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- News to know: Green Grid; Windows 7; AMD speaks; Bebo
- Notable headlines: David Berlind: With tech titan support, Green Grid to help datacenters go green with measurement standards Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 to get new touch features. Microsoft makes IE with component activation change available to testers. Larry Dignan: Ahead...
- Tags: Bebo, Larry Dignan, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Grid, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Fleury, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- Fleury's back and SOA's got him
- Fleury's back and SOA's got himSounds very interesting, they need to make this work with Gears, and makesure there are no license compatibility problems.And, what is the best language to run the GUI on the client side, and also do the back-end when you are offline??? How many languages should...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Fleury, SOA
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- Fleury's back and SOA's got him
- Marc Fleury, the l'enfant terrible of open source, is back from his Red Hat-induced vacation, acting as an adviser to Appcelerator, an Atlanta start-up with a "compelling take on the SOA market." Fleury, who sold JBOSS to Red Hat a few years ago and was pushed out...
- Tags: Marc Fleury, SOA, JBoss, Fleury, Appcelerator, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Web Services, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
- JBoss, Apache founders engage in war of words on the web
- JBoss, Apache founders engage in war of words on the webThe letter of Open Source...carries no obligations. But the spirit of Open Source does.As long as there are those who do nothing but take from open source and do nothing to give back, Open Source will suffer.Fleury is a...
- Tags: Web, open source, Fleury, JBoss, Apache Software Foundation
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- Fleury out at Red Hat
- Fleury out at Red HatWell, sure.Quoting:"[Mr. Fleury] built JBOSS around superstar programmers, committers who he felt deserved more from the fruits of their labors."Well, this is open source, after all.Some companies will make some profit, some people will make some money. But only the best, and not too much.Continuing:"All...
- Tags: Development tools, Now IT, Fleury, open source, Marc, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-09
- JBOSS' Fleury plays New York
- JBOSS' Fleury plays New YorkAh yes...Wall Street has had some interesting comments in the recent past. I was particularly struck by those stories about M$'s decision to spend more on research was so wrong-headed especially in the context of the other criticisms they have been getting about viruses, worms, and...
- Tags: Java development tools, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Development tools, Middleware, Cyberthreats, JBoss, Fleury
- Discussion threads 2006-08-31
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- Time to call the Red Hat-JBOSS deal a failure?
- One of the first in-person interviews I did for this blog was with Marc Fleury, then CEO of JBOSS. He was celebrating a business deal, but soon after had much more to celebrate, the acquisition of JBOSS by RedHat for $350 million. Fleury left...
- Tags: Code Base, Customer, JBoss, SpringSource, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Open Source, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Is the open source IPO a pipe dream?
- Will Red Hat be the only major pure play open source company to go public? That's what observers are wondering as more and more open source stars are swallowed up by traditional proprietary giants, with Nokia's purchase of Trolltech – announced yesterday - and Sun's buy...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Open-source Company, Red Hat Inc., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Liquidity, Zurlocker, Alfresco, Open Source, IPO, Databases, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- Oracle-BEA deal expands lock-in strategy, offers new risks and opportunities for Red Hat
- Oracle-BEA deal expands lock-in strategy, offers new risks and opportunities for Red HatRE: Oracle-BEA deal expands lock-in strategy, offers new risks and opportunHi Paula, Your use of 'applications' alongside the BEA acquisition is somewhat confusing. BEA doesn't provide applications. Like JBoss, BEA is a middleware provider. The...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Middleware, strategy, Sun/MySQL, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
- JBoss, Apache founders engage in war of words on the web
- JBoss founder Marc Fleury lashed out Sunday at a blog written by an Apache chief claiming he did not pay proper homage to the Apache Software Foundation after making his fortune. In Maison Fleury's latest blog, entitled, "The Brotherhood is Displeased," Fleury takes issue with a...
- Tags: Web, Marc Fleury, Apache Software Foundation, JBoss, Jim Jagielski, ASF, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Open Source, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- What should be proprietary in open source?
- Marc Fleury answers the question. Your good name. Trademark it. Protect your Web site registration. You can't protect your code, but if someone wants to fork it they can do it under another name. (Image from BrandChannel.) Notice what's missing? Distribution. Control of your...
- Tags: Linux Kernel Development Team, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- Where should you go for open source support?
- When open source was new, the support equation was simple. You would call up and get it from the author. The author would charge you. The author would hire other contributors, build a team, and your money would support the team. Jolt and espresso beans for everyone!...
- Tags: Team, Marc Fleury, JBoss, Team Management, Open Source, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Corporate or personal models in open source
- The biggest open source trend of 2007 is already obvious. This is the rise of the corporate model in open source. (The CEO chair to the right is on sale at ChairPros of Orange County, Calif.) Early open source projects were defined by their...
- Tags: Linux, JBoss, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- Former Red Hat exec leaves Zmanda after short stint, brain drain at Red Hat continues
- Former Red Hat online chief Pete Childers has resigned as CEO of Zmanda after a two-month stint in that role. Childers, who joined Zmanda in May of 2007 and left in July, is now CEO of Claritive Systems, a Palo Alto, calif. software consulting and strategy firm...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Zmanda, Open Source, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Red Hat, Dell unveil JBoss OEM deal, IBM enlists Novell's help
- One year after Red Hat acquired JBoss, the battle is finally beginning to heat up in the open source middleware space.In what was described as a "coming out party" for JBoss post merger, Red Hat and Dell disclosed at LinuxWorld 2007 plans to prebundle three middleware stacks on Dell's PowerEdge Servers."Partnering with Dell allows us to be much...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Red Hat Inc., JBoss, IBM Corp., Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- Xandros deal is Microsoft water torture strategy
- Long-time readers of this blog may remember how two years ago I sat down to lunch with Marc Fleury, then running JBoss.Fleury was celebrating because he'd signed a re-sale agreement with Microsoft. The deal was superior to one IBM offered, he told me, in that it did not interfere with his...
- Tags: Strategy, resellers, Patents, Microsoft, management, Linux Server OS, Linux Desktop OS, Linux, Legal, Enterprise Policy, Distributions
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- How Red Hat is monetizing JBoss
- A little more than a year ago Red Hat acquired JBoss to enter the open source middleware market and the financial results thus far have been mixed. But now analysts are becoming more upbeat about JBoss and what it can contribute to Red Hat. In an analyst note, Credit Suisse...
- Tags: Red Hat, Open Source, Linux, Links
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- Spring time for Interface21 and enterprise Java
- If the open source market has a sweet spot right now its enterprise Java.The customers are discriminating. They understand the value proposition of fine middleware written by top professionals. You can grow a nice company there.Interface21, the company behind the Spring Framework, wants to be that nice company. Until now...
- Tags: Strategy, middleware, marketing, java, General, Development, business models, Applications
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Exadel finds a different way to open source
- Exadel finds a different way to open sourceWell, since RedHat is open sourcing it, they have to play nice, or we canpay someone else to support it, and, we can be sure there will be many around the world contributing, and offering support.So, yes, RedHat does do a good job...
- Tags: Java development tools, Development tools, Middleware, Red Hat Inc., JBoss, Exadel, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-03-05
- Exadel finds a different way to open source
- RedHats deal with Exadel is an important watershed in the history of open source business models.A careful reading of the release shows that RedHat is not buying Exadel, nor is it interfering with its business. Exadel has found its big bucks come from building sites like Mortgage.Com and other scaled...
- Tags: business models, middleware, java, General, Development, Strategy
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
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