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- Tough love: Linux needs more haters
- [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...
- Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Of telescopes, patents and the death of discovery
- "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] It isn't really a surprise that I ended up...
- Tags: Software, Patent, Astronomer, Astronomy, Amateur, Computer, Computing Science, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward Microsoft
- Samba's forthcoming version 3.2 release capitalizes on Microsoft's interoperability commitments while also guarding against patent covenants that threaten the GPL. Samba 3.2, which is expected to be released in roughly one month's time, offers improved integration with the Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 and recently released...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Jeremy Allison, Samba, Microsoft Corp., Samba 3.2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- News to know: Adobe launches AIR 1.0; Private IE 8 beta; Apple IIc; Jeremy Allison
- Notable headlines: Adobe to launch AIR 1.0 Techmeme. Putting terabytes of memory into servers, the cheap way Mary Jo Foley: Private IE 8 beta 1 test build coming soon Richard Stiennon: Pakistan removed...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Jeremy Allison, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Beta, Internet, Wireless LANs, E-mail Providers, Open Source, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Images: At LinuxWorld, it's Nerds vs. Geeks
- Samba co-creator Jeremy Allison hosts the annual LinuxWorld Golden Penguin Bowl. As always, it's Nerds vs. Geeks.
- Tags: LinuxWorld, Jeremy Allison
- image galleries 2007-08-09
- Responding to Mr. Allison on ODF
- Jeremy Allison, in a recent article for ZDNet, complains that Microsoft prevents little girls from turning in their homework. Okay, thats not precisely true. After dropping a few anti-Vista dings, he explained the problems he had trying to open Office XML files in OpenOffice, and used that as reason to...
- Tags: General, ODF, Office, Office 2007, Open Source
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Podcast: News to know midday update: Microsoft's patent claims; Jeremy Allison; AMD
- Todays three stories in three minutes include:GPLv3 is the real reason behind Microsofts patent skirmish with open source software. Jeremy Allison notes the perils of the open document format wars between open source and Microsoft. You can even lose your homework in that debate. And AMD bets its...
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Jeremy Allison and offshoring
- Jeremy Allison and offshoringJermey, proving that he is a liarThe reality is OSDL (now renamed to _____) has said that 90% of development comes from contributions from companies.So its pretty evident that Jermey is making up false stories about OSS being developed by individual programmers in their bedroom or basement.Less...
- Tags: Jeremy Allison, OSS, offshoring, Jermey
- Discussion threads 2007-02-12
- Jeremy Allison and offshoring
- Jeremy Allison, a lead developer for the SAMBA team who now works for Google, wrote a piece recently for ZDNet where he discussed some of the reasons he believes open source has a vibrant future. Okay, thats a pithy reduction, but I did provide the link for you to read...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Open Source, Outsourcing, PC Forum, software, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Jeremy Allison: Why the Vista launch will be a disaster
- Jeremy Allison: Why the Vista launch will be a disasterAnd You Have Credibility?NO ONE CARES ABOUT VISTANo press, no coverage, zilch, nada....Just like your postings..NO ONE CARES.Get it? Got it? Good.Does Allison have a bone to pick with Microsoft?Gee, does a cat killing dog have a gripe about all cats?Look,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Aero Interface, Microsoft Windows Vista, Jeremy Allison, Novell Inc., Samba, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-18
- Jeremy Allison: Why the Vista launch will be a disaster
- Samba developer Jeremy Allison, who recently quit Novell over its Linux deal with Microsoft, predicts that the Vista launch Jan. 29 will be a train wreck. In a new monthly column on ZDNet, Allison, an open source guru who now...
- Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Vista, Google, Microsoft, Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- In case you missed it (Part 1): Jeremy Allison fights back
- In case you missed it (Part 1): Jeremy Allison fights backNo, even he said no"The difference between the Novell/Microsoft agreement and indemnification as Novell used to provide and Red Hat still does is the direct royalty payments from Novell to Microsoft for use of Open Source/Free Software code. …That's the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., GPL, Jeremy, Jeremy Allison
- Discussion threads 2007-01-02
- In case you missed it (Part 1): Jeremy Allison fights back
- In the "posts you might have missed over the holiday" category, the e-mail Q&A I did with Novell-turned-Google employee Jeremy Allison got some readers pretty stirred up. (Back story, for those who steered clear of Web news for the past month-plus: Samba lead developer Allison quit Novell just before Christmas,...
- Tags: Instant messaging, OPEN SOURCE, Jeremy Allison, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- The gag is off: Samba's Allison talks turkey on Microsoft-Novell deal
- On December 21, word leaked out that lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison quit Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell alliance, unveiled in early November. Other than sharing the fact that he had taken a new job with Google, Allison said he couldnt provide specifics on his decision until some time...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Windows server, Windows client, Jeremy Allison, Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-12-30
- Allison to Novell: "We are pariahs"
- Jeremy Allison, a lead developer on the Samba project, has been critical of the MS/Novell deal since day one. Only one problem - since April 2005 hes been a Novell employee.At first he tried to fight the pact from the inside, by sending a letter to Novell executives. In the...
- Tags: Jeremy Allison, Novell Inc., General, Patents, Community, Microsoft, Google
- Blog posts 2006-12-21
- The ultimate revenge? Novell's Allison to join Google
- The word is out: Lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison has quit Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell alliance, unveiled on November 1. What isnt widely known, at least so far, is that Allison is joining Microsoft rival Google. I asked Allison for more particulars about his decision to leave...
- Tags: Windows server, Corporate strategy, MJF, Jeremy Allison, Novell Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-12-21
- Jeremy Allison quits Novell in protest of Microsoft-Novell pact
- Jeremy Allison quits Novell in protest of Microsoft-Novell pacti agreeJeremy, very good on ya man, at least some people still have ethics and care about their work, unlike certain people we see in here. I'm sure you'll find a new place of employment quite easily with what you know.as...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., OSS, Jeremy, Jeremy Allison
- Discussion threads 2006-12-21
- Jeremy Allison quits Novell in protest of Microsoft-Novell pact
- Microsoft and Novell are continuing to do their darndest to paint their alliance, announced in November, as good for customers and the community. Yet the backlash isnt going away. The latest case in point: Lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison has resigned from Novell, citing the Microsoft-Novell pact as the reason...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2006-12-21
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- News to know: Amazon S3 outage; iPhone 3G; SOA debugging; Microsoft
- Notable headlines: Michael Krigsman: Amazon S3: 'Elevated error rates'. Techmeme GigaOm: S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services Dana Blankenhorn: Do open source applications take security seriously? Dancho Danchev: Spam coming from free email providers increasing ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Tough love: Linux needs more haters
- Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
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