Reduce Software Costs with a Dual-Vendor Strategy
Recently some of the big vendors have raised their prices, like Oracle’s 15-20% hike a few months ago. This obviously comes at the worst possible time for their customers. While talking to Fred...
View ArticleNew version of the Beekeeper Model for Commercial Open Source
The first draft of the new Beekeeper Model for commercial open source is ready for feedback: click to download the PDF The new version includes: Analogies for proprietary development (Maple Syrup Farm)...
View ArticleBeekeeper Model for Commercial Open Source (V2 draft 2)
Thanks to all the feedback so far. Click here to download. I have folded in ideas from Doug Moran, Julian Hyde, Jem Matzen. Roberto Galoppini:...
View ArticleBusiness Intelligence You Can Embed
There are many advantages to embedding business intelligence into applications. I just added a short movie to youtube about some of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyR-In5nKE The advantages of...
View ArticleThe Way It Is: Open Source
I just added a little pro-open source movie to youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0R0toLhmwk You can get higher resolution files: MPEG – http://files.me.com/jamesdixon/zqbm8g.mov Quicktime –...
View ArticleWay Off Topic: Susan Boyle makes the internet worthwhile
Watch the video and read the comments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY Makes me think maybe the internet is good for more than booking flights, checking the weather forecast, distributing...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Open Source Strategy – I Think
Maybe this isn’t news to anyone but I think I finally understand Microsoft’s strategy when it comes to open source. If I’m right, I’m quite impressed (with them, not me). The net of this is that...
View ArticleMySQL goes from ‘open source database’ to ‘database’
Every year at the annual MySQL conference there has been a slight, but noticable, shift in the overall audience from the year before. Comparing this year’s attendees with the ones from 3 or 4 years ago...
View ArticleIs the General Public License (GPL) futile or unneccessary?
In a recent post – The Economic Case Against the GPL Eric Raymond contents that the GPL is either futile or unnecessary. Here are my thoughts. The core of the GPL is very simple and elegant. It is a...
View ArticleThe media and public not ready for Obama transparency
If the Obama administration is going to be serious about raising the level of transparency at the federal level I think they have some challenges. One challenge might be that the the media and the...
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