The IPv4 Market

A few interesting links appeared in my RSS feeds the other day, and I figured they were interesting enough to share. They certainly bring up a few discussion topics, though the third link deals more with the political side of reselling IPs and none on the technical aspects that the Ars articles cover. All in all, the topic is something that I'm interested in and I'm not at all sure how the future will end up for it.

• The case for a free market in IPv4 addresses
• Trading IPv4 addresses will end in tears
• Trading IPv4 Addresses Starts Making Internet Elders Nervous

Safe Journey, Steve

Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple, and we've had a few days to internalize what this actually means. So far Wall Street doesn't seem to mind, as their stock has increased in value since the announcement, and tech pundits seem to have calmed down a bit since. Apple the company is not going anywhere and there are plenty of people there that work incredibly hard to produce the products in their lineup. Here are a few links about the legendary Steve Jobs at Apple.

• A 1992 Look at Steve Jobs and the Birth of Apple
• Money Quotes, Steve Jobs-Style
• Steve Jobs' Apple: a timeline
• Steve Jobs Steps Down the First Time: The 1985 Press Coverage
• Steve Jobs: The Edison of Our Time and the Future of Apple
• The End of Innocence: What Happened After Apple Fired Steve Jobs (Pt 1)
• The End of Innocence: How Steve Jobs Was Able to Save Apple (Pt 2)

KVM on Illumos

KVM on Illumos

A little over a year ago, I came to Joyent because of a shared belief that systems software innovation matters — that there is no level of the software stack that should be considered off-limits to innovation. Specifically, we ardently believe in innovating in the operating system itself — that extending and leveraging technologies like [...]

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