Links 2006.11.27

MySQL's Mickos: Open Source in the Enterprise
(MySQL getting better, even competing with Oracle)
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Omigod! There's a Woman in the Data Center!
(article on IT being a men's world)
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Office 2007 Will Rock Corporations' Worlds
(good review on Office 2007)
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Vista Breaks Applications
(bad review of Vista)
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Microsoft, SAP Share Future of Duet
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Keep It Clean With AJAX
(too much ajax makes aplications suck)
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Intelligence, Redefined
(business intelligence - new elements / ideas)
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SQL Server 2005 SP1 Users Face Vista, Longhorn Glitches
(hmm.. vista issues again?)
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Big Three Search Engines Back Single, Open Protocol
(new protocol / standards for the main search engines.)
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Offshore and Onshore Labor Market Analysis, Part 2
(again about offshore. more like contra than pro, but here's a quote you will enjoy:

The security and status of working for a U.S. company enables
American companies to avoid having to pay premium wages in comparison to local
firms offshore. Instead, it is often the local firms that offer premium pay
packages to lure talent away from local branches of multinational
companies.

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