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This comment from Stacey (Hyperic) got me thinking...is money a good measure of OSS success? Before I go on, let me clear something up. My 1.8% comment was not meant to minimize the importance of OSS to the software market or to customers. I disagree
During the opening day SpringOne keynote yesterday Interface21 explained how they plan on using the funding they recently secured. Later in the day, I spent a few minutes with Neelan Choksi, COO at Interface21....
Cote posted the video of our OSBC session about open source and SOA. I believe I was asked "what does SOA mean to you?" and my response was something about "SOA being a unicorn, magical but rarely seen in real life." On the panel:
I'm running an Open Source CEO Series on my new blog, trying to get into the minds of the brave (and still few) open source business leaders who are turning downloads into dollars. So far, I've had Marten Mickos, our very own Dave Rosenberg
Hopefully, this is just one person's experience, but a would-be Ubuntu buyer was denied by Dell when he informed Dell that he wanted to buy his Ubuntu-on-Dell machine for (gasp!) a business. Perish the thought....I called the Home office departm
NetworkWorld compared the OSS system management products from Zenoss, Hyperic and Groundwork. NWW results: 1. Zenoss-4.0 Pros: Excellent discovery of network resources; intuitive user interface. Cons: Needs a visual design environment for customizing
By now you've heard that I'll be joining the Open Sources team. It's a shame that Matt Asay is moving on to bigger and better things (you can follow him at CNet). I'm sure we'll continue to disagree about an item or two relat
While there are a lot of good things happening with respect to opportunities for open source software and IT in general in China, there are many reminders that it's still evolving. In many ways, China is "the wild, wild east" where the
I had dinner with a close friend from Novell (and his family) last night. He's been there for over 10 years, and continues to believe in the company. I respect that. Whatever his thoughts on the patent deal and product direction (I didn't a
I'm enjoying my new blog over on CNET, but I admit I'm missing Dave. Especially now that he has turned into Jane Austen, penning blog entries by the thousands. I was clearly holding him back. :-) I just noticed for the first time today that