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Saturday, January 5th, 2008The new GMNext.com website by GM is a good sign that the brick-and-mortars are getting the message. The site includes a blog driven by the open source product Wordpress and supposedly will be adding a Wiki soon.
Additional notes…
I use a really cool too,l to find out what a website is created with. It […]
What if I only had a hour to live?
Thursday, December 6th, 2007I was flipping channels this evening in my hotel room and heard a very touching story about a man who wrote a short Xen like essay about all the things he would do if he had only one hour to live. By the way, he dies shortly after completing the essay. Then, I started […]
Wow #1
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007I have been linked from O’Reilly Radar. Cool…
Operations is a competitive advantage… (Secret Sauce for Startups!)
This is a really good article about how to do a WEB 2.0 startup “The WEB 2.0 Way” (i.e., the Secret Sauce).
Here is my comment…
There are some really interesting companies working around S3/EC2. Now you add a little […]
Zenoss, rPath join on open source systems management appliances
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Zenoss, rPath join on open source systems management appliances
Whurley on TV
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007http://web2point0.tv/dev/video.php?id=
Electronic Arts wants an ‘open-source’ gaming platform
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Electronic Arts wants an ‘open-source’ gaming platform
Open source for the Wii, PLEASE….
Can You Say Tipping Point?
Friday, October 19th, 2007Microsoft- Ballmer shopping for open-source companies. Who’s for sale
Matt makes some suggestions such SugarCRM or even Novell. NOVELL… now we are talking more than a tipping point… maybe a black swan…
The World is on Crack #4
Friday, October 19th, 2007So, I am brought in by a “Big Four” to help close a deal for an OS monitoring and services gig. Then, at the end of the meeting the customer starts to rant about how he has already spent a half-million dollars on a network management tool that doesn’t work. Furthermore, he says that […]
Leaving Toronto… See Ya Hoser’s Later
Friday, October 12th, 2007I presented my ITM 6.1 Best Practices today the SOTUG meeting in Markham, Ontario. IBM was a great host for the meeting and provided space at its development center in Markham. The meeting went very well, and I will post some interesting stories from some of the presentations and from a very interesting […]
Five Guys Pizza!
Thursday, October 11th, 2007The only guys I know in open source, and they were all in the same place at one time. What are the odds? And they happen to be a pretty good bunch to know. From left to right: Cote, Luke Kanies, Whurley, myself, and Mark Hinkle. Whurley ran a good open source […]
GroundWork Open Source Selected by …
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007GroundWork Open Source Selected by Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software. There is a big difference between Group 1 Software, a small company based in Maryland, and the mother-ship Pitney Bowes in Connecticut. This is, however, a step in the right direction.
Gartner Identifies Five Major Trends and Ten Technologies
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Web 2.0
SaaS
Global-class computing
Consumerization of IT
Open-source software
“The five major discontinuities have the potential to completely disrupt vendor business models, user deployment models, whole market segments and key user and vendor brand assumptions,” said Tom Austin, a vice president at Gartner.
Gartner says five major trends will force IT organizations to change way they operate
Gartner’s top 10 technologies […]
Ohio LinuxFest 2007 Wrapup
Sunday, September 30th, 2007I met some really interesting people and saw some good sessions. A few links are below. The first is an interesting podcast I did Saturday night:
Ohio LinixFest 2007 - Podcast
More info…
Zenoss had a great showing. Mark Hinkle told me that he had over 500 new sign ups for the Zenoss community. Thank […]
SFRR and Ohio LinuxFest
Monday, September 24th, 2007What have I gotten myself into? This Friday morning, I’ll be In Raleigh, jumping into a van for a road trip to the Ohio LinuxFest in Columbus. My wife keeps asking, “And why are you not flying?†Please don’t tell the others on the Software Freedom Road Rally that I am […]
How open source saved a school district’s IT department
Monday, September 24th, 2007How open source saved a school district’s IT department - LinuxWorld
Its IT budget was only $200k, but Microsoft wanted $100k, and Trend Micro wanted another $200k. Hey, Bill, before you go around saving the world’s education problems, why not start at home first?
Still not convinced?
Monday, September 24th, 2007» Gartner declares Open Source biggest Disruptor of our timeAccording to Gartner
Open Source accounted for 13% of the $92.7 billion software market in 2006 and will account for 27% by 2011. They say “Continued acceptance will drive down prices and force proprietary software vendors to change their business model.â€
Proprietary software and the fall of […]
Agile Smagile
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007This is a Podcast with a really good friend of mine, Curtis Hill. Curtis has been a VP of development for some leading leading software companies. Also Curtis has been learning the Mandolin for last few years and has forced me to dust off my old Takamine. If you tolerate a few […]
By 2011, at least 80% of commercial software will contain significant amounts of open source code, according to Gartner …
Friday, September 21st, 2007Gartner forecasts yesterday’s weather (and dragonslayer) - Computerworld Blogs
Gartner’s survey shows 49.7% of open source usage is for “mission critical” applications, as compared to 59% for proprietary software and 58.5% for internal development.
Lawsuit charges open-source license violation
Friday, September 21st, 2007Lawsuit charges open-source license violation
Gartner Proclaims AIX Will Die in 2009!
Friday, September 21st, 2007“IBM is involved in Linux development and working on improving that operating system. Why would they be doing that if Unix was their bread and butter?” he questioned.
Gartner: No New Unix Apps to Emerge After 2009
All kidding aside, they might not be to far off. If you listen to a Businessweek interview with […]
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