Sun?s open source strategy in the spotlight
1 day ago
There's been plenty of reaction this week to Sun's restructuring announcement from last Friday. That announcement included the inevitable (cutting 15-18% of the workforce), the expected (organisat .......
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Keywords: sun source open model strategy
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1 day ago
There's been plenty of reaction this week to Sun's restructuring announcement from last Friday. That announcement included the inevitable (cutting 15-18% of the workforce), the expected (organisat .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: sun source open model strategy
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The 451 Group at ICT 2008
1 day ago
Next week I'll be jetting over to Lyon to attend ICT 2008 , the European Commission Information Society's research event for information and communication technologies. It promises to be a fasci .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: research session part event ict
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1 day ago
Next week I'll be jetting over to Lyon to attend ICT 2008 , the European Commission Information Society's research event for information and communication technologies. It promises to be a fasci .......
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The Linux ?weakbook? bites back
1 day ago
I was pointed toward an interesting article recently that centered on a competitive battle of netbooks v. smartphones , indicating the latter will emerge victorious. It is true that smartphones are .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: netbooks smartphones device buy mobile
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1 day ago
I was pointed toward an interesting article recently that centered on a competitive battle of netbooks v. smartphones , indicating the latter will emerge victorious. It is true that smartphones are .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: netbooks smartphones device buy mobile
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451 CAOS Links 2008.11.18
2 days ago
Red Hat's chairman wins enterprising award. Sun updates StarOffice. Barracuda Networks acquires 3SP. Reaction to Sun's reorganization. Barack Obama's laptop. And more. Press releases Red Hat, I .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: open source sun
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2 days ago
Red Hat's chairman wins enterprising award. Sun updates StarOffice. Barracuda Networks acquires 3SP. Reaction to Sun's reorganization. Barack Obama's laptop. And more. Press releases Red Hat, I .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: open source sun
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How ?why? is the most important question open source vendors should ask themselves
3 days ago
Back in April I stated that "how" was the most important question open source vendors could answer. That statement was based on the need to encourage greater adoption of open source software by de .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: source open answer question strategies
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3 days ago
Back in April I stated that "how" was the most important question open source vendors could answer. That statement was based on the need to encourage greater adoption of open source software by de .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: source open answer question strategies
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Open source responds to new IT economics
6 days ago
An emerging and ongoing trend that should be a concern to open source software vendors is the use of free versions, SaaS, easy deployment and credit card payment for easier access and low-friction .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: source open vendors software customers
Filed under: Software amazon Amazon Web Services BI canonical free version low-friction sales Security SolarWinds trend ubuntu untangle
6 days ago
An emerging and ongoing trend that should be a concern to open source software vendors is the use of free versions, SaaS, easy deployment and credit card payment for easier access and low-friction .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: source open vendors software customers
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451 CAOS Links 2008.11.14
6 days ago
Sun Microsystems slashes jobs in major restructuring. SpringSource gets Groovy with G2One. Novell goes after Red Hat. Sonatype confirms Marc Visser as new CEO. Neil Young's new car. And more. Pr .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: open source sun hyperic
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6 days ago
Sun Microsystems slashes jobs in major restructuring. SpringSource gets Groovy with G2One. Novell goes after Red Hat. Sonatype confirms Marc Visser as new CEO. Neil Young's new car. And more. Pr .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: open source sun hyperic
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ftp support for BackupPC
6 days ago
We are happy to announce the beta release of BackupPC Community Edition version 3.1.0+ftp. This release contains backup and recovery using ftp protocol and other changes to improve testability a .......
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Zmanda Team Blog
Keywords: release enterprise packages provide changes
Filed under: Paddy Sreenivasan Open Source Network Backup and Recovery
6 days ago
We are happy to announce the beta release of BackupPC Community Edition version 3.1.0+ftp. This release contains backup and recovery using ftp protocol and other changes to improve testability a .......
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Zmanda Team Blog Keywords: release enterprise packages provide changes
Filed under: Paddy Sreenivasan Open Source Network Backup and Recovery
Are mobile Linux and open source finally for real?
9 days ago
We delve into this question and look at how mobile Linux and a general move toward openness in the mobile industry are coinciding with the disruption of Apple's iPhone and resulting mobile combat w .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: mobile source open software linux
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9 days ago
We delve into this question and look at how mobile Linux and a general move toward openness in the mobile industry are coinciding with the disruption of Apple's iPhone and resulting mobile combat w .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: mobile source open software linux
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451 CAOS Links 2008.11.11
9 days ago
Open source ERP comes of age. Openbravo hits one million downloads. The Force is with Red Hat. BitTorrent in crisis. And more. Press releases Openbravo hits one million downloads Openbravo .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: source open
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9 days ago
Open source ERP comes of age. Openbravo hits one million downloads. The Force is with Red Hat. BitTorrent in crisis. And more. Press releases Openbravo hits one million downloads Openbravo .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: source open
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Data Protection for Today?s Economy: Amber Road and Zmanda
10 days ago
Today Sun announced the new 7000 line (aka Amber Road) of open storage appliances. Amber Road runs OpenSolaris and ZFS on industry-standard x86 hardware and includes innovative management software .......
