Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

A bit depressing that an investment group has decided to pump $100M-USD into SCO.

Hopefully SNCP (the company doing the investing) managing partner Stephen Norris is not completely full of crap when he states: "We saw a tremendous investment opportunity in SCO and its vast range of products and services, including many new innovations ready or soon to be ready to be released into the marketplace."

Kara @ATD:

Sources at Yahoo tell me that Microsoft made its most recent overtures right after Yahoo announced its earnings Tuesday and then told Yahoo execs they had two days to respond or Microsoft would go public with the offer.

When Yahoo balked at the heavy-handed tactic, guess what?

On 9/21 I called for service on my dryer purchased at Best Buy. I was busy on mon. 9/24, (my bad, sorry I had a previous apt. that couldn't be broken) so I made my apt. for wed.9/26. When I made my apt. I was very specific as to what was wrong with the dryer as well as make & model of appliance.

or (Rocky and Bullwinkle alternate title style) . . .

We recommend what makes us the most cash. (The stuff you need eighteen people on staff for 2 years to "integrate.")

Gotta handle the due diligence for the enterprise across the verticals, right? Ars has an overview of a recent Burton Group report that recommends against Google Apps.

I hate the RIAA, not a revelation but more reason why: How the RIAA views its customers: completely untrustworthy.

Best Buy sucks again, some more: Best Buy Confirms 'Secret' Version of its Website.

A friend sent this to a few of us at the office, had to share: http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/.

Make sure you follow the last instruction to the letter, if you win, stand up and shout BULLSHIT!

And if your meetings seem to cross the "bullshit/cliche/marketing" boundaries, please, feel free to play multiple games at once, or mix and match to make your own: http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/cliche/ | http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/marketing/.

Gardner @ ZDNet:

There's always a risk when a company formed by a strong personality — especially when the company is identified closely with that individual — is acquired. Yet I had high hopes when JBoss was acquired by Red Hat last year.