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An excerpt from the third and final part of Scott Rosenberg’s link reality check; see the link below for more details (and/or this page for a GigaOm summary of the series)
Links, you see, do so much more than just whisk us from one Web page to another. They are not just textual tunnel-hops or narrative chutes-and-ladders. Links, properly used, don’t just pile one “And now this!” upon another. They tell us, “This relates to this, which relates to that.”
Links announce our presence. They show a writer’s work. They are badges of honesty, inviting readers to check that work. They demonstrate fairness. They can be simple gestures of communication; they can… Continue reading: In Defense of Links, part three: In links we trust — Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard
More Hurd mentality speculation. tbd if HP included a revised non-compete agreement in its generous severance plan.
Oracle, which Mr. Ellison founded 30 years ago, is the world’s largest database software maker; Mr. Ellison has been its only chief executive. For years, the company has been a close partner with H.P., which sells computing systems and services to corporations. But since Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems, in a deal that closed early this year, Oracle and H.P. have become competitors in the market for computer hardware.
The purchase of Sun caught a number of Oracle’s investors off guard, since the company had avoided the hardware market in the past.
… Continue reading: Mark Hurd, Former H.P. Chief, May Move to Oracle – NYTimes.com
“People have to evaluate […] how flexible they are with their policies” – a doing-business-in-China reality check from Apple, Microsoft, and Google alumnus Kai-Fu Lee
His remarks come after Google saw its market share in China slide following a radical change in its approach to the country over the past eight months. “People have to evaluate their overall equation, their level of discomfort with this country, their belief they can be successful, how lucrative the market is, how flexible they are with their policies, how much money they have,” Mr Lee said. “They have to balance all those things. Clearly, today, those stars are not aligned.”
Mr Lee declined to comment… Continue reading: FT.com / Technology – Google warned on China plans
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