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Looks like Microsoft has figured out one way to deal with data center overheating: Put the servers in Siberia. Ok, I am sure there are other good reasons behind this possible move. But it does raise some interesting issues about thinking globally as
From my conversations with various open source companies, it looks like most are doing very well and headed into a strong end-of-year finish in Q4. While the cost savings are a key driver in adoption, open source is no longer considered as "good
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Shaun Connolly from JBoss/Red Hat has a nice summary of Microsoft's Open Source Strategy. In the post, Shaun states: "As much as I hate to say it, Microsoft could learn something from IBM's strategy. They make no bones about it: they w
Marten Mickos emailed to point out the MySQL Workbench offering (a good FAQ here). As I've said before, MySQL gets it. Why? Well, in the eyes of commercial enterprise software vendors, the optimal result is for OSS vendors to stick to their &quo
Last week's Oracle Open World event reminded me just how big Oracle has become. The conference pulled 43,000 people into Moscone Center and shut down traffic for several blocks around the convention center. While I would not say it was on scale
I'd love to understand the logic behind this: "AT&T, a company that once was a poster child for telecommuting, is downsizing its long-running telework program and requiring thousands of employees who work from their homes and other virt
New GNU AGPLv3 license ensures that modifications to software used to power publicly available services will be contributed to the free software community
The formidable Mr. Asay has a nice post on the "remarkable JBoss revenue machine". "JBoss' incredible lead generation led to 7,000+ qualified leads each quarter..... This means that JBoss could hire "inside" sales people
Amazon today announced their eBook reader, known as the Kindle. It's a paperback book sized device that can store a couple of hundred books and download NY Times bestsellers for $10 a shot over the wireless EVDO network. You can also subscribe t