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Oh, MySQL. That little database that just isn't quite as good as the Big Important Proprietary Incumbents.... Except that, apparently, enterprises aren't getting this message. In fact, 40% of them strongly disagree with the feeling above, a
Just when you thought Zimbra couldn't get any sexier, it adds the sexiest feature of all: Offline. That's right: As Satish is set to demo at eTech on Tuesday, Zimbra Desktop (as they're calling it) is a "rich offline-capable clien
Both Josh Greenbaum and Nick Carr have reviewed Oracle's 42-page filing against SAP/TomorrowNow, and both reach the same conclusion: There's no there there. From Nick:I sat down this morning with a cup of coffee or four and read through the
Oh, my. On the one hand, Mary Jo is reporting that, just as Novell's Bruce Lowry had said, Novell's pact with Microsoft seems to be earning it back market share against Red Hat. On the other hand, and of much greater concern, the pact doesn
Fruitless persecution of open source achieves nothing but harm
In my initial posting on Google Apps Premier I noted that sync was the one thing that it lacked for *real* enterprise adoption. The fine fellows at SpanningSync solved the problem (at least on the Mac for $25/year) and I can now say that Google Apps
Every day comes with ever better news for this year's Open Source Business Conference. I just got the title and abstract for Lee Thompson's keynote. Lee is the Chief Technologist for E*Trade. E*Trade made a decision a few years back to go c
The Register is reporting on "a White House directive to federal chief information officers issued this week that calls for all new Windows PC acquisitions, beginning 30 June, to use a common "secure configuration". Applications (such
eWeek is reporting on the recent hullabaloo over Hibernate or, rather, the trademarking thereof. Red Hat has been limiting others' rights to advertise Hibernate training, and members of the Hibernate community are crying 'Foul!' At the
First off, let me just state for the record: if you don't subscribe to Mary Jo Foley's All about Microsoft blog, you should. It's consistently interesting and offers up gems of information. Mary Jo today cites Yankee Group's upcom