Open source procurement

• 21:36:06: “The Strategic Sourceror: Government Goes Open Source – the Wrong Way.” http://bit.ly/3IbTn
  I disagree with this article.
• 21:37:57: SS says “US Government could [not] be … the poster child for best practices … so I am not very excited about seeing the final products.”
• 21:39:56: But why couldn’t they be? There’s a lot of people in the US govt. Surely some must be doing something right! Why write them off so glibly?
• 21:45:12: SS contrite comment: “Perhaps I was being a bit rough … a step in the right direction is better than nothing at all.” http://bit.ly/7vUI6

US Housing Crisis

• 22:04:19: Solving the US Housing Crisis “give foreigners who…come to the US and buy a home … a [green card]” http://bit.ly/14cRew Why not?

Risk v. Stability

• 22:08:59: Taking Risks Is More Important than Stability Right Now – BusinessWeek http://bit.ly/GoSdE Are these opposite business states? I think not.

Divvying up Equity in startups

• 22:13:18: Seth’s Blog: Advice on equity “A friend asked me to help him … split the equity in a [startup] company.” http://bit.ly/ubiIj Great advice

Cloud computing: Making technology available to the masses

• 22:29:54: HowTo: EC2 for Poets “The easier it gets, for more people, the more interesting things we’ll be able to do, together.” http://bit.ly/r7S0e

Importance of incentives

• 22:36:08: Thank you netbooks! Microsoft placed in an environment where they are motivated to deliver what we need. http://bit.ly/6EUoL

Spend optimisation bake-off

• 22:51:37: SpendMatters: Let the Optimization Bake-Off Begin! http://bit.ly/Fofta This is the best use of the new media I’ve seen in Procurement!

AMEX and Harbour Payments

• 22:57:43: SpendMatters: Amex: No Safe Harbor http://bit.ly/cKVk This seemed like such a good idea two years ago. Why can’t AMEX make this work?

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