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I've been grateful for O'Reilly Media's quarterly State of the Computer Book Market. It provides interesting insight into which programming languages/tech topics are hot, and which are on the wane. In this latest installment, two thing
The latest General Public License is expected to be approved in the next few months, and its patent-safety provision may further muddy the Microsoft patent issue
Stephe Walli and Barry Klawans recently opined in the comments of this blog that CIOs don't care about open source. They care about value, which ties to the product/solution, not the license. This is similar to what Olliance reports from its Thi
I was looking through the attendee list for the Open Source Business Conference yesterday, and it struck me that one group is missing: developers. We have an unprecedented number of IT executives joining us this year, and the usual assembly of open s
Here are some of the best (new) commentaries on Microsoft's goofy publicity stunt:Linus smacks around the possibility that Linux violates Microsoft's patents, claiming it's more likely that Microsoft violates Linux developers' pat
Let me just state for the record (again) how glad I am that Eben Moglen is keynoting next week's Open Source Business Conference. He's genius. Don't believe me? Watch him take on Redmond's patent threat below, or read it here. (Wi
Alfresco's PR firm just emailed me to say that I had been quoted in a BusinessWeek article, which surprised me, since I didn't talk to anyone at BusinessWeek about Microsoft's patent BUD (Bogus Uncertainty and Doubt). Neither did Larry
Justin was kind enough to forward this to me, and I'm happy to post it. SAP and Novell have banded together to: extend[] their relationship to offer a new joint support solution for customers who run their SAP® applications on SUSE® Linu
Jonathan Schwartz offers free advice to Microsoft:You would be wise to listen to the customers you're threatening to sue - they can leave you, especially if you give them motivation. Remember, they wouldn't be motivated unless your products
I'm not sure how I forgot this classic ditty from Bill Gates, but it does show a certain consistency in Microsoft's thinking...stretching over the last 31 years:As the majority of hobbyists [open source developers] must be aware, most of yo