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I just got an email from a friend, and in the middle of the email he said something that struck me:Open source is not a feature. It is a way of life.Or, in other words, it's a way of doing business, not just a product feature. I think this is on
In a mostly staid interview Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher did with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, one question elicited two very different, and very striking responses:Question from the audience: You approached the same opportunity so very differently.
Unfortunately, I think Luis is right. We need lawyers. We don't need them to go around erecting toll booths on the interoperability bridge, but we need them to help us think of how to look stodgy and dull while being cool and cutting edge.For be
I came across an interesting paper [PDF] today on the intersection between modularity and developer skill in open source projects. I'm often a cheerleader for greater modularity in software, open or closed, but this research (from Giuri Paola, M
Kudos to Oracle for nabbing the SSPA's awards for "Best Knowledge Management Practices" and "Best Value-Added Support." I don't know much about the Services and Support Professionals Association, but assuming it's n
New license addresses patent licensing issues brought up by recent Microsoft-Novell deal over Suse Linux
People are always surprised to find out just how distributed Alfresco is as an organization. Aside from a small hive in London, it's hard to find more than two Alfrescans in the same city. The same is largely true of MySQL and a number of new op
Multimedia player contains a PC-bootable version of Linux, enabling users to carry a complete Linux desktop in their pocket
Fedora 7 is hitting the streets, and I was fortunate to catch up last week with Max Spevack, Fedora Project Leader, to discuss new features in this release, and Fedora's contribution to the Linux community and to Red Hat. Fedora tends to get los
An old friend from Novell sent me her own analysis of the viability of a Novell private equity exit (following on my own half-baked effort). I asked her permission to post, and she agreed. I think it's a solid starting point for anyone thinking