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This could have been you California: HP Cuts Headcount 8%
(Looks like Meg found what I predicted when she got a look at the dog that was Autonomy.)
-- Dennis Byron
This could have been you California: HP Cuts Headcount 8%
(Looks like Meg found what I predicted when she got a look at the dog that was Autonomy.)
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 07:37 AM in Infrastructure software, IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
I'm coming out of retirement for the announcement that SAP (SAP) is buying Ariba (ARBA).
Sonofabitch! Ariba is still around! And is a "cloud computing" market player? What a market-messaging coup.
My first reaction was to email CMO Mike Schmitt at Ariba and congratulate him.
But I found Mike has moved on.
Sonofabitch! e2Open is still around! e2Open was created in the late 1990s by participants in the electronics and technology supply chains — including Hitachi, IBM, LG Electronics, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Seagate Technology, Solectron and Toshiba. And now it's a "cloud computing" market player too?
And e2Open (I may have some of those characters upper case when they should be lower case and vice versa) wants to go public.
Either everything in supply chain management is happening as I predicted, except that I was years ahead of time. (The link is back to a five-year-old SeekingAlpha post but the research dates back to 1997.)
Sonofabitch! Maybe I should un-retire.
Or maybe... just maybe... there's another stock bubble in progress.
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 07:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
I took 2011 off from researching the enterprise-software market. (Actually I had a big project in the winter that took all my time and then I took the spring and summer off and then I had a hard time getting back into the swing of things because fall golf was great here on Cape Cod this year. But why bore you with all that detail?).
Thankfully, a quick year-end Google tells me I didn't miss anything by taking 2011 off from enterprise-software market research. It looks like:
That last bullet sounds more like 2000 than 2010 but for enterprise software in 2012, the saying is still true:
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
The only year-after-year repeating enterprise software headline that I didn't see:
"2012 will be the Year of the Linux Desktop."
The headline that gave me the biggest laugh:
"NetSuite (N) is Pushing into Enteprise Software."
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 05:32 AM in ERP, IT Top 12, Open source software | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
No sooner had I said I missed the good old days when the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement went ballistic over silly things (like too many electronic document standards when there were already a couple of hundred standards for paper documents) , it turns out the good old days are still here. Based on today's statement by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to the effect that
"openoffice.org is doing just fine in its new home, thank you,"
I guess I've been missing a good old-fashioned "Microsoft (MSFT) sucks," "Microsoft is like the Soviet Union," "Massachusetts Chooses ODF" legitimate open source culture vs. FOSS catfight.
Only Oracle (ORCL) has replaced Microsoft as the bad guy. The thing is that when you have a movement like FOSS (or Occupy Wall Street or "Hope and Change"), you have to have bad guys. Neither your message nor your substance can stand on their own so in order to get attention, you have to attack someone or something else.
openoffice.org is a decade-plus-old, crippled Microsoft Office wannabee, turned over to ASF by Oracle. Oracle had inherited it from its Sun acquisition -- and probably would have preferred to just dump it deservedly into the dustbin of history -- but must have made a promise to the European Union (EU) to keep it alive in return for EU approval of the acquisition. Sun had inherited it from a long-ago acquisition of a miniscule European company.
The ASF is one of the good guys. Its web server is probably the most popular piece of open source software in existence. "The Apache Way" is really a positive, populist and progressive (in terms of information technology) movement unlike anything else in the industry. I'm sure this sort of notoriety is the last thing ASF wanted when it agreed to take over the code. Sorry about that, guys.
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 10:08 AM in IT Standards SNAFUS, IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
When something makes no sense, you have to connect the dots. That's why it's crystal clear to me that HP's board fired Leo Apotheker on September 22 in order to block -- or delay -- Larry Ellison of Oracle (ORCL) from taking a run at HP (HPQ).
Why else would the HP board hire Leo Apotheker as CEO less than a year ago (at the time the recently fired CEO of SAP, not that that was his fault), probably at a big signing bonus (I just don't feel like looking it up), OK HP's exit from the PC business of which it is the market leader, OK his acquisition of the mishmash of antiquated software called Autonomy (AUTN) to get into a market that is literally disappearing, OK his throwing away the value in the Palm acquisition (the acquisition itself happened before Apotheker's arrival), OK a list of other changes that fundamentally changed the world's largest information technology company (to the point that it would no longer be the largest), and then pay him $25 million in severance?
