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« Previous EntriesMark Hinkle on Open Source Systems Management
Monday, April 14th, 2008Mark has written a great article for Linux Today summarizing some of the open source activities over the last few weeks. He gives a little history of the “Little 4″ and he also does a good job summarizing some of the recent Gartner analalysis on Microsoft and open source.
The Little “3″ of Open Source Systems […]
Botchanomics and The Big Galupe
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008It’s been a while since we have been able to catch up with the international man of IT mystery, Botchagalupe. I was able to sit down with Botchagalupe to see what he has been up to lately.
Johnmwillis: Hello, Botchagalupe, its good to have you back again.
Botchagalupe: Yea, yeah, sure, sure.
Johnmwillis: The last time […]
Open Source DW Meeting in SF This Week
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Open Source DW Meeting in SF This Week
This would be very cool, but I think I am all out of Frequent Flyer miles. Darn
Agenda:
2:00 - 2:25 p.m. Mingle with your colleagues over light refreshments
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Welcome, Chapter Intro, TDWI Goals
2:45 - 3:15 p.m. The State of Open Source BI - […]
The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives
Attack of the Alternatives, What about Commercial Open Source Software?
Monday, February 25th, 2008Attack of the Alternatives, What about Commercial Open Source Software?
Great article by Mark Hinkle.
What the SCO take-out really means
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Â What the SCO take-out really means
Just imagine the rhetoric, and the political momentum, behind patent reform if an Arab-led consortium were able to tax open source innovation!
IT Management Podcast #005 - The Night John Slept on a Cray
Monday, February 11th, 2008IT Management Podcast #005 - The Night John Slept on a Cray
Why Are You Here?
Monday, February 11th, 2008In 1987, I took my first crack at starting my own business. At the time, I lived in northern Virginia and had completed my apprenticeship with some local software startups. I was lucky enough to meet an excellent mentor named Ray Padron, who helped me create a business plan and do the VC snake dance.
I am voting for Whurley!
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Now the “Evil Genuis” is really trying to stir the pot. Mixing open source and patent reform in politics… Yikes …
IT Management Podcast #004 - Cloud-crazy!
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008IT Management Podcast #004 - Cloud-crazy!
Listen here
2008’s Top Leaders in Open Source Business
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Hooray for the good guys. Some of my partners in crime made the “Top Leaders in Open Source†list.
whurley (he yells at me if I make the w capital)
whurley has sort of been my mentor for the last year, and we were involved in the BarcampESM together. I look forward to continued work […]
BarcampESM - Erik Dahl on the need for an open agent
Monday, January 28th, 2008“Adventures” in Open Source
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Tarus is shaking things up a little bit on his blog:
Show Me Da Money (a Cautionary Tale)
Why All the Hate?
NOOS22OSS Get Over It…
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Wah, Wah, Wah… IBM is not going to open source OS/2.
I’m Sorry… this is just seems silly
The IT Management Guys Podcast #002
Friday, January 18th, 2008Episode 002 - DevCampTivoli, DMTF, Open Source Spending Bonanza, BSM, & Open Source
Analyzing Programming Languages
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Analyzing Programming Languages
I created an interesting post about some of the up-and-coming programing languages on my OSitH site. I decided not to replicate it here.
Sun Buys MySQL for Around 1 Billion
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Sun to Buy MySQL
Sun will pay approximately $800 million in cash for all of MySQL’s stock and assume about $200 million in options.
Wikia a new open source search engine
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, unveiled on Monday his new project Wikia. Wikia is an open source search engine. Everyone agrees that it’s no Google, but Wikipedia was no Britannica when it started. You have to applaud Wales for trying to disrupt the search market, and I really hope […]
Barcamp - BarcampESM - Update #2
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Barcamp - BarcampESM.org
This is starting to look like a world class event. For the first time in the ESM industry, we will have sessions that include some of the top open source monitoring providers with two of the leading commercial monitoring providers talking about how to improve monitoring and ESM (”Monitoring: The good, the […]
How Will You Shine?
Sunday, January 6th, 2008If you are interested in seeing another blog site that I have started, please visit…
How Will You Shine - Podcast
