Daily Links 12-12-07

NBC Universal shacks up with SanDisk, video content now on Fanfare

I almost feel like I’m missing something here, like Steve Jobs poured some bad cream in NBC’s coffee. First they completely pull out of the iTunes music store completely, now they’re shacking up with every company outside of Apple, disregarding their market share or anything. I personally have never seen a “Sansa” in the wild, and from all indications their market penetration pales in comparison to that of the iPod and iPhone. The first moves by NBC against Apple could be chalked up as business related, but their efforts to court the Sansa and pass on the iPod leads me to think it’s beyond business, it’s personal.

Apple rejected by Commodore, a look back 25 years later

An interesting look at the personal relationships and business dealings that, while taking place in garages in California 25 years ago, completely shaped the computer industry as we know it today. It raises several “what-if” scenarios, if Apple could have saved Commodore from bankruptcy, or Commodore stifling Jobs and Woz and killing the Apple brand, leading to an age of complete Microsoft dominance, or perhaps a true market competitor to Microsoft…

Running Windows viruses with Wine

Showing that WINE just isn’t up to snuff yet. If we can’t allow viruses into our system and make them your playthings with the power of open source, I just don’t see the point of going to Linux at all.