Podcast Update

• Thomas Barnett talked with Phil Windley about the information Thomas wrote about in his book, Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating. I found Thomas' coverage of world events and his optimism about it very interesting and on target. He referenced one my favorite authors and op-ed writers, Thomas Friedman. I also agree with his 2 recommendations: a strong offense to take out the bad guys and a transparent governance that spreads the peace through economic development. An excellent podcast I would strongly recommend.
• Richard Monson-Haefel, Burton Group, talked about the Rebel Platforms. Rebel platforms are open source and not compliant with standards. Frequently, these rebel platforms are targeted at introducing simplicity into arenas served by complex, standards compliant deployments. Richard's coverage of the available platforms and identification of their trade-offs was excellent. He noted that open source = some assembly required. He also noted that the biggest threat is not to Microsoft, but to J2EE based platforms like IBM and BEA. I strongly recommend this podcast to those interested in tracking trends in enterprise class software.