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		<title>Everything is a Freaking DNS problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I freaking love that title for a blog.  Kris Buytaert asks a really good question regarding VC and the &#8220;Little 4.&#8221; Systems management, what will happen when the VCs want their money ?]]></description>
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		<title>Then There Were Two!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GroundWork heading the same path as Qlusters ? I was starting to think I was the only one asking this question.]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source Monitoring and The Art of War</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get this question a lot when I visit a Tivoli customer&#8230; We are thinking of looking at that Open Source vendor you are always talking about for some of our servers. Then I ask them which one and they say jeez I can&#8217;t remember the name. Then I rattle off a few of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mighty Two &#8211; Zenoss</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And then their were two&#8230; With Qlusters gone and IMHO, Groundwork feeding off the bottom there are only two commercially viable open source enterprise systems management (ESM) monitoring tools left on the market. Back in Feburary I did a post about Hyperic and now I wanted to get up to speed on the other &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT Management Podcast #10 &#8211; Tivoli and the Little 3</title>
		<link>http://www.johnmwillis.com/groundwork/it-management-podcast-10-tivoli-and-the-little-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johnmwillis.com/groundwork/it-management-podcast-10-tivoli-and-the-little-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We finally made it to podcast #10. A lot of Tivoli talk on this one however we did talk a little about my best friends on the west coats Groundworks. It all about revue baby revenue. I hope you enjoy. IT Management Podcast #10 &#8211; Tivoli and the Little 3]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Computing Vendors A to Z</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I HAVE A REVISED VERSION OF THIS POST&#8230; Cloud Vendors A to Z (Revised) Cloud Vendor Level Type Status Based Off Beta Status Notes 3Tera 3 Server Not a Provider (1) Software Based Production 3Tera does provide hostingÂ however their goal is to be a software solution not a hosting solution Adobe Air 1 Application [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groundwork Man Up #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[tara spalding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Come on guys don&#8217;t make me have to go 40rag on your ass. See also Man Up #1]]></description>
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		<title>GroundWork &#8211; Man Up</title>
		<link>http://www.johnmwillis.com/opensource/groundwork-man-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard this weekend that Groundwork is afraid of me. Wasup with that? Guys, I am a 48-year-old nobody who is still looking to score my first backyard built-in swimming pool. No series &#8220;D&#8221; funding here. Come on guys, if you don&#8217;t like what I am saying, let&#8217;s debate it. Here are some of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are You Here?</title>
		<link>http://www.johnmwillis.com/opensource/why-are-you-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OSS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1987, I took my first crack at starting my own business. At the time, I lived in northern Virginia and had completed my apprenticeship with some local software startups. I was lucky enough to meet an excellent mentor named Ray Padron, who helped me create a business plan and do the VC snake dance. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Adventures&#8221; in Open Source</title>
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		<comments>http://www.johnmwillis.com/opensource/adventures-in-open-source/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tarus is shaking things up a little bit on his blog: Show Me Da Money (a Cautionary Tale) Why All the Hate?]]></description>
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