You might think that it is simply that HP's board is the most incompetent set of business people ever assembled. You might think there is clear and convincing evidence now for a true shareholder class action suit. You might think that the Buffett-types on the HP board wanted to help make President Obama's argument against corporate-jet deductions and millionairre salaries.
But it's simpler than that. I take Ray Lane's word for it, as reported by Eric Savitz, that this is a different board than the one that fired Fiona and Hurd and hired Apotheker. This board is smart. It knows that Larry wanted to buy HP so that he could fire Leo on the steps of the court house at the next TomorrowNow trial in downtown Oakland. Now he can't. Bravo!
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 06:46 AM in IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
You would probably be surprised to know that yesterday -- September 1, 2011 -- was one of the best days in Oracle (ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison's storied business career. An Oakland federal court vacated a $1.3 billion award in Oracle's favor and awarded Ellison a mere $300 million instead.
Now, in return for losing that measly billion dollars, Ellison and Oracle will get $10 billion in additional publicity as the case winds in two directions. What a return on investment.
Like I said, in November, SAP, get out of dodge. But first ask HP if it will kick in half of the billion-three fine. HP can't want this to proceed any further either.
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 09:01 AM in IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Jim Jagielksi announced August 30 release 2.2.2 of the Apache HTTP server, the latest update to the most successful yet least controversial open source project. This is THE Apache, the web server, not to be confused with the hundreds of other open source projects the Apache Software Foundation has spawned, dozens of which have reached relative stability.
This is the project/product that killed the standalone middleware market when IBM decided, "Why build our own. Give these guys a few bucks to a have 'birds of a feather' meeting."
Congratulations but I sure miss the fun similar releases would have caused 10 years ago. BEA would tell you all the things that were wrong with it. Some open source zealot (not part of the Apache Software Foundation) would tell you that Microsoft (MSFT) causes world hunger.
From an investment point of view, starting with IBM's decision -- and Oracle's (ORCL) related decision to ship Apache with its app server -- increasingly the middleware market merged into the platform-software market and more recently the software market merged into the overall IT market. Today, all the IT leaders except SAP have declared they're in a business bigger than or different than the software business. (SAP's CEO made the declaration about 18 months ago and shortly thereafter was no longer SAP's CEO.)
Oracle sells servers. Microsoft sells (or is trying to sell) telephones. EMC sells document management software. Intuit sells second mortgages. And ironically many of the smaller companies in the former software market that have not yet made their declaration have started calling themselves "open source" companies. Looking for that Apache lightning to strike twice.
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 10:29 AM in IT Standards SNAFUS, IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The marketing communications business is a lot tougher than when I last practiced it 25 years ago.
HP (HPQ) has had a bad week in the market because it admitted it wasted a ton of money on Palm, is planning to make another foolish acquisition, and has announced it is getting out of the consumer business. So HP canned its Marcom guy according to Bloomberg. Huh?
In a sense HP has a bad year with its then new CEO having to avoid going to headquarters, or apparently anywhere in the United States, for a while after he took the job. In fact, let's face it, HP is having a bad century.
But back in the day, those were not the kinds of decisions that Bill Smith and Dick Brown made. Really, those are the real names of two of the greatest information-technology marketing-communications/PR professionals of all time and they worked back to back to back to back at Data General. That is, Smith was replaced by Brown who was replaced by Smith who was replaced by Brown between 1973 and 1983 as the company went from $20 million in annual sales to over a $1.2 billion (remember that's in 1970s/1980s dollars). And PR guys certainly didn't get blamed, as some others have speculated, because some breaking news hit the wire 20 minutes before it should have on August 18.
The fact that Wohl is being replaced by another ex-SAP guy actually tells the story. I'm pretty sure this is another Brown replaces Smith replaces Brown sort of thing.
But at least someone remembered enough PR 101 that the news was released on a Friday afternoon(eastern U.S.)/nite (in Europe) in August in the northern hemisphere during a hurricane. Smith and Brown would be proud.
