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Several people have asked when I think Red Hat is going to do a IP protection deal with Microsoft and the answer is that I don't think they will. Certainly not while Microsoft continues to be light on facts and heavy on hyperbole. There is one s
Yesterday I wrote about the perils of diluting the OSI with corporate influence, and Michael Tiemann nicely captures an interesting way to expand the OSI's influence without ruining its integrity:The board of the Open Source Initiative has large
The keynotes from the Open Source Business Conference are <a href="/archives/videoTemplate.jsp?Id=1100">now online</a> over at InfoWorld. You can also download select presentations from the conference &l
Ah, leave it to Matthew Aslett, gentle Brit that he is, to let Linspire hang itself on its own contradictory remarks. It used to hate Microsoft. Now it loves Microsoft. For all the same reasons. Turned inside out. I wasn't nearly so nice on my C
Congratulations to Linspire for relegating their Linux desktop to the dustbin of technology. Just the fact that they have agreed to use Windows Live search as the default is pathetic. Nothing like making a mediocre product absolute crap by adding in
Pact protects Linspire's customers from patent claims
You may notice today that there is now another blog bearing my name and my opinions out on the web. As of today, I will be moving my blog activities to CNET. I've loved blogging here for the past two years - Dave and InfoWorld have been fantasti
Now that we raised the B round we are on a hiring spree. So far things are going great with the exception of the non-stop barrage of annoying/obnoxious recruiters who call several of us every day and spam us all with crappy candidates. Do us all a f
After a 6 week absence from the blogebrity ranks (not a big loss since Matt is the real star here) I am back in blog form. A lot of people think that big life changes (in my case a kid) makes you all introspective and self-aware. I can confidently sa
Sun's CEO has invited Linux guru Linus Torvalds to dinner at his house so that they may hash out an understanding of Sun's position regarding open source