My title is tongue in check. As Marc Andreessen said in his outstanding analysis of the situation in If Microsoft goes fully hostile on Yahoo – “So this may yet come to remind you of the Democratic presidential primary season — it may last a while.”
There’s a rumor going around that Salesforce.com is switching all of its 4000 employees over to Macs . If so, this will be the first high profile complete Windows to Mac enterprise defection that I’ve heard of recently (I’m sure there are others, but they haven’t been high profile or big enough to catch my attention.) For several months, I’ve been suggesting that when larger (great than 2,500 employee) companies start defecting en masse (e.g. the entire company) to Macs, it will signal another potential tectonic shift (and opportunity) in the software business. ...
As April 15th looms again (it seems to come every year), all the same old articles appear about taxes, budgets, deficits, government spending, and the inequities in the universe. This year, Ben Casnocha sent me a link to an article from the LA Times titled Tax and spend with a twist with a note saying “I think you expressed a similar sentiment awhile back.” Indeed I did. I dutifully pay my taxes every year, yet I feel helpless when I think about how the government spends my tax receipts (and all the other tax receipts they get – which appears to be about $1.2 trillion this year according to the LA Times article.) Yeah, I know I can vote (I do) and I can get involved in influencing my little corner of the universe (I try), but I don’t feel like I have any impact on how any of this money gets wasted spent. ...
Last week was Google App Engine announcement and brouhaha. This week is deeper analysis and understanding of Google App Engine. I spent some time last week trying to understand this better, read a bunch of stuff, and spent some time having a top secret special meeting that I can’t talk about with some of my friends at Microsoft where this was discussed. Following are three interesting things for you this morning (all courtesy of my friend Scott Moody) if you are interested in learning more: ...
Today’s NY Times has a clearly written article describing what’s really going on with Auction Rate Securities titled It’s a Long, Cold, Cashless Siege . There’s a lot of confusion going around about what ARS are and how they work so it’s nice to finally see “the simple stories” appearing. If you are curious about how these things really work or if you are interested in another straightforward story, Fred Wilson has one of the best first person accounts up on his blog titled Our Run In With Auction Rates And What It Taught Me About Markets . ...
Return Path has 50 open positions in Colorado, New York, and Europe. The specific job page has detailed descriptions – all applications / resumes go to jobs@returnpath.net . Who said email is dead?
Marc Andreesen has a scathing but brilliant post up today titled Congratulations, you’re paying Jimmy Cayne’s marijuana bills! I love Marc’s analysis of what Bear Stearns would have been worth if the Federal Government hadn’t backstopped the deal with a $29 billion loan. The US taxpayer is loaning Bear Stearns and JP Morgan Chase, Bear Stearns’ acquirer, $29 billion — just revised from $30 billion, simultaneous with JP Morgan Chase raising its acquisition price for Bear Stearns to $10/share from $2. ...
Time to actually figure out the real job board thing on this blog since I’m now posting job notices a couple of times a week (feel free to comment if you provide these things and I’ll try them out and pick one.) There has been plenty of response to the job postings so I assume those of you that don’t care are just filtering them out and those of you that do are appreciating them! ...
As I was reading through my RSS feeds this morning, I came across Graeme Thickins reposting of the Google 2007 Annual Letter (this year written by Larry Page.) It a good one – written in plain, straightforward English. Worth a careful read for anyone that interacts with The Google.
The guys at Slice of Lime are looking to add a Boulder-based PHP Web Developer to their team. If you fit the bill and are looking for a great gig, send [Kevin Menzie](mailto:kevin@sliceoflime.com?subject=PHP Web Developer) a note.