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Cartoon Network has a new show--basically a souped up version of "Gemberling," which is a series of short films about fat computer programmer who gets stuck in the internet...something we are all familiar with. Well worth the hour you will
BusinessWeek says Sun is mulling a deeper open source dive. I think it's great that Sun continues to push further into OSS, but the issue with Solaris isn't the license. The technology is good--often even superior, but it just doesn't
Adobe open sources flex (as well as a growing list of other technologies). Microsoft responds by indicating it will open source some of its upcoming Silverlight product (which competes with Adobe's Flash technology). There is a war emerging for
John Scott (RadiantBlue, Department of Defense) and I were IM'ing this morning, and he raised a topic that I've heard once before, but never seen implemented: a wiki/mashup/listing of all companies using open source. I think it's an ex
Novell just lost one of its most visible and vocal advocates. Ted Haeger, once the face of Novell's Linux desktop and eventually its most prominent community liason, has left Building H (Novell's former Provo headquarters) to scout greener
LinuxWorld has a good (and flattering :-) post on Alfresco and the rise of open source Enterprise Content Management that is faster, more usable, and a heck of a lot cheaper than traditional proprietary ECM. But ease of use should not be underestimat
Nat has a fantastic post on the value of free APIs...to those who consume but don't create them. I don't want to give them away, but here's a teaser and one of my favorites:Amazon and Google have recently shattered a common misconcepti
Who knew? I always thought those children's fantasies about going back in time were...fantasies. But in a surprise move announced today, Qantas Airlines has revealed that it has decided to turn back the clock on industry momentum and replace Lin
I was talking with Jason Maynard (CSFB) today about Alfresco, MuleSource, and other open source businesses, and how we're managing to break our way into enterprise accounts. The short answer is "ease of distribution." To that Jason rep