no stinkin' patches!
Vendors sell software loaded with security problems, then they drag their feet
in fixing them. That scenario opens an opportunity in the United States for a
European security company.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4860974/283856150/184644/0/
IT News Podcast: T-Mobile admits losing customer data
In today's podcast: T-Mobile admits losing customer data; Microsoft extends XP
downgrade deadline; and eBay buys Bill Me Later and lays off 1000.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4860974/283856150/184645/0/
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The five biggest changes out of Sun/Oracle
Oracle buying Sun is horrible news for open-source software and it's a rotten
deal for Sun's developers and customers.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4860974/283856150/184646/0/
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The Clock Is Ticking on Windows XP: Why You Should Start Planning Your Windows Vista® Migration Now
If you've been putting off migrating to Windows Vista® and are missing the
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Mark Everett Hall: Larry wins. IT wins. MySQL wins.
MySQL will be well taken care of by Oracle because it's going to be the easiest
way for Oracle to get new customers for its flagship products.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4860974/283856150/184647/0/
Seth H. Weintraub: First Google Android Netbooks spotted
Certainly this can't be it. The first Google Android netbook should certainly be
more monumental than this $100 device from SkyTone.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4860974/283856150/184648/0/
Douglas Schweitzer: More than ever, we're keen on green!
I grew up the son of European parents. I used to think that's why I was raised
to limit waste as much as possible, but now I know lots of folks who were raised
by or with parents and grandparents from the Great Depression era and they were
ingrained with the same sensibilities.
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Shark Tank: 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T / Good luck getting it in IT ...'
This consultant pilot fish so impresses one client that he tells his daughter
about how fish quickly and correctly solved a problem -- and she mentions it to
someone else.
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SHARK BAIT OF THE DAY
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Wait, you do WHAT?
We have an admin assistant who is, well, "fries and drink short of a Happy
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e-mails" in her mailbox. I look over her mailbox settings, junk mail settings,
edge-roll server settings, ISP filter settings, and they all look just fine, so
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