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- Will all the good open source companies be acquired?
- So you think these vendors is all there is of FOSS?FOSS is not a bunch of companies selling goods, no, they are a lot of people developing software for anyone who cares to use it. Freedom and all that jazz, if you care at all about it.Visit the free software...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Schwartz: Sun is world's largest open source company
- Schwartz: Sun is world's largest open source companySun is greatHaving worked for Sun it is a very promising company which has been poorly managed over the last 10 years.Perhaps Jonathan needs to be given a free rain and a fair wind as a new CEO.I for one think opensource will...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-22
- What is an open source company really worth?
- What is an open source company really worth?Durring booms, companies gets scared about other companies growing fasterthan they are. If they feel the need to immediately have customers and technology in a certain area, and are willing to pay a small fortune to not be left behind. It is always...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-22
- No one has to buy anybody
- No one has to buy anybodyNot taken out of contextAt least, not out of the context of Tim's larger points on the topic, some of which are captured in his commentary. Tim doesn't think standalone open-source companies are the future. I think the opposite, and don't believe that...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Open source grows beyond its roots
- Open source grows beyond its rootsAll in all goodbut you still need marketing to reach users who are unknowning of a product, whether they use a competing product currently, don't use said class of software but will, or are just generally interested. My probs with OSS is that lamenting...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-14
- Open source won't doom traditional enterprise software
- Last week SandHill.com published a column by Guy Smith of Silicon Strategies Marketing, titled "Is Enterprise Software Doomed?," suggesting that open source will cause traditional enterprise software to become extinct. Several member of the "Enterprise Irregulars," a group bloggers of which I am a member covering the software...
- Blog posts 2006-08-08
- Does it matter where open source firms are based?
- It shouldn't. But it does.Where a company is based determines its outlook. That's where its employment base is. That's whose newspapers its executives read.Mark Asay, now with Alfresco Software, told the OSBC Europe conference this week that open source companies are being pushed to locate in Silicon Valley, and they...
- Blog posts 2006-07-05
- What's missing in open source companies?
- What's missing in open source companies?Say WHAT???"Successful open source companies don't have big marketing budgets."You've enver heard of IBM or seen their commercials?Better answer to What's missing...:Money.Yes, open source companies sell software. Red Hat admits it, other companies dissemble. The problem is that sales are at such low...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-26
- What's missing in open source companies?
- Marketing. Successful open source companies don't have big marketing budgets. This is both natural and inevitable. Marketing has limited utility when the "product" costs nothing. Those open source companies that have put money in marketing, like Novell, are often looked-upon suspiciously as a result. That's not to say...
- Blog posts 2006-06-26
- Much ado about Oracle, but we can all move on now
- Much ado about Oracle, but we can all move on nowI'm glad to see you finally agree with Anton, No_Axe and othersIn that the open source business model is problematic at best - to quote "This is called transparency. It [b][u]minimizes profits[/u][/b], maintains competition, enhances value and makes sure good...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-19
- Much ado about Oracle, but we can all move on now
- One of the silliest obsessions open source users have had to deal with this year has been Oracle.Oracle has bought some small open source companies. Oracle has played the FUD game regarding buying other, bigger open source companies.But in the end, Oracle finally admitted today, it's just a game. As...
- Blog posts 2006-04-19
- BEA's Breya down on JBoss
- Marge Breya, BEA senior vice president and chief marketing officer, called me after reading my post about Oracle's reported acquisition hunger for open source companies, including JBoss. She's not a fan of JBoss, a BEA competitor, especially after doing due some due diligence on the open source company. "JBoss has...
- Blog posts 2006-02-10
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- CrunchPad illusion after all
- Mike Arrington has announced his CrunchPad web tablet, covered here, is "dead", blaming his manufacturing partner for cutting him out of the deal. In the frothy market that is media tablets, just as in other frothy markets Arrington has stirred up, this is a story suspiciously full of holes that...
- Blog posts 2009-11-30
- VirtualBox 3.1 (Mac)
- innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of...
- Software downloads 2009-11-30
- Does Chrome OS mean anything for schools?
- Benefits of the ChromeOS approachOne of the features of HTML5, that commentors on other posts seem to forget, is that HTML5 web apps can be "installed" in app cache, for offline use (Google "HTML5 manifest").If web apps can be used offline AND made to perform like desktop apps, with web...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-28
- Making Money with Twitter
- Twitter Japan Digital Garage, which is already advertising supported, are experimenting with a pay per tweet model. Media.asia are reporting According to local reports, the plan will allow audiences to view some text on all tweets but will charge a fee to...
- Blog posts 2009-11-27
- VUWER 1.3.1 (Mac)
- VUWER (pronounced like "viewer") is an Applescript application designed to remotely track your MacBook or MacBook Pro or any other Apple computer in the event that it is lost or stolen. VUWER is not foolproof, but it is reasonably secure, easy to implement, and costs nothing but a little time...
- Software downloads 2009-11-27
- Death of the black box EULA
- Nonsense. Just look at Psystar.They died by the EULA. The judge even brought that up.And open source software has an EULA of its own, telling you exactlly what you can and must do to be able to use the software.Any failure to follow the EULA/GPL allows the owner of the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- What open source can teach medical practice
- Great article, Dana.You did in such a short piece what CNN, MSNBC, FOX and other media journalists failed to do: tell the story as it really is. You didn't take what was news worthy and sensationalized it, nor played up a negative reading of it to frighten those possibly affected,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Windows Mobile is better than you think
- My main gripeis with the antique user interface which is little more than an uninspired, miniaturized desktop GUI.The foundations seems solid enough now - it is quite decent in multi-tasking and is generally responsive.I too believe that if MS can reinvigorate the UI they still has a strong competitor. Oh...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
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