开源操作系统的父亲称他的孩子“吓人”和“臃肿”，索尼对独立发行（distribution）的孩子们不屑一顾，我们了解了Netflix奖是如何在今天的零零碎碎的综述中获得的。

• Linus Torvalds: 'Linux is bloated' The Finnish Linux founder says modern-day Linux is "definitely not the streamlined, hyper-efficient kernel I envisioned when I started writing (it)." As Matt Asay points out, it also now runs on just about every platform in the world, not just one dorm room computer. [CNET]
• Sony joins indies at Amie Street-without dynamic pricing A big firm takes a dip in the indie distribution waters, but declines to try the very thing that makes one particular model so appealing. [Ars Technica]
• Digbsy pushes out a major update to Twitter client, for better or worse It was pretty much the last major social network that Digsy didn't support, so not exactly surprising, if probably welcome by casual Twitter users. [Download Squad]
• Google SketchUp Release Enables Faster Modeling If you're using SketchUp for street-level models rather than home improvement projects, SketchUp makes it a lot easier with Street View imagery and easy uploads [ReadWriteWeb]
• How the Netflix Prize Was Won When different algorithms and approaches were combined and applied to solving Netflix's $1M recommendation challenge, a seemingly unbeatable barrier was broken. Recommended reading if you're dreading an upcoming team project. [Wired]
• More Time Requested in Google Book Scanning Case A judge's ruling on the fairness of Google's plan to scan milli*** of books will wait until Oct. 7, due to the "overwhelming number of objecti*** and briefs filed" in the case. There's a joke about content indexing somewhere in there ... [NYTimes/Media Decoder]