Links for 01-23-2012

• Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com - "A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day."
• Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger: Retrospective on Linux and Opinion on the Future | The Linux Foundation Video Site