Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2007
Open source software advocates like to imagine that Microsoft will fall over and die a painful death. But how likely is this? Chances are it isn’t going to happen but Windows and Office won’t remain as dominant as they have been.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2007
Monkey business in the news and reflections on the value of a business education.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 17th, 2007
The Economist reports that Aer Lingus will soon operate international flights from Belfast, shifting its Heathrow service from Shannon, and reviving a route dropped by British Airways. It goes on to say
… many unionists felt their Britishness diminished by BA’s relinquishing of the link. How do they feel now that it is to be restored [...]
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Posted in Misc on Aug 9th, 2007
The twin disasters of 2001, Enron and 9/11, were connected via the Bush administration and a network of oil business connections extending from Texas. Brian Cruver’s account of Enron’s last year is entertaining in a way that future accounts of the Bush White House area not likely to be.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2007
A brief review of what I think is the worst piece of academic writing I’ve ever read–about the use of subversive humour in the workplace by a couple of Scottish university academics.
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