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Yankee Group: Novell gaining (with Microsoft's help) at Red Hat's expense

Yankee Group: Novell gaining (with Microsoft's help) at Red Hat's expenseNo - read it again...[i]"and second that so many have tried Linux and are moving back to Windows."[/i]... what it said was that 28% of those who had moved to Linux were moving back. Therefore 72% stayed with Linux.3 out...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., Microsoft Windows, Yankee, DiDio, The Yankee Group

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Are the final open source skeptics coming around?

Are the final open source skeptics coming around?Laura DiDio wasnt a Linux skepticShe gave a report which had a few statements against (Linux / Linux community). Its just that the Linux community can never accept anything written that is not in their favor.Re: Are the final open source skeptics coming...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, open source skeptic, final open source skeptic, DiDio, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-09-22

Linux/Windows celebrity deathmatch anyone?

Comparisons of Linux versus Windows and open source to close source just ain't what they used to be. In the old days, it was just one invective after another coming from both sides of the fence. But now, after a string of various reports some of questionable nature showing...

Tags: Linux, DiDio

Blog posts 2005-04-07

DiDio drama underscores difficulty tracking open source

DiDio drama underscores difficulty tracking open sourceIt's more than tracking difficultyI think it may represent a deeper issue. Specifically that the business world hasn't gotten its collective mind around how to deal with Linux. It's one of those challenges to conventional thinking that comes along all to rarely...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, DiDio, open source, drama, DiDio drama

Discussion threads 2005-04-07

Additional Resources

SCO story ends with a whimper

William Shakespear should have expanded on his "first ... the lawyers" bit!It is hard to feel sorry for people who go crying all the way to the bank!BAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!Good riddance.Someone remind meThis turned out exactly how Bitty/No Ax predicted, right?: o )SCO Xenix & UnixRather sad that their expertise at delivering...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, SCO Group Inc., BSD, Linux, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Cloud Survey results - everything old is new again

My friends at Stratus brought my attention to a recent survey done by Laura Didido of Information Technology Intelligence Corporation ITIC that reminds me a great deal of surveys executed by my former employer, International Data Corporation IDC. Early in the adoption cycle of client/server computing, IDC...

Tags: Survey, ITIC, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Marketing Research, Hardware, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Don't hold off on summer purchases for CrunchPads

I have to admit that I'm completely intrigued by the forthcoming CrunchPad, brainchild of TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. I asked this weekend if it would be an Ed Tech game changer, and, quite frankly, I think this has the potential to be the biggest thing since the OLPC XO....

Tags: Netbook, One Laptop Per Child Project, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-06

10 reasons to purchase new hardware during a recession

TechRepublic guest post: It may seem like the last thing you want to do in the midst of tough economic times is invest in new hardware. But IT consultant Erik Eckel suggests that trying to coast on failing or outdated equipment will cost you more in the long run. You...

Tags: Employee, PC, Recession, Server, Hardware, Organization, Budgets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-20

Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the most

One of the most disheartening things that can happen in any job is when the boss that inspired you, the one you loved to learn from and who made a grueling job more bearable leaves the building. It may be no different at Microsoft this week, as the "geeks" or...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Sales, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Gartner: $100 laptop still too expensive for the emerging markets

Gartner: $100 laptop still too expensive for the emerging marketsIt is a process to hit price points that will work everywhere. OLPC hasat least hit price points that mean probably hundreds of millions more will now be able to afford computers. True, there are billions in need, but, prices will...

Tags: Financial services, Marketing research, emerging market, $100 laptop, laptop computer, Gartner Inc., phone, computer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Are so-called anywhere applications getting somewhere?

Customer relationship management software, particularly from Salesforce.com, has come the closest to being an "anywhere application," but other enterprise tools still need work, according to a report by the Yankee Group. Even though anywhere enterprise applications need work, technology managers need to prepare for them even though...

Tags: Software, The Yankee Group, Application, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-04

Microsoft firms up its Viridian hypervisor rollout plans

Microsoft firms up its Viridian hypervisor rollout plansMore expensive because what?????What do you mean when you say that VMware is more expensive because you have to buy another OS? VMWare Infrastructure 3 runs on a customized version of Redhat Linux, but you don't pay Redhat for that, it comes...

Tags: Virtualization, Sun Solaris, Servers, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, VMware Inc., hypervisor, Viridian, server, hypervisor rollout plan, Microsoft Corp., rollout plan, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-11

Microsoft firms up its Viridian hypervisor rollout plans

As Microsoft officials confirmed last week, Microsoft is planning to make a first test version of its hypervisor technology available simultaneously with Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate RC 0. This week, David Greschler, Microsoft's Director of Integrated Virtualization Strategy, also confirmed that a beta version of Viridian...

Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Yankee Group: Novell gaining (with Microsoft's help) at Red Hat's expense

Whatever the reasons behind the formation of the Microsoft-Novell technology partnership announced last year, its helping Novell SuSE Linux gain at Red Hats expense, according to a research study due out next month. The Yankee Group "2007 Global Server Hardware and Server OS Survey" -- a survey of nearly...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Red Hat Inc., The Yankee Group, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Yankee

Blog posts 2007-03-26

Report: Open-source e-mail systems biggest threat to Microsoft Exchange

For the past couple of years, Microsoft has been fixated on beating IBM Lotus Notes/Domino in the e-mail server market. But according to a Yankee Group report that will be published next month, the real threat to Microsoft Exchange isnt IBM -- its Linux- and open-source-based e-mail servers. Yankee...

Tags: Groupware, E-mail servers, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, messaging, Microsoft Exchange Server, open source, Linux, server

Blog posts 2007-03-23

Why is there software licensing by the core?

Stephen Shankland is reporting that Oracle has quietly cut database prices on some low-end servers using multicore processors. Its clear that Oracles move is because Microsoft doesnt charge that way and is making some database inroads. With any luck perhaps Oracle can be prodded...

Tags: General, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-03-02

Are the final open source skeptics coming around?

A very interesting little read came through my RSS feed this morning. (The image, by the way, is from Mark and Susan Andriani, who do business together as Cloudcat.)It was a fairly balanced look at Linux, from a corporate perspective. It cited two main reasons to choose Linux, a "drastic...

Tags: Laura DiDio, Linux, skeptic, open source skeptic

Blog posts 2005-09-22

Linux vs. Microsoft TCO debate rages

Linux vs. Microsoft TCO debate ragesLinux vs. Microsoft TCO debate ragesYou are kidding right? Linux is prohibitively expensive when compared to other operating systems. Between its legal woes, constant patching, supporting, and recompiling of code there is no debate. Linux is that little OS that should have...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Operating systems, UNIX, Open Mind, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TCO, TCO

Discussion threads 2005-07-19

Journalists: the new industry analyst watchdogs?

RedMonk analyst James Governor points to an interesting read on the issue of analyst independence posted on a BusinessWeek blog:BusinessWeek's new blog has gone after Laura DiDio, Yankee's Get The Facts lead. Laura has long been a target of Linux lovers, for her uncompromising defence of the proprietary. But BusinessWeek...

Tags: Yankee

Blog posts 2005-05-02

Gartner: Don't dismiss SCO's legal case just yet

Gartner: Don't dismiss SCO's legal case just yetTell us againHow a contract dispute over IBM's AIX license affects anyone but IBM and Caldera?Exhuming the dead horse to beat it again.Yea.. OK.. right.Gartner has come up with some doozies, but this is insane.Good ol' GartnerTalk about FUD...well, I guess if you...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-04-28