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 04:46 PM in Current Affairs, Infrastructure software, IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
(Note: There is nothing to do with investment research or information technology in the following.)
There is a kind of meandering, non sensical column in the New York Times August 24 that compares former Illinois Senator Barack Obama to either or both Tiger Woods or to Kevin Costner's character in the golf movie, "Tin Cup." (I'm not sure because of the meandering.) The article popped on my little search doo-hickey because of the word "golf" but through the mention of golf strategy and "Tin Cup," the column is really a great metaphor for the Times itself and Obama.
Relative to the Times, the article begins with an odd description of the strategy of competitive golf, something along the lines of "play the course, not the opponent." "Play the course" is always good advice but the strategy that the Times associated with match-play golf in the article is more often associated with stroke play, the type of golf where you have to count every stroke, the lowest absolute stroke total wins, there are no "gimmes," and no running up a big stroke total into a loss on one hole and yet make things "all even" on the next. Judging by its corrections page, the Times is always in need of match-play rules, not "playing the course" rules.
Then there is passing reference to Woods. It has nothing to do with his private life thankfully (if the timing had been right they could have done that column about Bill Clinton).
Finally the article concludes with a paragraph that reads:
"There is a great scene where Dr. Molly Griswold is trying to help Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy, the golf pro, rediscover his swing — and himself. She finally tells him: "Roy ... don't try to be cool or smooth or whatever; just be honest and take a risk. And you know what, whatever happens, if you act from the heart, you can't make a mistake.""
That's where the metaphor for Obama comes in. In the article the Times fails to tell the rest of the story. Following this advice and against all sensible golf strategy (including the advice to "play the course"), Tin Cup proceeded to dump five shots in row into a pond -- costing him 10 strokes and the chance to win a golf tournament. Isn't that the way his term as President has gone?
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 02:04 PM in Current Affairs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Boy, you take a few months off and the world goes crazy.
Congratulations to the guys at Autonomy (LSE: AUTN) for unloading that hodgepodge of old enterprise applications businesses for top dollar to HP.
Maybe it's something to do with Euro to dollar exchange rate... or a way to save on U.S. corporate taxes by not repatriating profits... or something else not immediately obvious... Whatever, HP (HPQ) is
Supposedly this deal has driven up the share prices of MicroFocus and Sage a few pence (Is a pence what I think it is?) and put SAP and Software Ag (SOW) in play.
It would be interesting to know if Oracle had bid and if this price was just the result of some kind of male-urination contest.
-- Dennis Byron
Posted at 03:34 PM in Infrastructure software, IT Top 12 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)


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Jay Mariotti. Final tally: 91.23 percent.
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Hip-hop collaborators Kanye West and Jay-Z and dubstep-influenced electronic artist Skrillex are among the nominees for the 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards, which recognize cutting-edge music that appeals to the network's college student demographic.
Though the Woodies typically reward indie artists outside the pop music mainstream, a few platinum-selling artists managed to get invited to this year's party. Kanye and Jay-Z are nominated for the Performing Woodie for the Throne Tour. Their competition includes Skrillex and hip-hop newcomer Mac Miller. Skrillex is also up for the Woodie of the Year, where he faces Foster the People, J. Cole, Frank Ocean and the Black Keys.
The EDM Effect Woodie recognizes pop songs influenced by electronic dance music. Contenders include Rihanna's 'We Found Love,' Flo Rida's 'Good Feeling,' and Chris Brown's 'Beautiful.' Lana Del Rey has a nomination for the Breaking Woodie, presented to the best emerging artist. She's one of 22 contenders for that award, though, so she probably shouldn't bother clearing any shelf space.
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Tueday, at last!
This time we (three students of illustration, Sven and Björn) went to Munktell Science Park (not far from our beloved art museum). Munktell Science Park contains a number of small enterprises and some representatives from banks, Mälardalen University and people from other places (Actually, I have no idea at all...).
Some clips from the area can be seen down below.
However, the building itself it quite interesting. This actually used to be part of the Bolinder Munktell Factories (nowadays it is well known as Volvo BM). Urban sketchers on historical ground!
