One well-known issue with Open Source is the so-called "Dependency Hell" problem. Background This situation arises when one package, let's call it "A", depends on a number of other packages, "B" and "C", that have their own dependencies in turn (B depends on D and E). When trying to get A installed correctly, you first [...]
Read More »High Mobley nicely outlined the business case for open source last week, and not surprisingly his words generated some pretty heated comments. The open source vs. proprietary issue always brings out passionate debate on both sides. I think the business cases Mobley covered are valid, but as some of the comments suggested there’s more to [...]
Read More »As we come up on the one year anniversary of the Open Logic Expert Community (OXC), I've been thinking about what's going well and what we can improve on. The program itself is going really well. What's not going well is the misconception some people have that we are only giving away trinkets! We've signed [...]
Read More »Red Hat announced its Red Hat Exchange program last week. (Coincidentally, the abbreviation for the program—RHX—reminds me of the OXC abbreviation used for our OpenLogic Expert Community program.) They've already signed up a number of open source vendors and are offering those vendors’ open source applications as part of the Red Hat Network. By consolidating [...]
Read More »Several disparate activities have conspired to produce this post. 1.) I've been listening to Phil McKinney's Killer Innovations podcast a lot lately on my 140 mile round trip commute to OpenLogic. 2.) I've been reading the book The Evolution of Useful Things by Henry Petroski. (not while driving :-) 3.) I've been frustrated by the [...]
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