The latest discussion that surrounds the question "Is the term open source dead or dying?" is interesting, but the question makes no sense to me. http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/342346.htm You might as well be asking whether the color green will become obsolete. What's often being missed in the debate, though Robert Douglass put his finger on it, is [...]
Read More »Lately I’ve been thinking about how the open source values of choice and flexibility might be affected by enterprise uptake of open source and the evolution of open source business models. As we talk to enterprises we find that more and more of them are following the advice of industry analysts who recommend evaluating open [...]
Read More »The top-10 OSS packages (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, JBoss, etc) get all the glory; everyone knows about them and they deserve the limelight, no doubt. But it's the little guys who also do some really nice stuff and come to the rescue, too. Usually, I'm looking for something ultra-cool in open source land to talk [...]
Read More »During my "You're a Girl!" talk I usually point out that flaming (deliberately rude emails or posts) tends to turn women and other newcomers away from open source software. When I get asked why people flame, I usually cite a study that found that people are much more likely to be rude online than in [...]
Read More »Seth Godin published an ebook under a Creative Commons license. His intention was to make it free – he wanted people to read it and he didn't want them to have to pay for it. Imagine his surprise when he discovered a hard copy of his book available for sale on Amazon! Turns out the [...]
Read More »BusinessWeek has an interesting slideshow, From Corner Office to Female Startup, about women who have left executive positions at large companies and started their own successful startups. It was interesting to see what types of jobs they left and what types of companies they created. The companies ranged from migrane medication manufacturers to Build-a-Bear.
Read More »So, I go to install the SpringIDE plugin, using the Callisto installation directions. I get part of the way through it, and receive an error, informing me that an internal error regarding the update manager's zip deflater has occurred, and it can't go on. After a bit of googling… I find this entry on Colin's [...]
Read More »I suppose CIOs are an easy target to poke, because they sure are getting beat up over Open Source lately. What they do get about Open Source, however, is how it's coming into their organization. They realize that no matter what kind of mandates and policies they create to keep Open Source out, it still [...]
Read More »Charles Babcock of InformationWeek recently posted on How to Tell the Open Source Winners from the Losers in which he discusses a 9-point checklist that potential users of Open Source projects should complete before making the plunge. I like the idea of a simple checklist that can help people quickly decide whether to use a particular component. [...]
Read More »Strata Chalup gave a talk titled "The Secret of Programming" at the Women in Open Source Mini-Conference. Strata's talk was impressive in two ways. It wasn't a prepared talk. She just opened up the floor to questions – questions about anything related to open source. (Although now that I think about it, I don't think [...]
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