ChasNote

Yesterday, Om Malik announced a new special-report mini-blog at GigaOM, The Future of Software:

“a micro site that over a period of one month will take a look at some of the major trends that are changing and influencing the software business…. [A] variety of contributors (including myself) will explore these topics. At the end of the month I will offer it to you a neatly packaged report as a PDF download. This concept is really a twist on one of my favorite sections in the old Red Herring, Briefing. It took an analytical look at one thin slice of the technology industry, say optics, from many different angles. I have sorely missed, and hopefully, this special mini-blog will fill the gap.”

Om says this will be the first of many “Future reports” on a variety of topics, underwritten by sponsors initially (but written, of course, by the editorial crew at GigaOM without any help from the sponsors!).  “The plan is to evolve these special reports into premium for-pay briefings, but for now we are going with the ad/sponorship model. Sun Microsystems is the sponsor of this inagural effort.”

Congrats, Om, and thanks for the support, Sun!