links for 2008-06-24

• Analyst predictions :) « Technobabble 2.0
  ever wonder how those graphs and predictions come to be?
  (tags: analysts humor)
• IT Leaders Encouraged to Contribute Enterprise Code to Open-Source Projects - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
  why contribute? "JP Morgan's CIO realized that support costs could be reduced by contributing the source code to the Linux community...important to JP Morgan, the company wouldn't have to invest its own resources in maintaining an internal application"
  (tags: opensource enterprise)
• Scripting languages spark new programming era | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2008-06-23 | By Paul Krill
  quick rundown of popular scripting languages - php, perl, python, ruby and javascript in the context of "new era". are folks using these for enterprise apps? does JVM runtime support make scripting language use more likely?
  (tags: php perl python ruby java software_development)
• On Clouds, the Sun and the Moon - GigaOM
  perspective on economics of cloud computing by Geva Perry, chief marketing officer of GigaSpaces
  (tags: cloud technology gigaspaces)