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- 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...
- 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...
- Blog posts 2005-09-22
- Polite and Reasoned Discourse
- The Linux community is under attack again for the behavior of a few individuals. ZDNet UK talks to Laura DiDio, an analyst for the Yankee Group, who is complaining that she's been ridiculed and harassed by Linux users who don't like what she's had to say. "There's an extremist fringe...
- Blog posts 2005-04-07
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- 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...
- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- 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 But IT consultant Erik Eckel suggests that trying to coast on failing or outdated equipment will cost you more in the long run.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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-26
- 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...
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2005-09-22
- 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...
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2005-04-28
- Polite and Reasoned Discourse
- Polite and Reasoned DiscourseCorporate CommunicationsWhen a company (let's say Microsoft) wants to get a message out to the public, or to maintain a selected corporate image, they have the power to insist that anyone associated with the company comply with their chosen PR policy. If necessary, they fire or...
- Discussion threads 2005-04-07
- 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...
- Blog posts 2005-04-07
- DiDio drama underscores difficulty tracking open source
- "There's an extremist fringe of Linux loonies who hang out on forums and are disrespectful and threatening because you disagree with them" Laura DiDio, an analyst at the Yankee Group has been under attack by critics in the Linux community who say that the researcher's surveys comparing Linux and Microsoft...
- Blog posts 2005-04-07
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