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Open source seminars lead to corporate enlightenment

It sounded at first like something out of Scientology.But I was wrong. It was just open source training. Although the process it launches can lead to corporate enlightenment. Open Logic is selling seminars to corporations which want to let open source into their workplaces, but feel they need procedures and...

Tags: open source, OpenLogic

Blog posts 2006-08-09

The OpenLogic that we are all journalists now

I was chatting this morning with Steven Grandchamp, CEO of OpenLogic, whose new version of BlueGlue lets companies certify their entire open source software stacks, not just those 150 projects OpenLogic already supports. He was bragging on the hiring of Stormy Peters from H-P as their new director of product...

Tags: Value at Risk, OpenLogic

Blog posts 2005-12-08

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Enterprises still not getting full benefits of open source

Enterprises still not getting full benefits of open sourceQuestionYou say:"The real problem, it seems to me, is they don't understand the nature of support in an open source world. It's a mutual process, a matrix, combining your own efforts, those of vendors, and those of communities which may include competitors.The...

Tags: Blogging, Self-Reliance, open source, communism, benefit

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

HP tells enterprises fear the source

The Hewlett-Packard open source strategy is becoming clear. Fear the source. I'm certain HP officials will disagree with that. But when your press release is headlined, " HP Promotes Open Source Software Governance with New Initiative," there is no other conclusion to draw. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Hewlett-Packard Open Source Strategy, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-25

Andrew Morton opens up at LinuxWorld

The Linux kernel’s No. 2 developer said there are no plans to embrace GPL 3 or change the kernel development process. And he tried to dispel concerns that the Linux kernel will fork.In his 90 minute talk and extended Q&A session opening up LinuxWorld Expo 2007 Monday afternoon, Linux kernel...

Tags: Linux, Linux Kernel, Open Source, Kernel, Andrew Morton, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-08-07

Evidence builds around the serious synergy between open source and SOA

Fellow ZDNet blogger Joe McKendrick beat me to the punch on the interesting findings from a recent Unisys-sponsored survey by Forrester Research on open source use in enterprises. The bits on SOA were particularly revealing, and add more gist to the mill of evidence building around the compelling economics that...

Tags: Enterprise Java, Enterprise 2.0, Eclipse, Developer Tools, datacenters, HP, IBM, IONA, IT Management, Java, JBoss, management, Open Source, Podcasts, Red Hat, SaaS, SOA, SOA architect, SOA Governance, Software Development, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-05-14

Does open source indemnification still matter?

Does open source indemnification still matter?It's Probably Not a ProblemBut it's like insurance. You hope you don't need it, but it's nice if you do.Not reallyThe open nature of FLOSS material makes it effectively transparent. If you are worried, look at the code and determine if you are at...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, indemnification, OSS, patent

Discussion threads 2006-10-17

Mulesource gets behind open source ESB platform

Open source is well known as disruptive software industry force in the guise of operating systems (Linux, Solaris), servers (Apache, TomCat, JBoss), databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and other categories, ranging from business intelligence (JasperSoft, Pentaho) to system management (Qlusters, GroundWork).The latest project to come out of the shadows to challenge the...

Tags: Mule, MuleSource

Blog posts 2006-10-02

Open source, altruism, and the business model problem

Open source, altruism, and the business model problemAltruism vs. CooperationCooperation isn't always altruistic. As the "gain" of a system increases [1], it takes less and less in the way of reciprocity to justify sharing.For instance, open source is often compared to barn raisings. The problem with the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software movement, open source, altruism, software

Discussion threads 2005-05-09

The rise of the open sorcerers

Open source has become far more than a movement to democratize or free up software development and distribution from the clutches of companies producing monolithic, proprietary products. IBM and other establishment companies sans Microsoft have certainly joined, rather than opposed, the movement, mostly for reasons related to outflanking competitors. Proprietary...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2005-04-19

Who do you trust?

Who do you trust?Simple: ABMAnyonething but Microsoft.I trust nobody but myselfThat's what it boils down to when your a system admin. Either that, or the famous, "Trust, but verify."Whatever system you choose, you must make sure you know how to set up, use, and maintain it well. You...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Operating systems, software, open source, Linux

Discussion threads 2005-04-11

BlueGlue is closed source defense for open source shops

What you need to deal with your open source management headaches may just be a big hunk of expensive, proprietary, closed source software. Thats what OpenLogic thinks because they released Version 3.1 of a product called BlueGlue. (They also got $4 million in venture capital.) Vice president-marketing Andy Grolnick...

Tags: BlueGlue, open source

Blog posts 2005-03-17