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Posts Tagged ‘Open Source’
This weekend BarCampAustin3 (held during SxSW) featured a ton of amazing things including some fantastic sessions, a mini iPhoneDevCamp, and a singing Unicorn at Karaoke Apocalypse. All went well save one small incident involving a 340lb BattleBot malfunctioning and then taking off as fast as it could for the closest Microsoft employees (including
For the last few days Matt Asay has been discussing Oracle, Novell, and SAIC and how open source affects their strategy and operational plans. Today he’s discussing BMC Software and featuring a guest post from yours truly. Today I wanted to talk with a company that has not traditionally been known for its open source work. [...]
Recently Gartner warned of the open source threat to the Big Four systems management vendors, but I don’t think the current open source solutions are quite ready to take on the big four yet. Systems management just isn’t easy. People tend to treat it like electricity and only realize its value when the power is [...]
So right after I post about what life would be like without open source, Microsoft announces plans to take on the free world. Am I a prophet or what? Just kidding. I’ve already told you why open source software isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. I know folks within Microsoft’s walls who get it—obviously none of [...]
I was at a conference when two techies walked into the open bar, one an open source supporter and one staunchly anti. They got into it a bit after a few drinks, and Mr. Anti commented loudly, “I wish open source would just go away! It causes more trouble than it’s worth.” Statements I obviously [...]
Next week I’m leading the “Open Source, the Web, Interoperability, and Microsoft” panel at Mix07 in Vegas, my first Microsoft conference. Naturally, I’ve been pondering the topic so I don’t end up on stage with my pants around my ankles. The more I think about it, the more I think Microsoft loves open source—and not [...]
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- http://projects.openaustin.org/ -> http://projects.openaustin.org/restartconf...
- Really good idea.....
- After all this blow up and locking of horns. Palm has stepped up and really came...
- its sucks but its lovely, is bad but its misunderstood, its here but its not.......
- The sad part is that I bet the decision came from a very few closed-minded old s...
- @anne "you guys have some sympathizers within Palm..." That just sounds WAY too...
- Hi Q, Just re-read my own blog to make sure. Funny thing, I'm like 98% sure ...
- It's not that developers are not important -- it's that they've proven themselve...
- Ever considered just not violating an NDA?...
- Just saw this on the Palm Developer Network Blog this morning... actually, I had...
- you guys have some sympathizers within Palm (esp. the developers). Be a little ...
- @whurley, Maybe I am the only one but I feel a little lost. You seem to thin...
- Taharka, I should have been more clear: I don't really care about what happe...
- I know how much work you, Dan and Giovanni put in to making preDevCamp happen, i...
- Racquel, try to understand Palm's situation. They are trying the manage an overl...
