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MySQL To Oracle: Get Stuffed
Larry Ellison tried waving his American Express card at MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, but Mickos turned down his offer for the company.
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Affinity Matters
The most credible source of information about a company is now "a person like me," which has risen dramatically to surpass doctors and academic experts for the first time, according to the seventh annual Edelman Trust Barometer.
Technology, Guilt, and the Olympics
Today's communication technologies - including cell phones, e-mail, and blogs - can drive users to a heavy sense of guilt.
When Lawyers Attack With Email
The summary - a young lawyer applies for a position with a firm, which extends an offer, then cuts the offered salary; the young lawyer fires off an email declining the position, after which the fun really began.
Advertisers Continue to Adopt Online Marketing Strategies
An annual survey conducted by IT Analytics firm Outsell Inc. concludes that just over 80% of advertisers are using some form of Internet Marketing with a definite emphasis on search marketing.
Splitting C++ Hairs
There seems to be a C++ schism going right now as the Ecma consortium works out standards for the widespread programming language. The specification will bind C++ to the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI). This presents a problem for some because it ties the language a little too closely to .NET.