Mr Theofron Munktell as himself. Mr Bolinder was somewhere else when this image was created.
Afterwards, we went for a fika (i.e coffee!) in the café (just by the art museum). Not by any means the best café in town, it is more of a restaurant.
Svens image shows the meeting area, one of the offices and the entrance with the information desk.
Björns image...
Karls first image.
Åsa E:s image of the MSP-kitchen!
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I hate you Mommy
My son only said those words to me once. You would think I would be crushed and end up a sobbing mess at the sting of those words.
He was somewhere around 5 years old and at that selfish stage, when kids think they are always right and that parents are there to serve.
I'm not sure what started the argument, but I remember him stamping his foot, pointing his finger at me and with venom spitting out the words.. "I hate you Mommy".


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Let me begin with a simple admission. I don't know much about gardening. Until a few weeks ago, I had never planted a seed, or maintained houseplants. My thumbs weren't green, they were red and swollen from playing Xbox. I had never given much thought to the source of the fresh food I consume or its impact, but recently I've started to experiment with growing my own.
I live in the city and although I have a small yard, I have to occasionally share it with a family of local raccoons and other creatures. After several attempts at raising outdoor crops which accomplished little more than providing raccoon snacks, I decided to move my efforts indoors.
Two south-facing window spots offered enough sun and so I started experimenting. Within days the various plants were all responding well and so the experiments grew.
Traditional flower pots and planters were soon replaced by big black plastic storage bins from Office Depot which were less expensive and more efficient. I MacGuvered some one-gallon water bottles into hanging topsy turvy-style planters and tried a variety of vines, including tomatoes, pole beans, cucumbers and peppers.
Hanging crops above other plants is a great way to maximize the amount of growing space and conserve water, and it wasn't long before the notion of "hanging water bottles" was upgraded and replaced by a complete garden row of inverted plants, all in black bins with holes drilled in them, effectively doubling the garden size. (12 ft by 1.5 ft)
Initial harvests have been small as I figure out what crops work, but so far have I've enjoyed basil, tomatoes, romaine, yellow and burgundy beans and one tiny potato.
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Giants' Hot Stove set at simmer as Winter Meetings begin
Giants fans can be a fickle bunch.
They'll cry out over a lack of activity in offseason moves, then will whine about bad contracts that the team has signed.
The Giants' recent track record on free-agent hitters signed prior to New Year's Day has not been good — Aaron Rowand (Dec. 12, 2007), Edgar Renteria (Dec. 4, 2008), Mark DeRosa (Dec. 28, 2009), Miguel Tejada (Dec. 2, 2010) and Aubrey Huff (Nov. 23, 2010).
But when the Giants have waited and signed players to one-year deals in January, they have had better success: Juan Uribe (Jan. 29, 2009 and Jan. 4, 2010) and Aubrey Huff (Jan. 10, 2010).
So the Giants clearly are seeking offensive help, but they are not going to outbid teams for players in their 30s or with injury issues. That's why they lost out on players like Grady Sizemore (re-signed with Indians), Willie Bloomquist (re-signed with Diamondbacks) and Jerry Hairston Jr. (signed with Dodgers), three players that Giants have been linked to this offseason.
So here's what we've heard about players linked to the Giants:
Carlos Beltran, of: Giants GM Brian Sabaen classified it as a "long shot" for the Giants to re-sign Beltran. The reason? Sabean says an AL team may be in a better situation to give Beltran a longer deal he seeks, because he could moved to a DH at the end of that contract. But the market has been quiet on Beltran so far. And it's interesting to see if Beltran will accept the possibility of being a DH in exchange for a longer deal. He did limit his trade options to NL teams last summer.
Alex Gonzalez, ss: Ugh, these reports are discouraging on many levels. Gonzalez has been described as a SS with some pop. But what I see is a guy with .241 AVG, .270 OBP and a .642 OPS with a whopping 126 strikeouts. Miguel Tejada, who the Giants cut last season, went .239/.270/.596. Gonzalez is just Tejada-plus (better fielder, more pop, younger). He'll be 35 on opening day. The Giants need more hitters who can get on base more, make more contact and have speed. Gonzalez is not a fit. Also, the Giants have said they'd be willing to give Brandon Crawford a shot at shortstop if they can improve the offense elsewhere. If they are in on a player like Gonzalez, it indicates they aren't confident of improving the team elsewhere.
