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- If open source were a monopoly
- As always thoughtful, Dana. But there's a related problem..Open Source projects are notoriously bad a promoting the unpopular decisions. As such you can see open source as a form of populism.If someone wants to do a clean break - the sort of break which move technology forward - you will...
- Tags: Open Source Project, open source, fork, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Open source enterprise software shakeout
- Open source enterprise software shakeoutNo shake out hereI see FOSS doing very well while M$ is 'shaking' thousands of jobs every quarter.The FOSS strategy is working!I didn't blog it because...I couldn't. I have too much skin in that game. But if you check Twitter, you'll see that I...
- Tags: FOSS strategy, open source project, open source, commercial open source company, Open source enterprise software shakeout, enterprise software shakeout, Sun Microsystems Inc., enterprise software
- Discussion threads 2009-05-08
- Are any open source projects too big to lose
- Are any open source projects too big to loseAn enemy of an enemy...It seems clear that these "crown jewels" are continuing sources of vexation to MS. So why would MS arch-enemy Oracle do anything to reduce this effect?On the other hand, might MS counter-move by buying some open source...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, UNIX, Oracle Corp., open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source project, MySQL, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- Why would Google buy the Twitter open source project?
- Why would Google buy the Twitter open source project?Twitter is stupid, for Twits!It is the most idiotic thing I have ever seeen. I really don't care what you think or "Tweet" about. Nor do I want to "follow" you.Really pathetic actually....I don't like twitterFor me twitter is something...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Web technology, NOW IT, Twitter, open source, netbook, open source project, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- JaikuEngine released as open source project
- JaikuEngine released as open source projectnot exacly like thatI really like your blog, and have been following it for a long time, but i have to correct you on that:Google did not OpenSourced Jaiku to fight Twitter.They bought it for it Know How and killed the project...Jaiku was maintained as...
- Tags: Jaiku, JaikuEngine, open source project, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-03-14
- PDT 2.0: New tools for PHP developers
- Recently, version 2.0 of the PHP Development Tools PDT project was officially released. PDT is one of the more popular projects at eclipse.org, with over 1 million unique downloads to date. I caught up with Roy Ganor, the project lead for PDT and Zend Studio for Eclipse to ask him...
- Tags: Developer, PHP, Eclipse, Language, Tool, PHP Development Tools, Ed, PHP Development Tools 2.0, PHP Development Tools 2.0 Feature, Open Source Project, Scripting Languages, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Development Tools, Software Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- Every project needs an entrepreneur
- Leadership can define a project's mission, drive its results, and assure its future viability. As time goes by I think we'll see, more and more often, that the kind of leadership we're talking about is entrepreneurial leadership. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Entrepreneur, Open Source Project, Transparency, John Lilly, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Open Source, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- Which open source projects are most secure?
- Which open source projects are most secure?One problem....The article says nothing about this being a list of the most secure unless I am misreading. It appears to be listing some of the most used and cost effective open source packages out there. The focus is the amount of man hours...
- Tags: open source, open source project
- Discussion threads 2008-12-16
- Amazon open sources public relations
- Amazon is taking a new approach to public relations -- it's farming out some of its PR work to a "Holiday Customer Review Team," made up of Amazon customers who've written a lot of reviews on the site. (Talk about making community work for you...) The company has announced...
- Tags: Open Source, Amazon.com Inc., Open Source Project, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-12-07
- Sorry Simon, but you're still screwing up
- Sorry Simon, but you're still screwing upSorry Dana, but you scewed upHi Dana,I totally agree that more transparency would be a good thing for Sun and its products and projects, and more openness would be the next big step. Beyond that I don't agree with much that you wrote here.>...
- Tags: Team management, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Simon, non-development community, open source project, team, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Open source software security improving
- You cannot say something's good or bad unless you benchmark or compare it against something else. According to the Linus's Law, "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow", a mentality which when combined with static code analysis of the most popular and widely used open source projects such as Firefox,...
- Tags: Security, Open-source Software, Analysis, Open Source Project, Open Source, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward Microsoft
- Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward MicrosoftSamba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward MicrosoftLets see if there is a way to get rid of Samba completely. Perhaps Microsoft could make a protocol to work on all machines and thus eliminate the need for Samba."Leading a panel"Indeed...
- Tags: Samba, Jeremy, Samba 3.2, ambivalence, Microsoft Corp., open source project, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- The great man isn't any more
- Partly in reaction to my Sun funny, a Microsoft evangelist named Anand Iyer wrote a defense of Steve Ballmer to which another journalist quickly attached a version of my headline. Leave Steve Ballmer alone. Iyer's point: I think people have to realize that...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Iyer, Open Source Project, Entrepreneurship, Open Source, Leadership, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- Updated: Red Hat launches JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform, 3 new open source projects
- Red Hat announced a fully integrated SOA platform combining JBoss middleware and Red Hat Enterprise Linux and launched three new open source projects. Due by the end of February, the JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform is a subscription-based offering that incorporates the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss Enterprise...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., SOA, JBoss, Open Source Project, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Middleware, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Open source projects get hardened
- Open source projects get hardenedThis is a Good ThingThis project shows the power of Open Source.As the risk of creating Yet-Another-Flame-War tm, I find it hard to believe that a closed source commercial company (cough-M$-cough) would allow their code to go thru the same process without a lot of...
- Tags: Open Source Project, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-01-12
- The top 10 consumer open source projects
- The top 10 consumer open source projectsInfrarecorder needs more publicityI am glad to see Infrarecorder on this list. I'm sure you all realize that Windows XP doesn't come with a good CD/DVD burning tool. You can copy files, but what if I want to work with ISO images?...
- Tags: Ifranview, consumer open source project, open source project, open source, InfraRecorder, GIMP
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- One-stop open-source support launched in U.K.
- One-stop open-source support launched in U.K.Solving Half the Equation is Still Only Halfway ThereOpen source projects benefit from the public and collaborative nature of the community of users and developers associated with the project. The most popular open source projects are very stable, being used and debugged by tens of...
- Tags: open source, open source project
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Yahoo, another list of open source projects
- Yahoo, another list of open source projectsWe need consolidation of these listsI strongly believe that the average user needs a resource they can use to learn about high-quality open source software.This resource should be presented with a functional website that allows them to search for applications by keyword or by...
- Tags: open source, GNOME, open source project, Nvu, advertisement, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- IBM to lift lid on its OpenOffice plans next week
- IBM will help develop collaboration features for the open source desktop of the future but it’s not clear how much of Notes -- if any -- will find its way into OpenOffice. On Monday, Big Blue announced that it has joined OpenOffice â€" a major open...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Collaboration, Open Source, IBM Lotus Notes, OpenOffice.org, E-mail, IBM Corp., Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- Eclipse tools due for Friday overhaul
- Eclipse tools due for Friday overhaulFantastic open source projectA tools I use everyday. Whilst not perfect a fantastic open source project. Good job team, I'll be hitting my mirror as soon as released:-)
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, open source project, Eclipse, tool
- Discussion threads 2007-06-27
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