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Not their customers, apparently. Matthew Aslett got to talk with a joint Novell/Microsoft guinea pig (I mean, customer :-), HSBC, and the support for the IP indemnity is underwhelming, at best:It’s a nice to have. I don’t think it was a m
It's a very good day if you work for or with Red Hat. The company continues to fire on all cylinders, announcing its Red Hat Exchange (rhx), of which Alfresco is part, as well as significant expansion to its channel strategy. (See also Steve Sha
Gartner's Business Intelligence Summit kicked off today to (apparently) standing room only crowds. But apparently open source BI isn't what is packing them in, at least according to Conference Chair Bill Hostmann's opening address:Host
It's about time. Today's WSJ has an article on the Linux desktop that could have been written five years ago. Same reasons for why companies would consider the Linux desktop (cost savings on single-purpose desktops, e.g.). Same cast of char
I wonder if this means that Microsoft is embracing Nick Carr's argument that non-paying users are valuable? At the Morgan Stanley Technology conference last week in San Francisco, Microsoft business group president Jeff Raikes commented on the b
While Red Hat may be the key to Linux in emerging markets (through the One Laptop Per Child project), Novell continues to push Linux in the Education market, especially in EMEA and North America. Successfully, more often than not, given Novell's
Want to know where the US Navy, Flickr, United Online, NASA, Facebook, Ticketmaster, Google, and others are going to be hanging out April 23-26 in Santa Clara, CA? The MySQL Conference & Expo. I'm not normally one for conferences (which soun
Will Hurley, formerly at Qlusters, has just joined BMC to head up its open source group. From the press release:Hurley is responsible for creating BMC’s open source agenda and overseeing the company’s participation in various free and ope
How a company engages the community matters more than its business model
Wipro aims to provide alternative to enterprises in India, where open source adoption is accelerating