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Volantis still making money in mobile open source

Volantis still making money in mobile open sourceThis is an open source ERA!!This is an open source ERA!! Isn't it?Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comFundamental changeA fundamental change in business models is taking place, driven by Internet economics and the rising cost of developing complex software.

Tags: open source, Volantis, mobile open source, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-02-14

Can open source save the mobile market?

The mobile market has a big problem. Despite endless hype, the iPhone, Android, Blackberry e-mail and all the rest, data still represents less than 5% of the market. Today's question is whether open source can change that. My inbox is filled with notes from...

Tags: Mobile, Volantis, Open Source Developer, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-04

Volantis makes mobile development platform open source

Its news may have been overshadowed by this morning's Nokia announcement, but Volantis has taken its mobile development platform open source. is offering free downloads of its development platform and will make it open source. Still, Volantis CEO Mark Watson emphasized to ZDNet, his and Nokia's aims...

Tags: Mobile, Open Source, Fact, Volantis, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-28

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News to know: Windows Mobile 6.5; Red Hat; CRM; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Matthew Miller: Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints, where's the beef? Image Gallery: Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots Garett Rogers: Microsoft responds to Android with Windows Mobile...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Red Hat Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., CRM, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Volantis still making money in mobile open source

"A lot of customers we're trying to convert to paid have already downloaded the open source product," he said. "You're not going to a marketing department to talk to the development department. It removes a lot of friction from the sales cycle." by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Mobile, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-13

The world's biggest subsea robot

According to a newspaper of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, companies installing subsea cables for telecommunications companies and pipelines for the oil industry have now a new tool, the UT-1 Ultra Trencher which is the world's biggest subsea robot. This beauty weighs 60 tons in the air and has a length...

Tags: Meter, U.K., UT-1 Ultra Trencher, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-21