Ryan Ludwick, of: There was a report that the Giants were talking to Ludwick, who has been on steady decline since the Cardinals traded him to the Padres during the 2010 season. Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury-News labeled it more "tire kicking." Let's hope so. Ludwick went .237/.310/.674 with 124 whiffs last season between San Diego and Pittsburgh. Yuck.
Jeff Keppinger, inf., and Andres Torres, of: The Giants are rumored to be seeking a trade for both this week. Next Monday is the date for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players. It's a signal that the Giants are considering non-tendering both players. It's because of salary. Both would be backups for the Giants, and made $2.3 million and $2.2 million respectively last season. There's nothing that precludes the Giants from non-tendering a player, then re-signing them at a cheaper rate as a free agent. There's more reason to keep Torres with his speed and glove. Keppinger is not an option at SS. He hasn't played for than 12 games at SS in a season since 2008.
Ramon Ramirez, rp: Ramirez also has been mentioned in trade rumors, like Keppinger and Torres. But unlike those players, there would actually be a market for Ramirez, who made $1.65 million in 2010 and is arbitration-eligible. We can actually see the Giants tender Ramirez next week, then still seek a trade before his case goes to arbitration.
Cody Ross, of: Ross opened the offseason looking for a three-year deal. Yeah, right. Now he's looking for a two-year deal. Good luck with that. The Giants would be interested in bringing him back for a cheap, one-year deal. But Ross has said if he has to settle for a one-year deal, he wants to go to a hitter-friendly environment (i.e. not AT&T Park). Note to Cody: You hit .242/.336/.735 at home last season, .237/.315/.726 on the road.


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There's A HUGE Arnotts Shapes Based Announcement
Arnotts has announced it's resurrecting the original Pizza shapes that it dumped earlier this year.
It is insisting the whole thing was not a marketing stunt.
Arnott's said in a statement ''Aussies have clearly shown us the love they have for Original Pizza Shapes, and we're happy to announce the product will be returning to shelves over the coming weeks," the company said in a statement.'
Arnott's angered its customers when it overhauled the shapes recipe to improve the lunch box snack's health star rating, with many saying the new flavour was 'disgusting.'
Top-Selling flavours Original BBQ, Chicken Crimpy and Savoury were available alongside the new flavour. However, Pizza Shapes were waved goodbye.
However, now they are back alongside three other original variety.
Six other new flavours will remain including Pizza, BBQ, Cheddar, Cheese and Bacon, Nacho Cheese and Roast Chicken.
Arnott's says that the changes were made in April with the 'best intentions' but ' I wouldn't say that it was a huge mistake. We're selling more BBQ in its entirety now with both variants available, so we see it as a sales opportunity''.


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Tried a new approach this time, waiting awhile after the Raiders played before putting pen to paper, so to speak. As it turns out, there is no putting a positive spin on the latest debacle, this one a 34-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
In the process, the Raiders droppd to 3-8 and invited comparisons to the 2006 and 1997 Raiders teams that many remember as among the least successful.
They also are relegated to competing for a wild-card berth, as silly as that might sound, given they no longer can win a two-way tie with the Denver Broncos for the AFC West title. The Broncos improved to 8-3 and look light years better than the Raiders right now.
The Colts (7-4), Bengals (6-5) and Steelers (6-5) are the teams in the lead for the two wild-card spots in the AFC Playoffs.
Given that, we got a pretty good look today at just how far away the Raiders are from being a playoff-caliber team.
The Bengals jumped to a 24-0 halftime lead, coasted through the third period, survived a brief scare and pulled away for a convincing victory.
Cincinnati's offensive and defensive lines outplayed their Oakland counterparts, Andy Dalton was more efficient that Carson Palmer at quarterback and, really, what else matters?
— Coach Dennis Allen speaks with the media Monday at 1 p.m. in his weekly news conference.
The interview everyone is eager to hear and read is the one scheduled Friday with general manager Reggie McKenzie.
