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negotiations.</p>http://www.montygray.com/post/191258551http://www.montygray.com/post/191258551Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:32:51 -0700<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_38/b4147052120632.htm"></a><a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/DxhHehxkaaBJsmukBpebqqGAzFiaCGpFHIfylChghzvFinIczwbfJtiByiGw/media_httpimagesbusinessweekcommz0938600093852oraclejpg_zFIkpoClCngfFnA.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/DxhHehxkaaBJsmukBpebqqGAzFiaCGpFHIfylChghzvFinIczwbfJtiByiGw/media_httpimagesbusinessweekcommz0938600093852oraclejpg_zFIkpoClCngfFnA.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="250"/></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_38/b4147052120632.htm">businessweek.com</a> </div> <p>Supplier power is undoubtedly getting stronger in the enterprise software space. This is a classic example of where a disruptive business model (i.e. cloud computing) has the potential to make a material change. This article also has some good summary metrics on Oracle’s M&A impact to its business..</p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/oracle-has-customers-over-a-barrel-businesswe">Monty’s posterous</a> | <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/oracle-has-customers-over-a-barrel-businesswe#comment"><span style="font-size: 11px">Comment »</span></a> </p>http://www.montygray.com/post/185376167http://www.montygray.com/post/185376167Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:40:03 -0700<p><span>Here are a few</span><span></span><span> panoramic pictures created with the iPhone app</span><span> “</span><span>AutoStitch</span><span>”</span><span>.  We hiked from the Yosemite Valley floor to Merced Lake on Friday, then to Sunrise Camp on Sat, and finished at Lake Tanaya (</span><span>Tuolumne Meadows) on Sunday. </span><span> I highly recommend the High Sierra camps as a way to experience Yosemite!</span><span></span></p> <p><span></span><span> «HiketoNevadaFalls.jpg» </span><span></span><span> «SunriseHighSierraCamp.JPG» </span><span></span><span> «TopofNevadaFalls.JPG» </span></p> <p><a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/yOnbkOzuxzIhESZ0m29aHPf14WltzvAjhsIv96z8D1VID4picCDspqgi9zZM/HiketoNevadaFalls.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/wgW9nx1Jw0I1R5V3qBSbLdVA6AZwd4aGZZ9ihzJcOZJ8zEIPDCAd267x6vZo/HiketoNevadaFalls.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="110"/></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/Bo2h8xOL2bp5wkwcL2YHMmfWJksbPtrdzVXPVCy4LIS87nT2vC0Vp5BEJIno/SunriseHighSierraCamp.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/rMZZaBzXEImi6ajzfWYR57QZGxqLD9Q1ZwWRUxsXhuJ1xV8eHBKm0RP1muTX/SunriseHighSierraCamp.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="83"/></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/rzigmTxDXwhrgpiBXggjuHLFrArWq48yc9Z4xj0rWxmjbFW55FG9ECh5buNJ/TopofNevadaFalls.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/kB4DhqE1WBJ3Aer0FxJXIk7u0VgHueTHa8zdKssZiyOLp0DberVKU1U817ny/TopofNevadaFalls.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="216"/></a> <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/yosemite-38">See and download the full gallery on posterous</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/yosemite-38">Monty’s posterous</a> | <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/yosemite-38#comment"><span style="font-size: 11px">Comment »</span></a> </p>http://www.montygray.com/post/164966315http://www.montygray.com/post/164966315Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:17:58 -0700<a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/edjQzpw2hbCuEFkVyNrZdEPHN9x5k3Ht8l52VfN3b1XcIbRy2z2TNR5h4z5B/IMG00034-20090725-1249.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/rAFg4YOjShWoVf6CfYBZqwB5lpjpAsvtWs7cSBIBE81hH4hmDH84FhszYBlL/IMG00034-20090725-1249.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Avalanche Lake. Beautiful day!</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/glacier-nat-park">Monty’s posterous</a> | <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/glacier-nat-park#comment"><span style="font-size: 11px">Comment »</span></a> </p>http://www.montygray.com/post/149104344http://www.montygray.com/post/149104344Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:34:17 -0700<p><a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/lK3XZsDgzmgHRIQQDLozc3QdvfeLkUbU7Z5iKnokumFcLncoKTbby1O7S3Kb/IMG00032-20090723-1427.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/LKV32ID5Dv7u3Au1YkyhkHghFtxrvzKQP7jaSipP5PjsMhad1qRXg1b2h5dv/IMG00032-20090723-1427.