LINKBLOG for August 11, 2007

• Open Source at Microsoft
  Building bridgesEmotions are mixed as to the rationale behind Microsoft's definition of Open Source
  


• (tech) Inheritance vs Object Composition - Evan Hoff
  


• Fake Steve, Unmasked - The Fishbowl
  So, after all there's plain business model behind the 'Fake Steve' (Jobs) blog ...
  


• Coding Horror: The Coming Software Patent Apocalypse
  ' Software companies are forced to build huge stockpiles of software patents solely to be used as deterrents. '
  


• Best Companies to Work For, Part 2 - 10x Software Development
  Steve knows how to take care of his people
  


• Looking For Work Is More Work Than Working - the.codist{}
  


• 20% Time - Mike-O-Matic
  


• Original Design Gangsta - Kevin Cheng, OK/Cancel
  


• Real programmers don't test - Andrew Clifford
  


• Don’t trust developers with project management - Udi Dahan
  


• The Nim Game - Volynsky Alex, The Code Project
  


• Setting a Default Browser for Visual Studio - Steven Harman