Links for 06-09-2008

• Delicious 2.0: We’ve Been Waiting 9 Months - Delicious 2/0 apparently not well...
• Michael Gartenberg - The importance of AAPL's event on Monday isn't a new iPhone - This is a really perceptive post. The i{hone doesn't have the usual chicken/egg problem.
• elliott.org | Unbelievable! American Airlines charges $15 for first checked bag - This seems an especially boneheaded move. Second checked bag, OK. (Though that causes some problems ytoo.) But, as many commenters say, it's hard to believe that this won't increase the amount of luggage that people try to carry on.
• Cassini Nears Four-year Mark - The Big Picture - Boston.com - Awesome Cassini pics.
• Icon War - Pretty cool. [via robinbloor]
• Gates-Ballmer Clash Shaped Microsoft's Coming Handover - WSJ.com - "Some major decisions got stuck due to the impasse, Messrs. Gates and Ballmer said. In one case, two vice presidents clashed over the future of NetDocs, a promising effort to offer software programs such as word processing over the Internet. The issue: Because NetDocs risked cannibalizing sales of Microsoft's cash-cow Office programs, some executives wanted NetDocs killed. Messrs. Gates and Ballmer were unable to settle on a plan. First, NetDocs ballooned to a 400-person staff, then it got folded into the Office group in early 2001, where it died."
• A VC: Hyperlocal Has To Be Peer Produced - I'm not convinced that all this hyperlocal content will just appear through volunteer efforts. Especially if you're talking about politics and other topics that take some real digging. OTOH, there's a lot of volunteer energy in local communities.