Links of the day, January 6, 2009
Commuting down to the valley from SF is such a time-suck that I ran out of time and energy to get in any quality blog time. Fortunately, others wrote things for you to enjoy.
The Register: A crack in the madness of clouds
--My latest Cloud-oriented piece for El Reg in which I use the terms "cloud-droplets" and "data-as-an-answer." I am sorry for both.
WSJ: Premium Tuna Sells for $104,400 in Auction
--Did you know that Japan had strategic tuna reserves?
NY Times: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power
--R is like Erlang for the Excel set
451 Group: VC funding for open source: mixed messages from 2008
--Funding is cyclical so it's a bit hard to tell what will happen in 2009. I personally know of three open source companies that have been or will be funded in Q1.
Dave Rosenberg dishes up "Software, Interrupted" with nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs to open-source enterprise software companies. He is co-founder of MuleSource and currently serves as the general manager of Hardy Way. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can contact Dave via e-mail at softwareinterrupted@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @daveofdoom. 
