The open source pundits are out in full force trying to anticipate what Oracle's acquisition of Sun means for MySQL. It's a fun exercise to try to predict the future — which may be why there’s no consensus. Here are some of the quotes that we found interesting. Larry Dignan, ZDNET: "Oracle gets to kill [...]
Read More »I just returned from Germany where I spoke on The Open Source Census at the Open Source Meets Business conference. At the same conference, HP announced the FOSSBazaar initiative, which OpenLogic is sponsoring along with Olliance Group, Novell, Google, Coverity, DLA Piper, SourceForge and The Linux Foundation. The press release and presentation on FOSSBazaar has generated [...]
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 »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 »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 »It’s been a rough winter so far here in Colorado. Denver and the surrounding areas along the Front Range usually experience only occasional snowstorms and cold spells separated by mild temperatures and sunny days. Not this year. We’ve had record amounts of snow and days upon days of single-digit temperatures. It was during the worst [...]
Read More »We recently announced indemnification coverage for intellectual property infringement on each of the more than 160 open source products included in the OpenLogic Certified Library. While most media coverage of our announcement has been overwhelmingly positive, a few have questioned the relevance of indemnification. What these individuals don’t understand is that enterprises specifically ask us [...]
Read More »Open source businesses are different than traditional software companies in many ways, but how much do the differences matter from a management perspective? Matt Asay argues that it's unwise for open source businesses to hire management with no open source experience. And if you must hire management without this experience, he says, make them “slog [...]
Read More »Matt Asay’s blog always gets me thinking. One comment I really love comes from this entry: “Open source is a better model for customers. Period.” The open source model is the key to success in today’s marketplace. But it’s not just about the software, which the open source model does a great job of creating; [...]
Read More »The big guys are increasingly getting into the open source game with preconfigured stacks and supporting services. Unisys, which recently threw its hat into the ring, is a perfect example. Matt Asay blogged about this and echoed the case made by Forrester that these fixed stacks are a good way to give their enterprise customers [...]
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