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While many in the industry have written off Sun at one time or another as a has-been of the dot com era, it's interesting to see that some of their bets in the last few years are starting to pay off. Although I'm not quite ready to say that
Reading Dave's post on MySQL's IPO range of $600M - $1B, I started to wonder what type of revenue we're talking about. If you have access to IDC's massive pivot table with Software Vendor revenues (license & support only - ser
I wrote in my last blog about the massive economies that companies such as Microsoft and Oracle have created. I also wrote about the massive tolls those very same companies take in the form of overhead in the procurement and licensing processes. What
Savio's not the first person to tell me I'm wrong and I'm sure he won't be the last. Somehow, though, this makes me think of that line, "I've been thrown out of better places than this." My comments had to do with t
BusinessWeek asks: How much is MySQL worth? MySQL, a fast-growing maker of database software used by some of the Internet's most recognized brands, is preparing to file for an initial public offering, perhaps as soon as late 2007. The offering c
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Matt and Dave D. are good guys that I respect, but they are also wrong. There, I said it. We Canadians aren't known for being so blunt, but this needed to be said. I may get a few eggs directed at me, but so be it. You can argue with me, but you
I'm increasingly convinced that we are at a critical juncture in the evolution of the software industry
I’m reading an otherwise unremarkable book by Kevin Phillips titled American Theocracy, and I’m struck by a phrase he uses, “Yesteryear’s Success,” where, speaking about world economic powers, he writes, “The infra
A Wall Street Journal article "Linux Shoots for Big Leagues" (subscription required) by Chris Lawton discusses how open source continues to make inroads in IT departments. The examples show Linux and open source providing cost savings of 50