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title: 'Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for April 6, 2008'
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# Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for April 6, 2008

Sometimes, a link says more than I could ever say. Here are some fragrant little buds I’ve found recently, courtesy of ma.gnolia.

#### [Gartner: Open source will quietly take over](http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39379900,00.htm)

“By 2012, more than 90 percent of enterprises will use open source in direct or embedded forms,” predicts a Gartner report, The State of Open Source 2008, which sees a “stealth” impact for the technology in embedded form: “Users who reject open source for technical, legal or business reasons might find themselves unintentionally using open source despite their opposition.”

#### [New York Times: In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/technology/06sweat.html)

An interesting perspective on the world of tech-news blogging. Matt Richtel writes “A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment. Of course, the bloggers can work elsewhere, and they profess a love of the nonstop action and perhaps the chance to create a global media outlet without a major up-front investment.”

[View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia](http://ma.gnolia.com/people/siliconflorist/bookmarks "View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia")