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rand($thoughts); - Dec 1, 2008
Reading the NY Times Bits blog story titled: “A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source”, I’m left with one burning question. Why is this news? So, a guy (that worked at Microsoft) thinks Open Source is a great way …
rand($thoughts); - Nov 19, 2008
I thought I had a novel idea when I told a friend this weekend that Sun & Apple could make an interesting pair. However, it seems that this isn’t a novel idea after all. In 2006 it was reported that Sun had tried …
rand($thoughts); - Nov 19, 2008
Paul Krill has a balanced view of the Microsoft-Novell Linux cross-licensing deal from two years ago. It’s worth a read. So too are the comments: Posted by Linux Fan: “Say what you will about the agreement’s effect …
rand($thoughts); - Nov 17, 2008
I’ve been a big fan of RedMonk’s unconference at CommunityOne over the past two years. The conference is largely driven by the attendee participation. So here’s your chance to submit a session, panel topic or lightning …
Also tagged: communityone
rand($thoughts); - Nov 17, 2008
Roy Schestowitz’s Boycott Novell blog reported that organizers of the National Conference on Free Software 2008 at India’s Cochin University attempted to suppress the peaceful anti-Novell protest. Apparently the state …
Also tagged: microsoft, free software
rand($thoughts); - Nov 12, 2008
Some of you will remember that I wrote about an interesting startup, Tasktop, earlier this year. Tasktop is a commercial product from the creators of the Eclipse Mylyn tool. Some of you will know/remember that Mylyn …
Also tagged: tasktop
rand($thoughts); - Nov 11, 2008
SpringSource announced that it’s acquiring G2One, the company behind Groovy and Grails. Groovy is an open source dynamic scripting language that runs inside a Java Virtual Machine. Groovy uses Java-like syntax, so it’s …
Also tagged: groovy, grails, springsource
rand($thoughts); - Nov 11, 2008
I must confess that I haven’t paid attention to the Alfresco open source barometer study in the past. However, the title of the press release “Alfresco’s Open Source Barometer Reveals that Enterprises Are Using a Mixed …
Also tagged: alfresco
rand($thoughts); - Nov 5, 2008
Port25 is reporting that Microsoft’s new program to encourage startups to use Microsoft technology: “BizSpark is available globally to privately held startups that are building a software-based product or service …
Also tagged: microsoft
rand($thoughts); - Nov 3, 2008
Okay, I didn’t really want to write about Sun again today, but Simon has an interesting post about the “Sun Model” for open source business. Simon states that the model boils down to: “1. remove barriers to software …