Best of the blogs: Randall Kennedy’s assertion in Desktop Linux? Stick a fork in it! has sparked the ire of myriad readers with some well thought out responses and others unfit for print — a degree of vitriol that he confesses to not being prepared for. “I’m just calling it like I see it. If and when someone provides me with a convincing rebuttal that’s devoid of profanity, racial slurs and personal insults, I’ll most certainly reevaluate my position.” Forking Linux? Shoot the messenger. Green IT: Despite the effort put forth by some of technology’s biggest vendors, more and more research is coming out that demonstrates how companies really are struggling to get the power they need to run their business. “I’d have to say that healthy skepticism is bordering on either unhealthy denial or, with all due respect, outright ignorance,” Ted Samson explains in Technology alone won’t solve your power problems. “It’s serious because it effectively translates to having to pull the reins on business growth until you can devise strategies and accumulate the resources to deal with those problems.” Columnist’s corner: David Margulius is used to reading about “gender issues associated with hard-driving, play-to-win, boys-will-be-boys cultures in financial services, real estate or Washington D.C. politics,” he writes in The end of booth-babe culture. “But IT? Aren’t we more sophisticated than that?” Apparently not, as much as I might like to think so. “I do believe that we as the IT industry can do better overall on this issue, and it’s not just up to the vendors. I think we’re better than financial services and Washington, D.C.” The news beat: Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the U.S. SEC in a stock option backdating lawsuit against a former Apple general counsel. AT&T’s chief security officer, Edward Amoroso, says that network perimeter security should be virtual. Sprint Nextel sees a place for WiMax in the enterprise and plans a national rollout of its service next year. And DRAM prices plunge to new lows, thanks to fierce competition. Technology Industry