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The power of open spectrum

The power of open spectrumgreat ideea but...even the open spectrum needs some regulation, because otherwise it will be abused by some using high powered devices over a wide spectrum.Ideally a new protocol that would allow devices to play nice in this spectrum is needed.Here's a philosophical question for you:[i]As I...

Tags: Blogging, Google Inc., spectrum

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

Red Hat: JBoss picks up steam, but were the earnings that great?

Red Hat: JBoss picks up steam, but were the earnings that great?What's your point?I'm trying to understand what point you're making about Red Hat's performance. Are you saying it's good, bad, optimistic, pessimistic?Anyway, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols' point about Red Hat making money, and continuing to grow it's revenue and...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., open source business model, open source, revenue, JBoss

Discussion threads 2008-03-28

Open source business model reaching tipping point

Open source business model reaching tipping pointyeah, but ....Thats all I keep reading about. These tools that add something, and extend Databases, W2 and other likewise services.BUT the real questions is, WHERE ARE the REAL services like Accounting Software (G/L, A/R, A/P, I/V, PO, HR-PR, FA ..etc) that are in...

Tags: Open Source Product, open source, Open Source Business Model, license fee

Discussion threads 2008-01-23

Will video get a serious open source business model?

Will video get a serious open source business model?open access?I know you are using lower case for "open source", but the type of thing you are discussing isn't related to a "source" at all. It isn't peer production that primarily needs to be legalized in this case, just peer...

Tags: Corporate communications, open source, open source business model, video

Discussion threads 2007-07-31

Expanding the open source business model

Expanding the open source business modelopen source business model - one of deceitMySQL charing 4995 for a single system per year licence fee when a similar Oracle or Microsoft DB costs 4995 or less for a perpetual licence.Werent you the one who was saying MONOPOLY RENTS that Oracle...

Tags: Databases, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., O'Reilly, MySQL, open source business model, Dana, open source

Discussion threads 2007-01-03

Microsoft abandons open source discussion

Microsoft abandons open source discussionAt least you're being paid.Quote:"My view is that Microsoft was never going to give more than lip service to openness, so why bother? If all you're going to pay me is lip service, frankly, I'm happy to decline the honor."Though I guess open source does provide...

Tags: Jason, open source business model, Microsoft Corp., open source, blog, open source discussion, blogging

Discussion threads 2006-06-12

Augustin still believes in open source values

Augustin still believes in open source valuesand Saddam still believes he is the ruler of IraqNeed I say more.what are the open source values1) its a disruptive business (we wont be able to compete on equal terms, so lets come up with a...

Tags: open source, open source value, Augustin, Open Source Business Model

Discussion threads 2006-06-09

There are a variety of open source business models

There are a variety of open source business modelsAnd which of these compare with propriataryin actual profits and ROI?Nice examples.You left out Sun Microsystems. But anyway, a lot of people don't understand the open source models. They can't seem to grasp the "Open" GPL thing. Or how...

Tags: open source, open source business model, wide-open

Discussion threads 2006-05-26

Additional Resources

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit

[Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...

Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-23

What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?

During Apple's Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts, Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO and Tim Cooke COO both mentioned a "product transition" that Apple is preparing for that will cut profit margins to help shut out rivals. Both executives punted on several analyst questions for more "color"...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Product Transition, iTablet, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog

Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...

Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game

Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...

Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Bausch & Lomb puts new CIO in charge of customer service

Eye care company Bausch & Lomb has given its CIO the customer service reins. On Wednesday, the company named Alan Farnsworth, senior vice president of customer service and information technology and chief information officer. Cutting through the rather bloated title, it appears that Bausch & Lomb has...

Tags: Customer Service, CIO, Bausch & Lomb Inc., Information Technology, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service

Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...

Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Gallery: Broadband in a sewer

The coverage is good but the location stinks. A sewer built in London during the reign of Queen Victoria is now hosting a business broadband network. by Andy Smith

Tags: Sewer, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking, Andy Smith, broadband, wireless, network. UK

Image galleries 2008-07-23

Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?"

The other day I reported that Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit, had asked his managers to see which jobs could be cut because there were volunteers among Intuit's 50m users that were doing a better job -- and for free. These seem to be the emerging business benefits from...

Tags: Job, Intuit Inc., Unemployment, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-23

MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release

Today, MindTouch Deki releases Kilen Woodds, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA

Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application. In doing so they saw a big increase in conversion numbers and the customers have responded well to having the...

Tags: Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Video Game, Video, CRM, Desktop Application, Games, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-07-23

166 Frames of Fame

"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes," Andy Warhol famously said in 1968. Turns out, four decades into the future, the tomato can and Marilyn Monroe pop artist was an optimist. Now, anyone and everyone who wants...

Tags: Blog, Post, Gawker, Warhol, Blogging, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23