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- 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
- What would make you trust Microsoft?
- Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...
- Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- So long Zimbra and so much for Yahoo Office dreams
- Yahoo is reportedly going to unload Zimbra, the open source email company it bought in 2007 for $350 million. According to Kara Swisher at BoomTown Zimbra is as good as gone. Let's hear it for focus---Swisher notes that Yahoo is also trying to unload other businesses---but Zimbra...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, E-mail, Leadership, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Open Source, Online Communications, Management, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Social Business in Action - Establishing Excellence
- Human interaction is as old as humanity, and nothing beats personal contact. We can learn more from a few seconds of personal contact and get a 'gut feel' about someone or a situation experientially in person than we can from hours of research and remote contact....
- Tags: Web, Team, Information Technology, Human Interaction, Cohen, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Team Management, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- At what stage of life is the open source industry?
- At what stage of life is the open source industry?First, you must define "open source".My point is many think open source is the GPL and Linux, in my opinion that is not true and "open source" is what we passed around in the local computer clubs two or three decades...
- Tags: open source, stage-of-life, open-source industry
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Can Moblin wean universities from Microsoft?
- Can Moblin wean universities from Microsoft?Nonsense is AndroidIf we have Debian or Ubuntu, why the hell we need another MS-like company: Intel who is definitely a monopoly to push Linux? Wrong direction, very wrong direction.Moblin might be a dangerous strategy for IntelMoblin might be a dangerous strategy for Intel. ...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Moblin, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- Can Moblin wean universities from Microsoft?
- I read a very interesting email today that came through the Moblin developers list serve. It resonated with another comment I received from yesterday's post on university IT. Both related to a "forced diet" of Microsoft products in many universities and the role that open source software can play...
- Tags: Ireland, University, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Moblin, E-mail, Linux, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Transforming customer relationships with social media
- * Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by John Yaggie Social media technologies have the potential to disrupt the traditional ways companies build and manage relationships with their customers. Customer relationships built on trust and loyalty are central to a company's reputation and...
- Tags: Customer, Jennifer Leggio, John Yaggie, Relationship, Social Media, Social Media Technology
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclear
- Since the Oracle acquisition of Sun, there’s been no official word yet on the road map for Star Office. Oracle says it’s vision is to deliver an integrated system from applications to disk, ostensibly a commitment to an OpenOffice.org productivity suite. Yet, that’s not a foregone conclusion. Star Office was just...
- Tags: Desktop, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Sheri McLeish
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Mandatory iPhones at UM worth a bit of outrage?
- Mandatory iPhones at UM worth a bit of outrage?More generalized solutions in the futureUM is clearly highlighting a market opportunity for iPhone/iPod Touch type devices and, at the moment, Apple appears to have the best overall solution.Ideally, in the future, more generalized solutions will be available that allow more vendors...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Web browsers, Digital media, Digital music, Mandatory iPhones, UM worth, outrage
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- OS execs split over fate of MySQL under Oracle's grip
-  The fate of Sun's open source jewels -- especially MySQL -- has been heavily debated since Oracle announced its intentions to buy the Java giant earlier this week. Few expect the Redwood Shores, Calif. database giant to mess with Java. It is a...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Operating System, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- O'Reilly: Chopra is the Government 2.0 choice for CTO
- Is the pick of Aneesh Chopra as the nation's CTO a snub for Silicon Valley? After all, Chopra comes from Virginia state government and CIO Vivek Kundra was most recently in D.C. government. You'll recall in the midst of the speculation about who Obama would pick for these posts, I...
- Tags: Job, CTO, Health Care, Government, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- What does Oracle mean for Sun's open source efforts?
- So much for a big blue Sun. Instead, the company is being gobbled up Oracle for about $7.4 billion. Does this mean that Oracle will become "the biggest contributor to open source," or a gaping hole in the FOSS ecosystem? Sun often likes to brag that it's...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Ellison, Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Presidential commitment to open source still unclear
- Presidential commitment to open source still unclearPresidential Support of open source is a waste of his time and energyWhen you're talking about specialized systems, a specialized therefore probably proprietary solution makes sense. Open source is good at handling general and basic requirements, but besides these reasons, I wouldn't want to...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- Presidential commitment to open source still unclear
- Most of the gains announced today could still be taken away, and advocates of open source need to keep their eyes open and fingers ready to protest any detour off the open source road. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Obama gives veterans an open source commitment
- The President's announcement of a coordinated system of Electronic Medical Records for both soldiers and veterans brought with it some big wins for open source. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Veterans Administration, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Medsphere feels the wind at its back at HIMSS
- Medsphere is offering more than an open source commitment, but a commitment to "interoperate with everybody." by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Software, Hospital, West Virginia, Jay Rockefeller, Medsphere, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- Dimdim launches v5, price cuts to beat WebEx, Go2Meeting
- Dimdim has beefed up its product and cut the cost of its service to steal market share from Cisco WebEx and Citrix GoToMeeting. Dimdim5, which was announced today, offers enhanced screencasting, new webinar widegets, registration reports and significant number of performance enhancements. ...
- Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Performance, Webinar, Dimdim, Dimdim Pro, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- Bring on Android for Ed Tech!
- Bring on Android for Ed Tech!"but everybody uses Google."Sorry, Chris, but not everyone uses Google. From their very well documented spying, to their resource hogging desktop software, to their search engine that steers you to paid links and even malware infested sites, I have found Google to be a...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., netbook, Ed Tech, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
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