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Archive for December 7th, 2008

Dec
07

Sunday Money Roundup - View From The Home Office Edition.

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So, we are finally “settled” (I use the term very loosely) into our new house and figuring out where everything goes. One of the first rooms I got set up is my home office, which I was very excited about because of this view out of the gigantic picture window: Now if I can only get some writing done, we will be all set! While I gaze out the window, here are some articles that I thought would be of interest to you from this past week: My Dollar Plan has a great Question & Answer post about R
Dec
07

Cost-Conscious Companies Turn to Open Source Software (TechNewsWorld.com)

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After the tech bubble burst, E*Trade's technology chief, Lee Thompson, needed to find a way to do more with less. In 2001 and 2002, the online stock trading company shrank its tech budget by one-third. "We had to go through and figure out every penny that we were spending and make alternatives to reduce those costs," says Thompson, vice-president and chief technologist of E*Trade.