Gotta love a company that unilaterally cuts the paychecks of its employees. Greed is good, right?

(And a Microsoft PDC ballcap to the first one who gets the reference in the title).

Brainshare's next week in Salt Lake City; I'm going for two days. My wife Paula hopes I bring back a nice bag–the BrainShare backpack from 4 years ago has been our most used piece of vendor swag; it's been pressed into service as a diaper bag and general kid maintenance cache for nearly every major trip we've been on since.

Personally, I'm hoping Novell has a story to tell that's at least the quality of that bag. Or should I be starting a Novell death pool?