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I got to speak with David Brancaccio a few days ago - whose public television show NOW is definitely worth watching. If you're a long time listener of the US's National Public Radio, you'll recognize David's voice. To me, he'll always be the voice of the bubble - the business journalist who reported on the economy as the stock market went through the roof in the late 90's. Just hearing him speak puts me in a (cautiously) good mood... The interview aired last night. For those interested in my views on the business motivations behind bridging the digital divide (and Vinod Khosla's views on a potential remedy to the global oil crisis), you can watch or listen here. While you're there, please take the time to visit this page. Last week was full of real news, too - we broadened our flagship Java developer tool, NetBeans, to better support web developers with its simplified Visual Development Pack. And although it's not earth shattering, the rumors are true: we're now shipping a power meter with our Try and Buy Niagara systems - folks didn't believe the power savings (even with PG&E standing behind us), so we thought we'd simplify the analysis for potential customers. The Postgres community also pushed a new version of their open source database out the door. I'm starting to see a major uptick in the commercial adoption of open source databases. Greenplum's a great example - a ...

Date: December, 10 2006
Url: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/corporate_compassion

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