In Support of Oracle and Java

As a community, open source advocates need to stop pushing their ideas on people to the exclusion of all else, and instead recognize the symbiosis that can develop between the free and the proprietary.

John Cleese at the World Creative Forum.. I like his remarks about removing distractions to enhance creativity

Tiger Oil memos

Full of gems of the world’s worst boss like:

Do not speak to me when you see me.  If I want to speak to you, I will do so.  I want to save my throat.  I don’t want to ruin it by saying hello to all of you sons-of-bitches.

Google no longer developing Google Wave

To be honest, I never understood what problem it was trying to solve in the first place

The congressman is right to throw people under the bus. Either vote yes or no on what your believe and stop playing games.