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VMware IPO's tomorrow and is estimated to be oversubscribed by as much as 25x the number of shares available according to MorningNotes (via TheStreet.com). The 33M share IPO at $29 will bring in $957M, and that's only for an 11% stake in VM
One of the challenges open source companies have is that you serve two distinct markets: your customers as well as non-paying community users. Paradoxically, the non-paying users can be the most vocal and demanding. Matt Asay blogs about this as the
XenEnterprise v4 features group provisioning and Symantec's Veritas Storage Foundation data backup
In an interview, SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese talks about the company's new software suite that integrates blogs and wikis and says that Linux has come of age
Decision to restrict free access to MySQL Enterprise Server source code is contrary to the spirit of open source, some developers say
There has been some discussion about MySQL's recent moves to clarify the targeting between MySQL Community Server & MySQL Enterprise Server. Essentially, MySQL wants to make it clear(er) that Community Server is free and for those of us
Even as an IBMer, I must say that I admire Sun's Jonathan Schwartz. He helped Sun turn its back on Sun’s "kill the Penguin" stance that seemed so deep rooted a few years ago. (Remember that Linux hurt Unix more than Windows). He&
When Matt told me he was interviewing JS I was infuriated that he hadn't invited me along. However since we share but one brain, I feel like I was there too. It's a fantastic interview and makes me realize that companies that seem as screwy
At LinuxWorld, VMware officer cautions that virtual appliance/virtualized server combo could supplant use of host OS, but some conference attendees disagree
I met with some of the folks from Hyperic up at LinuxWorld San Francisco yesterday. They have just released the latest version of HQ 3.1, and won an award for best systems management software at the show. HQ is used at a growing number of companies i