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I really wish Dave would write more often. Yesterday he wrote about analysts and the value they provide, as well as their track record on open source. The gist? Analysts get paid to interpret the past, not the future, and so have missed the significa
I had lunch with a friend today that is making me reconsider some of my previous comments on Oracle's Unbreakable Linux moves. I still think the company went about it in the wrong way, but it makes more sense to me now. What If Oracle's mov
Originally developed in response to surprise Oracle acquisition of MySQL partner, homegrown storage engine will join next version of open source database
Adobe hopes to fend off Microsoft's Expression and Silverlight technologies by opening up Flex to a larger community of developers
Since Dave and I spend so much time harping on the foibles of others, I thought I'd give a little digital ink in praise of a company that consumes far too many nights away from home. Marriott. I stay at Marriotts (Courtyards and Residence Inns m
I find Wal-Mart fascinating. Wal-Mart is a near perfect example of Clayton Christensen's "Innovator's Dilemma," in many ways. The very things that have made it spectacularly successful are also causing its stuttered growth, as Bus
Well, some of it, anyway. At least, so says Josh Greenbaum about Oracle's John Wookey (head of Oracle's applications efforts) attempts to brush Oracle with a kinder, gentler image.My rumor is the following: John Wookey...is personally chagr
No, Apple is not an open source company (though it has made use of some interesting open source technology to build an exceptional operating system, browser, etc.). But I love to see news like this that it has, yet again, blown the doors of Wall Stre
If any enterprise has much to gain from open source, it's Adobe. The company has long demonstrated an uncanny ability to mimic many of the best distribution methodologies associated with open source, making its Flash and PDF/Acrobat technologies
With spokespeople like this how could Sun not be on a rebound... "There's really no reason that middle-class Americans, when they watch three or four hours of TV a day, shouldn't be able to watch whatever they want when they want to w