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/big-fork-montana">Monty’s posterous</a> | <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/big-fork-montana#comment"><span style="font-size: 11px">Comment »</span></a> </p></p>http://www.montygray.com/post/147907966http://www.montygray.com/post/147907966Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:07:48 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/IqAYqP7fjq5cd3y2kdx7vwAEo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/remembering_apollo_11.html">Remembering Apollo 11 - The Big Picture - Boston.com</a></p>http://www.montygray.com/post/145641039http://www.montygray.com/post/145641039Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:57:18 -0700<a href="http://www.decanter.com/news/286407.html">A US$1m wine book weighing 30kg is set to be released next year. - decanter.com - the route to all good wine</a>: <p>While I do love wine.. I am positive there are better ways to spend $1M.</p>http://www.montygray.com/post/145027807http://www.montygray.com/post/145027807Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:36:24 -0700“The problem with Joe Cassano wasn’t that he knew he was wrong. It was that it was too important to him that he be right. More than anything, Joe Cassano wanted to be one of Wall Street’s big shots. He wound up being its perfect customer.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/aig200908?printable=true&currentPage=all">Michael Lewis on A.I.G. | vanityfair.com</a></em>http://www.montygray.com/post/142937843http://www.montygray.com/post/142937843Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:23:20 -0700Awesome evening in Philly..<p><a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/7TyqKcKnOgE9LTib5hAlUSHjeUxuDML3JEr2Tap8QDloBFwdyHogUxFx6I0t/IMG00018-20090708-1513.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/CPpa1m2C8Azt7oyXVVmtq0UboFySAoML6Es8HLXE2YxnjX49vbtQ94QC95JD/IMG00018-20090708-1513.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/fH0U2Y2oGvfSRUitcOGjtWIU6oVxoUvveiIw8P6lJDeSQuUqcZyqC1no9hLM/IMG00019-20090708-1622.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/us7EaekuJZHtPaXDuBO80BelNpEX6lFBr6GX6Nj8YQsNUgCTIFFJdkqgRz5l/IMG00019-20090708-1622.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/J3VKj9JybXrxQ9EKqsRY5N9NgZtIBT8Lt4PrNHaKW0aamokSLpBk13Qz7saO/IMG00020-20090708-1635.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/montyg/55AlFQ2ulKPp17UMQp7GbYRU4BHrDtyP2aQMHAyA6TXHVeXO5spgEteyN04a/IMG00020-20090708-1635.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/phillies">See and download the full gallery on posterous</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/phillies">Monty’s posterous</a> | <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/phillies#comment"><span style="font-size: 11px">Comment »</span></a> </p>http://www.montygray.com/post/138041023http://www.montygray.com/post/138041023Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:00:58 -0700<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-06-18-3340356624_x.htm">Prepare for vuvuzelas at next year's World Cup - USATODAY.com</a>: <p>I need to get one of these.</p>http://www.montygray.com/post/132600782http://www.montygray.com/post/132600782Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:11:59 -0700<script src="http://static.livestream.com/scripts/playerv2.js?channel=gigaomtv&layout=playerEmbedDefault&backgroundColor=0xffffff&backgroundAlpha=1&backgroundGradientStrength=0&chromeColor=0x000000&headerBarGlossEnabled=true&controlBarGlossEnabled=true&chatInputGlossEnabled=true&uiWhite=true&uiAlpha=0.5&uiSelectedAlpha=1&dropShadowEnabled=true&dropShadowHorizontalDistance=10&dropShadowVerticalDistance=10&paddingLeft=10&paddingRight=10&paddingTop=10&paddingBottom=10&cornerRadius=10&backToDirectoryURL=null&bannerURL=null&bannerText=null&bannerWidth=320&bannerHeight=50&showViewers=true&embedEnabled=true&chatEnabled=true&onDemandEnabled=true&programGuideEnabled=false&fullScreenEnabled=true&reportAbuseEnabled=false&gridEnabled=false&initialIsOn=false&initialIsMute=false&initialVolume=10&contentId=pla_8588222115617768620&initThumbUrl=http://mogulus-user-files.s3.amazonaws.com/chgigaomtv/2009/06/25/015ed786-b620-42ab-ac4e-5e3780d3afa4_550.jpg&playeraspectwidth=4&playeraspectheight=3&mogulusLogoEnabled=true&width=400&height=400&wmode=window" type="text/javascript"></script><br/><br/><p>Structure 09: SAP Aims to Glue Together the Hybrid Enterprise Cloud</p>http://www.montygray.com/post/130434167http://www.montygray.com/post/130434167Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:47:00 -0700SAP<p><div> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote">In its press release, Oracle <a href="http://www.oracle.com/corporate/investor_relations/earnings/4q09-supplemental-tables.pdf">reported</a> “on demand” revenues. The company earned $779 million from on demand services in 2009 (its fiscal year ends on May 31), up from $694 million in the previous year, an increase of 12 percent.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://blog.internetnews.com/agoldman/2009/06/oracle-ellison-cloud.html">blog.internetnews.com</a> </div> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/oracles-ellison-talks-of-big-plans-for-cloud">Monty’s posterous</a> | <a href="http://montyg.posterous.com/oracles-ellison-talks-of-big-plans-for-cloud#comment"><span style="font-size: 11px">Comment »</span></a> </p></p>http://www.montygray.com/post/129769651http://www.montygray.com/post/129769651Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:06:19 -0700