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Zmanda Team Blog
Keywords: road amber sun open zmanda
Filed under: Chander Kant Open Source MySQL Backup and Recovery Network Backup and Recovery Solaris Backup and Archiving
10 days ago
Today Sun announced the new 7000 line (aka Amber Road) of open storage appliances. Amber Road runs OpenSolaris and ZFS on industry-standard x86 hardware and includes innovative management software .......
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Zmanda Team Blog Keywords: road amber sun open zmanda
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Recent 451 open source research
10 days ago
I'm in Boston this week attending The 451 Group's third annual client conference , which means there won't be much time for blogging. In lieu of a post today I thought I'd provide a view of the .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: source open mis reports impact
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10 days ago
I'm in Boston this week attending The 451 Group's third annual client conference , which means there won't be much time for blogging. In lieu of a post today I thought I'd provide a view of the .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: source open mis reports impact
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CAOS Theory Podcast 2008.11.07
13 days ago
Topics for this podcast: * MuleSource, Progress and SpringSource stir open source in SOA * Terracotta grows JVM clustering with open source * European perspectives on open source * Canonical' .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: source open
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13 days ago
Topics for this podcast: * MuleSource, Progress and SpringSource stir open source in SOA * Terracotta grows JVM clustering with open source * European perspectives on open source * Canonical' .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: source open
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451 CAOS Links 2008.11.07
13 days ago
A busy week for Sun includes new product releases and an annual shareholders' meeting. Microsoft tries to unseat open source with BizSpark for entrepreneurs. Who is making money from open source? O .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: open source sun hat red
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13 days ago
A busy week for Sun includes new product releases and an annual shareholders' meeting. Microsoft tries to unseat open source with BizSpark for entrepreneurs. Who is making money from open source? O .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: open source sun hat red
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Ballmer?s upside down thinking on open source
13 days ago
For all the positive steps taken by Microsoft in relation to open source in recent years it is hard to escape the feeling that the company's senior executives still just don't get it. Steve Ba .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: ballmer open steve source microsoft
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13 days ago
For all the positive steps taken by Microsoft in relation to open source in recent years it is hard to escape the feeling that the company's senior executives still just don't get it. Steve Ba .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: ballmer open steve source microsoft
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Sun still radiating open source
14 days ago
Sun Microsystems always seems to be forced to defend itself, whether it is the company's ongoing strategy amid dimmed revenue and earnings or its participation in open source. As one who recently c .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: sun open source company odf
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14 days ago
Sun Microsystems always seems to be forced to defend itself, whether it is the company's ongoing strategy amid dimmed revenue and earnings or its participation in open source. As one who recently c .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: sun open source company odf
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Christensen?s law in the context of open source business models
14 days ago
I wrote yesterday that Christensen?s law of Conservation of Attractive Profits could be used to explain why open source vendors are increasingly turning to hybrid development and licensing strateg .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: source vendors open profits product
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14 days ago
I wrote yesterday that Christensen?s law of Conservation of Attractive Profits could be used to explain why open source vendors are increasingly turning to hybrid development and licensing strateg .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: source vendors open profits product
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Open source as a strategic competitive weapon
15 days ago
I had an interesting conversation yesterday with Juanjo Hierro from the Morfeo Project , a Spanish community of open source communities set up to speed up the development of Service Oriented Archit .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: open source morfeo project profits
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15 days ago
I had an interesting conversation yesterday with Juanjo Hierro from the Morfeo Project , a Spanish community of open source communities set up to speed up the development of Service Oriented Archit .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: open source morfeo project profits
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The separation of tech and state
16 days ago
I wanted to write an Election Day blog to coincide with the presidential contest playing out in the U.S. today, but I must admit to some apprehension. You see, like many in the tech industry, I hav .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: politics tech people technology
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16 days ago
I wanted to write an Election Day blog to coincide with the presidential contest playing out in the U.S. today, but I must admit to some apprehension. You see, like many in the tech industry, I hav .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: politics tech people technology
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451 CAOS Links 2008.11.04
16 days ago
Open-Xchange raises Series B funding. The FSF enables Wikimedia's potential move to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. The ?Bilski? decision and software patents. Mindtouch re .......
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451 CAOS Theory
Keywords: open source sun software
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16 days ago
Open-Xchange raises Series B funding. The FSF enables Wikimedia's potential move to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. The ?Bilski? decision and software patents. Mindtouch re .......
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451 CAOS Theory Keywords: open source sun software
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