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- 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: Â 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
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- NBA Live 10.1.18 (Mobile)
- With real NBA rosters, you can dominate the game as Dwight Howard and other NBA ALL-Stars. Or unlock legends from favorite NBA teams like the Lakers, Celtics, Sixers, and more. Match up all 30 NBA teams in the new 82-game Season Mode. Play a casual game in Exhibition Mode, or...
- Tags: Mobile, NBA, Games, Team Management, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Management, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-11-12
- SAP and open source: it's about Oracle
- SAP's open source interest linked to Europe's love affair with Open SourceEurope is in love with open source. It's the only reason SAP has any interest in it. Having been an SAP buyer and user I feel like I just confessed to a drug addiction I can say unequivocally that...
- Tags: SAP AG, open source, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- SAP and open source: it's about Oracle
- Matt Asay has written a piece about SAP's 'sudden' love affair with open source: What is surprising is that it is SAP, the bastion of proprietary software, that delivers this message. Irony, thy name is SAP. SAP, after all, is hardly the most...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Matt Asay, Open Source, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- Open source be not proud
- microsoft over java???hardly.Ellison should use GPL v3 for mysqland commit 1 billion dollars to it.This deal will sail through and everyone will be happy.It is a pyramid schemeFor a long time open source companies were only "profitable" because their perceived value.MySQL is a very good example of this. They sold...
- Tags: Databases, open source, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- JellyCar 2 for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- JellyCar 2 for iPhone comes fully loaded with more than 30 levels, new power-ups, and three game modes. The game is about driving a squishy car through squishy worlds to reach the exit. Create your own puzzles with the custom level editor. Choose ramps, wheels, and levers from over 40...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, The Walt Disney Co., Games, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
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