links for 2008-01-11

This guy seems to think that loss of productivity is the reason for social network popularity – don’t agree. It may be a by-product, but it’s not the motivation – it’s the “social” aspect that drives us. Article sort of misses the point that (eg) Facebook

Dirty tricks from IBM, or just infrastructure becoming commoditised? Stopping Geronimo won’t help IBM – there’s more open-source appservers out there. Might as well let Geronimo flourish and preserve its opensource whuffie as be disrupted by (eg) Glassfis