It should be interesting to hear what McKenzie has to say on the heels of his team's fourth straight loss, with the coach he fired on the opposing sideline Sunday high-fiving his new players, and the Raiders far less competitive this season than they were when he assumed the new role in January.
— The Raiders have allowed 169 points the past four games. Their point differential on the season is minus-138, two points better than the league-worst Chiefs.
— Not sure if many people noticed, but Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick recorded one tackle. He is the player the Bengals selected with the first-round pick they received from the Raiders as part of the compensation for trading Palmer last season.
Coincidentally, Jackson now is coaching Kirkpatrick. Jackson, of course, is the one that engineered the trade for Palmer. The Raiders also owe the Bengals their 2013 second-round pick as part of the deal.
— Rookie Tony Bergstrom got some more playing time Sunday. It figures to benefit him heading into next season, when he will be a candidate for a starting spot somewhere on the line.
On one play, Bergstrom was unable to keep up with a Bengals defender that got to Palmer.
— Palmer attempted eight passes for wide receivers Darrius Heyward-Bey and Denarius Moore. The only one that resulted in a reception came on a touchdown to Moore late in the game.
Heyward-Bey dropped a perfect pass on one throw, and Moore had at least one that seemed catchable.
On the bright side, rookie receiver Juron Criner caught three of the five passes thrown his way.
— Linebacker Philip Wheeler and defensive end Matt Shaughnessy recorded one sack each for the Raiders. That gives the Raiders 13 on the season, 3 1/2 fewer than 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith.
— Still don't understand the rule where the Bengals lost a fumble, the Raiders recovered, everyone agreed on both, yet because of an inadvertent whistle by the officials the Bengals were allowed to choose between taking the result of the play or replaying the down.
Fortunately for the Raiders, it didn't cost them the game. It did cost them a chance to get back in the game and have an outside shot at a comeback. They deserved that chance.
Look for this rule to be one of several that gets changed in the offseason.


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Good Food Guide editor: 'We're in a golden age of eating out'
Ahead of the release of the 2013 edition of the Good Food Guide, BigHospitality caught up with Carter, who has been consultant editor for the last six years, to get her thoughts on the current culinary landscape and find out what inspectors look for when they are considering putting a venue in the guide.
She said: "We are in a golden age of eating out. For the first time we have got such a vast choice of style, price and atmosphere available to us."
Carter, who famously banned the term 'gastropub' from the guide in 2011, believes that pubs have made the biggest progress when it comes to offering food and are leading the way in the eating out market because of their flexibility towards diners.
"Every year more and more pubs are getting into the guide and I think it's because people want to eat more in pubs," she said.
"They like the casual atmosphere and the fact that you can go in and have a drink at the bar, then drift through and order food. They like that relaxed ambiance that a pub puts forward."
The consultant editor, who started out working for Egon Ronay and has written her own book on Majorcan food, also gives her tips to restaurateurs and chefs who want to see their business making it into the guide and talks about what she's hoping to see more of from the industry in the future.
Carter is also the big interview in today's edition of the Publican's Morning Advertiser where she talks more about her career and her concerns over future chef talent.


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A regular column from Chichester Diocese. This week it is from Richard Jackson, Bishop of Lewes.
I often hear people say, 'everything happens for a reason'.
That's not just religious people, indeed it usually isn't.
It comes from a deep-seated desire to see meaning and purpose in life, particularly in hard times. Some people might say that it's not much more than seeing patterns in the clouds. A leftover artifact of evolution and the need to avoid being eaten by sabre-tooth tigers!
Many would probably argue that religious claims of a meaning to life are just a sophisticated version of the same thing.I wouldn't presume to speak for other faiths, but Christians do see a hand behind the unfolding of history.
No more so than right now during Advent, the beginning of the Christian year.
Advent is a time when we look forward, not just to remembering Jesus's birth, but also to a time in the future when his plans for the world will be fulfilled and he will come again.
There's an old hymn line, 'God is working his purpose out, as year succeeds to year.'
We believe that this is indeed what's happening.
There's a purpose that can't be stopped by human evil, instead God is able to weave even bad human choices into his own good purposes.
We call that hope – a hope that doesn't disappoint.