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- Why Apache is not the bottom of the open source incline
- Why Apache is not the bottom of the open source inclineWith Apache, you can permit anybody to contribute, no questions asked, nothing to sign, and STILL sell proprietary versions to clients. With GPL, you have to make third party contributors sign everything over to you, which they often resent, and...
- Tags: Java development tools, Tony, open source, Eclipse, Apache Software Foundation, EPL, GPL
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- What do you want for free? Do users have to pay up to complain?
- Matt Asay excorates the whining masses that are taking Twitter to task for its ill-considered removal of the @replies feature. Asay says "pay money so that you actually have the right to voice your displeasure as a customer rather than as a user." However, Asay misses a glaringly obvious point...
- Tags: Twitter, Asay, Linux, Strategy, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Does it matter where open source firms are based?
- Does it matter where open source firms are based?JBOSS + MandrivaBoth in France.Nah...Mandriva didn't have the money to buy JBoss.Asay is sorta right and sorta wrong...He's right that it doesn't matter that much in regards to working within the company itself. You're right in that matters a lot when...
- Tags: Development tools, merger, Does IT Matter, open source, Asay
- Discussion threads 2006-07-05
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- SAP and open source: it's about Oracle
- Matt Asay has written a piece about SAP's 'sudden' love affair with open source: What is surprising is that it is SAP, the bastion of proprietary software, that delivers this message. Irony, thy name is SAP. SAP, after all, is hardly the most...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Matt Asay, Open Source, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- mySQL starring as Peter Pan
- the solution is simple...Oracle must commit 1 billion for MySQL and the deal will sail through.That would work, but...I don't know if Oracle is willing to commit to that. Instead they're doing the old National Lampoon "buy this magazine or we'll shoot this dog" trick, laying off 10% of Sun's...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- mySQL founders fork on the post-Oracle future
- The co-founders of mySQL have profound disagreements on the future of the open source database following Oracle's takeover. Monty Widenius wants mySQL sold, not given to Oracle, telling reporters his Monty AB encouraged the investigation that has held up the Oracle-Sun deal. Meanwhile Marten...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Monty Widenius, Monty, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Seeking a Stallman for open source
- Stallman is for OSS what Washington was for USAWe need more people like Stallman to liberate us from the M$ tirany not Benedict Arnolds like Icaza!We need to speek louder about M$ dirty deeds not to seek peace with the devil.Stallman is a liberalJust thought LinuxGeek ought to know that....
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman, open source, Icaza, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Seeking a Stallman for open source
- Much of Perlow's anger, and that of our own Matt Asay, is directed at Stallman's continued contempt for Microsoft, his suspicion that Microsoft's every action is part of some grand conspiracy. Perlow, Asay, and the open source movement as opposed to FLOSS want to make peace with Microsoft. by Dana...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- On the future of Open Source thought leadership
- After over a decade of being in the shadow of the Free Software movement and 30 years of its inflexible dogmatic principles, disruptive new Open Source thought leadership is emerging that is truly able to compromise with the realistic needs of business and end-users without carrying...
- Tags: Software, Leadership, Richard Stallman, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Torvalds calls Linux "bloated" and "scary." Is he right? [poll]
- Why have you ignored the key conclusion?You're not simply intending to start a flame war, are you?Matt Asay concludes in the article you mention:"Has Linux failed?No. Of course not. It has simply grown as its adoption has expanded. This is the problem with success: you get pulled into an ever-widening...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, desktop virtualization, Linux, Linux IS, Torvalds, kernel
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Torvalds calls Linux "bloated" and "scary." Is he right? [poll]
- Has Linux become a victim of its own success? At the LinuxCon conference in Portland this week, Linux creator Linus Torvalds dropped a bit of a bomb when he said that the open-source kernel had not become the "streamlined, hyper-efficient kernel I envisioned when I started writing...
- Tags: Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Oracle tries to stop Sun's bleeding: Is it too late?
- Oracle has officially came out of the corner to stem the defections from Sun Microsystems' customers. The message: Oracle is serious about hardware and is looking forward to swinging back at IBM. As pointed out by Matt Asay, Oracle has launched a full court press to convince...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Open source living on VC time
- The acquisition of SpringSource by VMWare, combined with Friendfeed's acquisition by Facebook, clears the decks for Benchmark Capital to make new investments. Kudos to the venture capital VC firm's general partner Peter Fenton, who shepherded both success stories through the venture capital process. The...
- Tags: Open Source, Attention, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Open-source bonuses for the big guys [video]
- At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, panelists discuss benefits that huge companies like Google and Facebook could get from embracing open source, such as third-party developers integrating their products into new application versions and easier connectivity with emerging technologies. Panelists include Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura; Kim Polese, CEO...
- Tags: Video, CEO, Strategic Planning, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Open-source bonuses for the big guys
- At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, panelists discuss benefits that huge companies like Google and Facebook could get from embracing open source, such as third-party developers integrating their products into new application versions and easier connectivity with emerging technologies. Panelists include Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura; Kim Polese, CEO...
- Tags: CEO, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management, Stanford, Always On, open source, saas, software as a service, Facebook, Google
- Videos 2009-07-30
- Motorola: Android device launches get us back in the smartphone game
- Updated: Motorola's Sanjay Jha, co-CEO and head of the company’s mobile device unit, says that new Android-based smartphones are on track for the holidays. Jha added that Motorola is planning a barrage of Android-based devices that will put the company back in the smartphone race. ...
- Tags: Game, Smart Phone, Handset, Motorola Inc., Android, Sales Strategy, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Falling profits forced Microsoft's open source hand
- Falling profits forced Microsoft's open source handDana, your dreaming. nt.StillFirst of all, I think everyone has seen earnings drop since November of last year. I don't think Microsoft's market share in relation to Linux has changed much over the last year. If someone can show me numbers...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, open source, software, Dana, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- With clouds license arguments become fog
- With clouds license arguments become fogBrilliant insightWhile we most often disagree, your insight that clouds and fog are the same thing and in the eye of the beholder is a brilliant insight. Kudos!Scott Cleland Precursor LLCRE: With clouds license arguments become fogMaybe; seems like if I use the cloud, 4...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, AGPL, Dana
- Discussion threads 2009-07-03
- Wolfram Alpha won't ask and won't tell
- It's the site's attitude toward Internet inputs, as opposed to Matt Asay's revelations on Internet outputs, which I am afraid marks Wolfram Alpha for failure. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Internet, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- What does open source community mean?
- What does open source community mean?Too much thought on companies.......not enough on individual efforts. I think some folk get too caught up in the business aspect of it all and forget the root. I use plenty of FOSS tools that are backed by no large corporate entity. They may sometimes...
- Tags: open source, F/OSS, developer, open-source community, joy
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
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