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What becomes a reseller most?

I had the chance to talk with two re-sellers this week.Both sell Open Country. Both concentrate on large enterprises. Open Country allows remote administration of very large numbers of clients or servers, so this should not be surprising.While both of these worthies were working vertical markets, neither gentleman was focusing...

Tags: Open Country

Blog posts 2006-10-13

Too important to be open source?

I had a lovely chat today with Laurent Gharda, COO and co-founder of Open Country. (You will note he is also what I like to call a Truly Handsome Man. Grass don't grow on a busy street, kids.) Open Country's OCM 3.0 offers valuable services for Linux system managers....

Tags: open source, Open Country

Blog posts 2006-08-02

Solving the computing problem in education

Solving the computing problem in educationpossible better solutions"Solutions are finally coming from the world of open source. From Open Country, CEO Michael Grove told me. "We do system discovery and systems management. We can do remote monitoring, asset discovery, diagnostics, repository management, provisioning, deployment, security updates and scheduling."Question is "How...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Open Country, Microsoft Origami, TCO, Microsoft Windows, software

Discussion threads 2006-06-12

Solving the computing problem in education

Ever since my daughter Robin was born, I've been covering education technology. It has been a history of failure.Back when Windows was rendering everything obsolete every three years, technology coordinators in education were dead men or women walking. As soon as they got systems ready for training teachers, the systems...

Tags: Open Country

Blog posts 2006-06-12

Additional Resources

Novell: Quietly developing some momentum

Novell's fiscal third quarter was notable for reasons beyond Linux sales and its core product line. Novell's most recent quarter was the sixth consecutive one that topped expectations. That consistency may mark the days where Novell becomes something more than an afterthought. Now it's no coincidence that...

Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-29

News to know: Dell; Comcast's cap; Yahoo Mash RIP; Google Apps

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins Google, Mozilla extend search box deal Jason Hiner: Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Hydrogen Road Tour, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?

The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...

Tags: Innovation, Web, Bandwidth, Comcast Corp., Internet, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Android Market is Google's competitor to the Apple iPhone store

Android Market is Google's competitor to the Apple iPhone storeWhen there are enough models available, Google should open brick and mortarstores to sell the many brands of Android phones, accessories, and of course software.

Tags: Google Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Google, Mozilla extend search box deal

Google, Mozilla extend search box dealA big thanks to Google for doing their part to fund the free and openinternet. Without Firefox, and Google's funding, we would end up with a MS proprietary internet, with lots of MS toll booths.Great News!Keeps Mozilla funded, and you can add other search engines...

Tags: INTERNET, Web browsers, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., search box

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Android Market is Google's competitor to the Apple iPhone store

I was sent a link to the Android Community site this morning that led to the Android Developers blog post on the upcoming Android Market that looks to rival the Apple iPhone store for Android-powered devices. They decided to call it a market rather than a store to try to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Blogging, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...

Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?

I'm really hoping that Steven Sinofsky will kick off a discussion about Windows 7 pricing over on the Engineering Windows 7 blog sometime soon. I'm not holding my breath because the chances of seeing an open debate on pricing is highly unlikely, but I can dream, can't I? by Adrian...

Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows 7, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Pricing, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Number of Internet users in Asian countries in April 2008

Country April 2007 April 2008 Growth, % Asia Pacific 280,418 318,623 14 China 90,274 102,848 14 Japan 53,685 55,260 3 India 22,395 28,375 27 South Korea 26,323 25,652 -3 Australia 10,048 10,904 9 Taiwan 9,245 10,388...

Tags: Internet User, ComScore Networks Inc., Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled into

Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled intoI agree "One OS to unite them all""One price to keep all happy" In the end it's just a marketing ploy different versions each with their own "missing" pieces. In many ways it looks like double dipping...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, marketing, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

An IE8 Beta 2 Q

An IE8 Beta 2 QWhat if you uninstall beta 1 first?Will you fall back to IE7 then be able to install beta 2 with a fallback to IE7?Can I uninstall IE8? Yes ... unless ...... you downloaded and installed IE8 Beta 1 prior to installing Windows XP SP3, in which...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, IE8 Beta 2 Q, IE8, beta, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Public policy and open source

Public policy and open sourceGovernments should tread carefullyBy all means they should use OSS if it is the most cost-effective use of the taxpayers' money. But that's as far as it should go. There shouldn't be any 'affirmative action' for OSS.NoneGovernment should have a policy of using public funds in...

Tags: Vertical industries, open source, government

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Public policy and open source

What role should government have in moving open source forward? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Government, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Guns n Roses leaker faces prison time

Guns n Roses leaker faces prison timeI think it should be a civil matter, myself......but if Congress made it a felony, then we can't blame the US Attorney if he takes prompt action. No sympathy for the leaker.BTW: I really didn't want or need to see the cover photo....

Tags: INTERNET, Peer to peer (P2P), leaker, Guns n Roses leaker, Guns n Rose, felony

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two yearsHe doesn't get itSo to summarize Debes (who comes off a little like Vinny from da mob or a coke dealer - his words, not mine):(1) SaaS and Cloud computing as a delivery vehicle has been tried before and therefore will fail (like all...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, SaaS IS, SaaS Model, Lawson Software Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Is probiotics a scam?

Is probiotics a scam?Is probiotics a scam?Probiotics are not a scam but you do have to know what you are looking for. I was taking a digestive enzyme which had several probiotics in it including acidophilus. It worked fine for me. Will I recommend them to everyone? No...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Probiotics, probiotic

Discussion threads 2008-08-28