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    The New CIO’s Open Source Decision

    28 February, 2006 (06:00) | IT Management, Podcasts | By: Scott Burkett

     
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    decision.gif To open source, or not to open source? That is the question that CIOs have been asking themselves for the better part of a decade. And while the argument for open source grows stronger every day, especially at the enterprise level, questions still remain. Being the new CIO doesn’t help either. You just never know what political minefield awaits you.

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    Grande, Decaf, Mocha Interview with Whipped Cream

    8 February, 2006 (06:00) | Leadership | By: Scott Burkett

    coffee.gifThe other day I found myself, as usual, plugging away on my laptop at my local Starbuck’s. A young lady sat near me interviewing a young man for a job as a salesperson at the EB Games (a video game shop) next door. I thought it might be interesting to capture bits of their conversation, in an effort to provide some critical analysis of it here in my blog (yes, I’m bored).

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