In case you haven't guessed, I'm off line and wrote this week's blog entries in advance. To help round out the week, you get to create your own custom blog posting just by filling in the blanks below. How hard can it be? I think Matt Asay actually has a program that cranks out these kind of posts automatically. --Zack Ok, I must admit, I was surprised when I read this morning that (Microsoft / Sun / Novell / Red In case you haven’t guessed, I’m off line and wrote this week’s blog entries in advance. To help round out the week, you get to create your own custom blog posting just by filling in the blanks below. How hard can it be? I think Matt Asay actually has a program that cranks out these kind of posts automatically. –ZackOk, I must admit, I was surprised when I read this morning that (Microsoft / Sun / Novell / Red Hat / Oracle / Apple) announced they were (sueing / acquiring / partnering with / suing and partnering) their longtime (partner / rival / customer / ex-girlfriend) (insert name here) for (patent infringement / OSI compliance / a billion dollars / dinner and a movie). It seems that (the OOXML spec / GPL 3 / the Linux kernel / AJAX / iPod Touch) is (too hard to pronounce / too hard to use / written in Finnish / too little too late / too much too soon). I say lets take all the (licenses / Linux code / lawyers / guns / money) and shove it (into a MySQL database / where the sun don’t shine / down the drain / out to the community and call it a Beta version).I had the same feeling of (deja vu / excitement / nausea / deja vu) when I (upgraded IE7 / downloaded napster / bought the iPhone / pulled into Nazareth / played Guitar Hero with my nephew.) Sure it (works / rocks / sucks) but at least it’s (compatible with / incompatible with / better than) (a poke in the eye / Windows / No Doz / plain clothes) and anyways, you don’t need a (weather man / clean nose / fire hose) to know which way the wind blows. Or do you, Mr. (Jones / Jagger / Jobs / Dewey, Screwem & Howe)? Maybe this is a (good thing / bad thing / summertime fling) and (I’ve got it wrong / written a song / stayed too long / banged a gong). I’ve always thought that (building an open source business / writing a blog / the answer, my friend) is (like running a marathon / like cycling from Pittsburgh to DC in the rain / way too much work / blowing in the wind). In the end, everyone (wins / finishes / crashes / drinks too much).But maybe (Matt Asay / Stephen O’Grady / Linus Torvalds / my brother Mike / Dave Beckham) had it right when he said (US soccer / open source / Linux / Red Hat) is like (a match between 9 year old girls team and Arsenal / taking a page out of Microsoft’s history / falling off a log / disruptive, man.)What do you think? Maybe I’m (all wet / completely out of ideas / not really listening). Let me know your thoughts. You can (post comments below / get your own darn blog / say what you like, I’m on vacation.) Open Source