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    <title>silicon.com : The Brampton Factor by Martin Brampton</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Can run-of-the-mill projects make money?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/434598782" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <title>Brampton Factor: Open source goes commercial</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/120x64/mugs/120-brampton-martin.jpg' alt='Brampton Factor: Open source stands up for its rights' border=0 align='left' hspace=5&gt;Copyright can keep the movement alive...&lt;br clear=all /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/380410543" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <title>Brampton Factor: Open source stands up for its rights</title>
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      <title>The Brampton Factor: Analysts fail on open source</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/120x64/mugs/120-brampton-martin.jpg' alt='The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?' border=0 align='left' hspace=5&gt;Or is muddled thinking the real problem&lt;br clear=all /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/330823389" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/120x64/mugs/120-brampton-martin.jpg' alt='The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill' border=0 align='left' hspace=5&gt;Have software licences and anti-piracy gone too far?&lt;br clear=all /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896117" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 16:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/120x64/mugs/120-brampton-martin.jpg' alt='The Brampton Factor: Open source 'brotherhood' closed to co-operation' border=0 align='left' hspace=5&gt;Where's the real sharing?&lt;br clear=all /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896118" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>The Brampton Factor: Open source 'brotherhood' closed to co-operation</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/120x64/mugs/120-brampton-martin.jpg' alt='The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?' border=0 align='left' hspace=5&gt;Huge mergers like Microsoft's Yahoo! bid just destroy economic value &lt;br clear=all /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896119" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/120x64/mugs/120-brampton-martin.jpg' alt='The Brampton Factor: Why big government IT projects fail' border=0 align='left' hspace=5&gt;...and will probably continue to do so&lt;br clear=all /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896121" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Brampton Factor: Why big government IT projects fail</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/120x64/mugs/120-brampton-martin.jpg' alt='The Brampton Factor: Software costs under pressure' border=0 align='left' hspace=5&gt;But will they really fall?&lt;br clear=all /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896122" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>The Brampton Factor: Software costs under pressure</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;What lies behind accusations of hacking and faulty goods levelled against China?

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      <title>The Brampton Factor: Chinese whispers</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/120x64/mugs/120-brampton-martin.jpg' alt='The Brampton Factor: Microsoft vs EU' border=0 align='left' hspace=5&gt;Who's the real winner?&lt;br clear=all /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896124" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Brampton Factor: Microsoft vs EU</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Are we doing more harm than good?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896125" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Brampton Factor: Bringing tech to the developing world</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;IT should be able to help, shouldn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896126" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;There's no reason all ages can't work together&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896127" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <title>Brampton Factor: Ageism myths</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/120x64/mugs/120-brampton-martin.jpg' alt='Brampton Factor: Network convergence is no simple task' border=0 align='left' hspace=5&gt;What you need to consider&lt;br clear=all /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896128" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Are we really so insignificant?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896129" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;It's not 'green', it's pricey - and what does it say about modern software development?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896130" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Should IT chiefs be concerned with ends - not just means?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896131" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Customer service certainly leaves something to be desired in the converged world&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896132" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;More about society than security&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896133" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Without some major political and social changes, history is set to repeat itself&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896134" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The prognosis looks poor...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896135" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Computers are not perfect but neither are people&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896136" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;We're heading down a catastrophic path...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/silicon/devilsadvocate/~4/302896137" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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