matt

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

IBM, Microsoft and open source citizenship

For IBM, software is a shared store from which it benefits, and to which it contributes. The company has built an arms-length relationship with the whole process of improving code. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Matt Asay, Matt, Open Source Citizenship, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-10

What Oracle is doing right against open source

Frankly I can't think of a single proprietary vendor, even Apple, even Microsoft, that is better prepared to face the continuing open source onslaught than Oracle. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Strategy, Oracle Corp., Matt, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Community relations key to open source success

Matt acknowledges in his post that the nobles of open source, the corporate sponsors, cannot be the sole estate here. On the other hand we don't want corporate heads on pikes, or its equivalent. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn, Novell OpenSuse

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Open source and innovation as maintenance models

Following my piece on a proposed model for enterprise applications maintenance, two fresh posts, one from Matt Aslett at 451.com and another from Leigh Cauldwell offer alternative ideas around how the present conundrum might be solved. Matt offers the open source position arguing that:  This would appear to be...

Tags: Innovation, Leigh Cauldwell, Matt, Savio Rodrigues, Open Source, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Frequent open source miles

Matt Asay's piece on "open source free- riders" got my goat this morning because we're on opposite sides of the market. Matt's a vendor, a high-ranking executive with Alfresco who by his own testimony spends a heavy chunk of his life in hotels and airports. ...

Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Will market reject Sun's open source vision?

Matt asks today whether open source will save Sun Microsystems. Good question. But it depends on what we mean by open source. (Copies of this lovely poster are for sale at eBay.) And what we mean by saving. As I noted here in January,...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Vision, Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-02

How evil is China?

Matt Asay has a headline today that's doubtless worth a click -- Microsoft and Novell seek to exonerate Chinese piracy. The news peg is that Microsoft and Novell extended their existing agreement on IP to China. They call it "an incremental investment in their relationship" aimed...

Tags: China, America, Matt Asay, Matt, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Google Sites is not a Sharepoint anything

The launch of Google Sites has brought an interesting divergence of opinion to ZDNet. Our Microsoft lady says it's a threat to Sharepoint. Our Google guy says it's not. Our usability guy says it stinks. And the boss says, well, it's really beta-ware. What it is,...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft SharePoint, Matt, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Hey, Vonage, what part of "it's over between us" don't you understand?

Or, to put it another way, this is a story about how Comcast and Vonage have given a fellow named Asay a pain. Sorry but just couldn't resist the groaner play on a rather impolitic vernacular. Actually, we are talking...

Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Matt, Telecom & Utilities, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Office and Vista: Can't we give Microsoft some props?

Microsoft posts its best fiscal first quarter in years and Wall Street cheers. But the angst goes on. Derrick Shields at SeekingAlpha asks how can Microsoft stay competitive. The common refrain: The days of Office and Vista are numbered. We've heard this before--repeatedly for a decade. Wake...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Matt, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Office Suites, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-26

Sun's startup program has a false start

I went to a press event this week where Sun executives talked about making a frontal assault on Red Hats with Solaris 10. Sun is spinning up new services for life cycle management for its operating system in the Web tier, as well as OS migration programs and new...

Tags: General, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology, Sun, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Blog posts 2007-01-19

Efonica's CEO tells me: IM in 60 days, inbound in 90

Late last week I had a most interesting conversation with Matt Rosen, CEO of Internet phone company Efonica. Here are some highlights. I asked Matt why there is no IM client in the inaugural Efonica Fusion softphone build shown at the top of this post. While he...

Tags: Fusion, Matt

Blog posts 2006-06-25

Matt's Puzzle 1.2 (Windows)

Matt's Puzzle is a fantastic free version of the 15-Puzzle that will challenge you for hours. Use pictures or video files to play: open a JPEG picture or AVI video file with Matt's Puzzle and it will be scrambled it up for you to piece back together. Play using Internet...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video, Matt, Puzzle, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-03-17

The 14-year old coders are back in business--proof of Internet 2.0

Yes, it is official, the 14-year old programmers are back, that means concrete proof that we have a new dotcom boom emerging--but this time with an interesting twist.The twist is this: The 14 year olds are not being employed by corporations, as was the case during the dotcom-hungry-for-html-skills mania...

Tags: domain name, Matt

Blog posts 2006-02-04

High School Student Readies for Technical Career

The Sequoia Information Technology program at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California, provides students with advanced training and industry- recognized certification in the field of information technology. Matt Rigdon is a 16-year old student at Sequoia, and is enrolled in the Cisco Networking Academy Program offered at this school....

Tags: Career, Student, Cisco Systems Inc., School Student, Matt Rigdon, Matt

Case studies

Additional Resources

Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman

the patriots are rising against the socialist billThe Obamacare is gasping for air while the liberals are preparing to be booted out of the congress in 2010.The real Americans have risen again and upheld the values of the founding fathers against dangerous foreign socialist ideeas.End Socialism Now!Enough with the Commissar's...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Obamacare, patriot, socialist, socialism, reconciliation, Joe Lieberman

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Ubuntu 9.10 launch - 29 October

Today Canonical announces the upcoming release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server Edition, the latest version of the popular Linux desktop distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 will be available for free download on Thursday 29 October. Ubuntu 9.10 brings changes small and large that all have a common purpose - to...

Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Hardware, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Nook Clarified: Really solid progress for e-readers

Yesterday, I posted a long analysis of what I thought was right and strangely wrong about the Barnes & Noble Nook. Matt Miller today got a clarification about my main concern, which was that Barnes & Noble seemed to have said, according to several published reports, that Wi-Fi would work...

Tags: E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless LANs, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-21

B&N Nook beats Amazon Kindle & Sony Reader, here's why

Thanks for double-checking on WiFintLooks good butNo international support. Like the Sony not available outside the US. Again Amazon Kindle is ahead of the curve even if the device is not as sophisticatedRE: B&N Nook beats Amazon Kindle & Sony Reader, here's whyI have a Kindle, the service for...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, B&N Nook, B&N, Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

mySQL starring as Peter Pan

the solution is simple...Oracle must commit 1 billion for MySQL and the deal will sail through.That would work, but...I don't know if Oracle is willing to commit to that. Instead they're doing the old National Lampoon "buy this magazine or we'll shoot this dog" trick, laying off 10% of Sun's...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-21