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- Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development
- You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?
- Thoughts"IBM and Canonical, though, are asking if that upgrade path really needs to involve Windows at all."Umm - dare I ask why large industries are allowed to influence education?"Why migrate to Windows, though, when your client machines can run Ubuntu "Because I don't need to deal with any migration headaches...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives
- No reason to look beyond Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office, its a complete solution out of the box for every business need. Pondering the alternatives will take all of 5 seconds before realizing the alternatives won't live up to what Microsoft has to offer.Preceding message brought to you...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Loverock Davidson
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant
- Persona Non GartnerOver the years, I've watched, participated in researching and experienced the results of the positing of Gartner's disclosures. My analysis is as follows:On any given subject at any given time, there is a .90 probability that the opinions expressed by Gartner will be either flat out wrong or...
- Tags: Gartner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Of snow, rocks, a book, and another partisan attack on IBM
- Title shotFirst thought is RISING SUN which fits, though loosely, on many fronts ... down to the name of Larry Ellison's yacht I vaguely recall.Copyright waived.Rights to make more suggestions reserved.Donations gratefully received :-)Some thoughts1. Ethanol from corn is a very stupid idea - foisted onto the American public via...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, SECURITY, Prom, IBM Corp., dress, mainframe
- Discussion threads 2009-10-17
- DOJ probes IBM's mainframe business
- M/F competitionThere use to be plug compatible m/f from Amdahl and Fujitsu. When IBM switched from bi-polar to CMOS technology, the competition was unable to make the same switch. They have left the field.A few years ago, there was a small manufacturer of a PC server capable of...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, IBM Corp., mainframe, U.S. Department of Justice, M/F
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Driving Enterprise Software Financial & Business Value
- While my day job is very much designing social business design with my colleagues at the Dachis Group, today we're announcing a loose federation of experts we've named 'enterprise advocates'. The intent, as outlined on the site, is to be advocates for the...
- Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing
- Some facts and inferences should be updatedAccenture's Consulting revenue dropped 12% and Outsourcing grew by 1%http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Accentures-Future-Remains-Bright-ACN-IBM-HPQ1005.aspxSome of the issues you highlighted around process innovation, dated technology, etc will continue to remain. However, the nimbler players will also adopt the benefits of innovations like SaaS and Cloud platform.Underlying platform is an...
- Tags: Managed hosting, Business process outsourcing (BPO), Programming languages, outsourcing, BPO, COBOL, outsourcing company
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Collaboration Strategy Shortcomings? Whack the Community Manager
- There's been a good flow of conversation around the role of 'community management' in large companies recently, with an underlying idea that although it's a tough job things will work out if the right people are involved, although Dennis Howlett recognises the danger of burn out....
- Tags: Exec, Community Manager, Underling, Underlings, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-10-03
- The coming "big crunch" - IT systems will start failing on a large scale
- ScaremongeringAll that was missing - the placard reading 'The End of the World is Nigh'.So my critical, clustered systems are going to start failing are they? Why did I cluster them then?My RAID arrays are going to start failing are they? Why did I go RAID then? And have I...
- Tags: RAID, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT System, power supply, information technology, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7
- What this should teach you....is to look at the support forums before buying!RE: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7Thank you for publishing this. I'm on this PC right now trying to decide whether I should get a replacement or return it...
- Tags: Desktops, Mice, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC
- Discussion threads 2009-09-27
- Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.
- Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" for joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Free Software Foundation, GNOME, Microsoft Corp., Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Mono Framework, Genie, Linux, Open Source, C#, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design
- Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...
- Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- How to save the PC: A petition to Microsoft and Apple
- IndeedThat's the point. Let's not leave this to the user to have to figure out, when a change to the default installation could make system recovery a lot easier for both IT and end users.Yes, two drives would be idealBut it's also a little more expensive and it would depend...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., operating system, PC, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- Who's developing Linux?
- A few questionsI'm not very surprised, but I do have a few questions.1. With Academia you mean not a company, but universities all over the world? Linguistically, it would appeal to the classical Latinist in me... :-)However, in that case, I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of kernel input...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux Kernel Development, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Are IT grads learning the right skills?
- Not university level informationThe type of information they are referring to is not something that applies to a university level of education. What they are asking for is the specific skills on the implementation of technologies. For example, I can talk all day about certificates and the use of them...
- Tags: Businesses, IT Grad, information technology, developer
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- IBM, Dell gain server share amid server sales carnage; HP share flat
- Socialism taking over...Yes, salary caps and no profit Obama is working...Is this an anomaly because of the recession?We are in the digital printing industry and print volumes are dropping at an alarming rate for the first time ever. Some including ZDNet have attributed this to the widespread use of...
- Tags: Servers, server, server sales carnage, IBM Corp., server share, server sale, carnage, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., sales
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- What does it mean to be a green IT professional? The definition is definitely a moving target.
- Wondering if you have what it takes to be considered a "Green IT" professional? Cisco has taken a stab at defining what sort of skills you might need to adapt your role as businesses look to information technology to help slash carbon dioxide emissions, energy costs and so on. ...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Green IT, Cisco Systems Inc., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- Has Steve Jobs banned Apple staff from social media?
- Nothing wrong with thatApple does rely on secrecy, especially in their R&D, to get more bang for their buck when the product is finally announced. I could see why Apple would want their employees not talking about their jobs in the social media. I can see why a lot of...
- Tags: Blogging, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., blog, social media
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
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