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- Does the SOA LEGO analogy have legs?
- Does the LEGO analogy for SOA have legs, or is the theory for blockheads? Theres been a lot of interesting reactions to my recent post on the "LEGO-block" analogy used so often for SOA-based deployments.Coincidentally, ZapThinks Jason Bloomberg made a very good case for the LEGO analogy at the same...
- Tags: SOA, LEGO Co., General
- Blog posts 2006-12-15
- Why are we building 'enterprise' SOAs with 'LEGO blocks'?
- Two expressions that get used thousands of times over within a single conference or even single seminar are enterprise and the famous LEGO block analogy for SOA. What exactly do we mean by those terms? Building enterprises, one LEGO block at a time For example, I...
- Tags: SOA, analogy, LEGO Co., General
- Blog posts 2006-12-10
- Why are we building 'enterprise' SOAs with 'LEGO blocks'?
- Two expressions that get used thousands of times over within a single conference or even single seminar are enterprise and the famous LEGO block analogy for SOA. What exactly do we mean by those terms? An enterprise is a collection of interconnected businesses. Does that include a...
- Tags: SOA, analogy, LEGO Co., General
- Blog posts 2006-08-31
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- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...
- Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Dancing on E-voting's grave
- Dancing on E-voting's graveAgreed - but consider the slippery slopeBecause once you recognized the problem in kind, you ended up arguing (accurately, I think) about degree.Why client-server can't workBecause the expert has to say "yes" to the question in court - no matter how difficult or impractical it may actually...
- Tags: Fair Use, e-voting, client-server, Fairness Doctrine
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?
- Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?AppleIf Apple wants to grow they need to open up their OS. After using Apple computer for few weeks I realize why people choose Windows over Apple inspite of the issues like system-hang, slower wakeup/sleep, etc. Opening up would resolve such issues...
- Tags: Apple Inc., EULA, legit argument, Psystar, Does Psystar
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?
- Somewhere in the news coverage of Psystar's countersuit against Apple today, I was reminded of the car analogy I use to help friends and family understand how to buy a computer. Under the hood of a car, everything is the same. There's an engine, transmission, battery and...
- Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Open source extremism lives
- Open source extremism livesNot the same thingI admit there's a continuum of opinion. Those who are advocating ogg aren't advocating defiance of the law, but a format more in keeping with the ideals of FOSS, which is a different thing.Userama decided to laugh at Democrats, but he made an apt...
- Tags: ZD Net, F/OSS, extremism, Open source extremism, extremist, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- An argument about switching costs
- An argument about switching costsJust a question...If you're going to be using Windows desktop apps with Sun Ray's, doesn't that mean you'll have to deploy Windows Terminal Server too?Why not drop the cost of Sun Ray and just use WTS (if you're paying for it anyway)?RiskThe core of Dr. Dogs...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Switching Costs, WTS, information technology, Murph, Sun Ray, window
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?
- If you think no one will ever know about the Web sites you were surfing last night, guess again. It may not be your spouse, your boss or a cop - but there's growing interest in what sort of data your Internet Service Provider is collecting about your viewing habits....
- Tags: Google Gmail, Advertisement, Internet Service Provider, Packet Inspection, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Online Communications, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- The Perils of Showboating
- My friend David Spark sent me the link to the above video while we were chatting online this morning, and I facetiously commented it was a little like TechCrunch vs ZDNet. The bizarre contest above, which appears to be between a Capoeira performer and a boxer,...
- Tags: Contest, Online Collaboration, Collaboration, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-08-24
- Open Source, Dtrace, and tuning
- Open Source, Dtrace, and tuningComment.I knew a guy who only drove old Renaults. He did this, because he knew he could fix them. The cars had presented him many occaisions on which he was able to prove this.I, on the other hand, drive Audis, because I beleive I'll never have...
- Tags: Performance management, Databases, OSS, DTrace, performance problem, performance, MySQL, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?
- Â This week, Microsoft renewed their union with Novell, to the tune of an additional 100 million dollars in commitment to buy more SUSE Linux support certificates that it can sell to its customers. Dang, Ballmer, for that kind of cash, you can get your vows renewed...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source, OpenOffice, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Office Suites, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Novell as Microsoft's client state
- Novell as Microsoft's client stateEntreeIt's MS who want entree into the Linux world and for Novell, well, it's 'business as usual'.Novell move forward with or without MS and only provide bridging vis a vis Mono and ZENworks and VM Xen API interfaces; all else is not IP infringed unless MS...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- SEC introduces IDEA
- Earlier today, Christopher Cox, SEC chairman introduced IDEA - Interactive Data and Electronic Applications, an XBRL framework for surfacing information used by investors. In prepared remarks, Cox said: "It will be faster, cheaper, better [than EDGAR.] Better data analysis will have a positive impact on the market as a whole....
- Tags: SEC, Investor, Analysis, IDEA, Cox, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Is the enterprise ready for cloud computing?
- Guest post: This is a post by Barry X Lynn, CEO of 3Tera, in response to a discussion about whether cloud computing is industrial strength. Lynn can be found on the 3Tera blog. There have been multiple white papers and articles written on the topic -...
- Tags: Application, Data Center, Enterprise, Data Centers, Storage, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder
- Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coderAll makes senseIf I was running a large open source project with thousands if not millions of people all over the world depending on me to get it right, I think I'd do things in much the same way.Certainly it makes sense to...
- Tags: Strategy, Torvalds, Linux, vision, Linux coder, open source, chef, picnic
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Apple is the tech equivalent of Disney World?!??!!!!
- Apple is the tech equivalent of Disney World?!??!!!!I think the gist is that computer tech is the equivalent of Disney.That would make Apple The Pirates of the Caribbean.I would assume that continuing the analogy would make MS the equivalent of It's a Small World.I allways thought their productsa little "Mickey...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Low-cost PC, Apple Inc., Disney World?!??!!!, Disney Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source
- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourcePerhaps if you read what you wroteYou say regarding Wintel:"you’ll find 2o FTEs an extremely conservative minimum just to keep the lights on."and then regarding Solaris:"you’re going to be paying about ten people, four of whom you don’t actually need every day"Your statement about doubling...
- Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, environment, Microsoft Corp., development environment, server, Sun Solaris, Solaris Servers, Wintel, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Fire burns for three hours at Apple HQ in Cupertino (updated 2x)
- Fire burns for three hours at Apple HQ in Cupertino (updated 2x)Witness reportedseeing a fat bald guy in his 50s running from the Apple campus. When he reached the street and looked back at the fire, the witnesses said he started jumping around the street - something like a...
- Tags: 3G, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
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