Dell In San Francisco for OSBC Landed in San Francisco earlier today and spent most of the day walking around. The OSBC starts tomorrow morning. My recent post on Dell and Ubuntu seems to have gotten a fair bit of attention while I was traveling. If I get any further information I'll be sure
Dell Dell announces the models for Ubuntu I just got the following email forwarded to me by a Dell employee: We will be launching a Linux based OS (Ubuntu) on the E520, 1505 and XPS 410 starting next Thursday, 5/24. We expect these systems to be less than 1% of our OS mix for the entire
Linux Migrating to Ubuntu Linux from Microsoft Windows It's a great reminder that we're making real progress to see stories like this: Four years ago I tried about a dozen Linux distributions, to see if they were ready for an ordinary user to install as an escape from the Windows world. None of the
Linux Kudos to Bill Hilf As the head of Microsoft's Linux Labs, Bill Hilf needs to have thick skin. I've seen Bill speak a number of times and despite his employer I was surprised to see some of his recent quotes: "They are full-time employees, with 401K stock options. Some
Linux Microsoft takes on the free world II (a follow up to this post) As was expected, nearly everyone is commenting on the recent Fortune article about Microsoft and Patents. Even Linus has weighed in: "It's certainly a lot more likely that Microsoft violates patents than Linux does," said Torvalds, holder of the Linux
Open Source Using the term "open source" (a quick follow up to my last post) Matt also struggles with something I've brought up multiple times. Stephe calls out my mistake in calling a company open source. I'm not sure why he chose this time to do it, as I routinely mislabel companies "
Open Source Is Centric CRM an Open Source Company? I have to agree with Stephe that Centric CRM is not Open Source. You need look no further than the first couple lines of their license to see this: This Centric Public License is based on United States Copyright law, as defined by Title 17 of the United States Code.
Google Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit I'm happy to announce that I'll be attending the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit at Google's Mountain View Campus. It looks to be a great event to discuss the future direction of Linux and Open Source. If you'll be attending, I'll
GPLv3 Microsoft takes on the free world Some thought it was inevitable, while other thought it would never happen. From a recent Fortune article: Free software is great, and corporate America loves it. It's often high-quality stuff that can be downloaded free off the Internet and then copied at will. It's versatile -
Open Source The problem with disruption This is a problem that a lot of proprietary companies are having. As Steve Hamm writes, SAP's SaaS efforts seem destined to fail. Not because the company doesn't have 3,000 people and $400M sunk into SaaS. It does, as I've written before No,
Open Source Open source is bad for vendors (via this post). Here's a look at Open Source from a different perspective. From the article: I chaired an interesting meeting the other day. It was me against senior executives of Cisco, Agilent Technologies and Novell. The subject was: Do enterprise users really want open source? Are you
Google Red Hat to build 'Global Desktop' Quite a bit of news coming out of the Red Hat Summit. I really would have liked to attend this, but somehow the date slipped by me. Hopefully next year. One of the major announcements made was 'Global Desktop'. From the article: Red Hat is preparing to release
Linux Novell confirms that patent deal gave it access to Microsoft IP Matthew Aslett has some more information from Novell on the patent agreement with Microsoft. From the article: Last week I noted that a new explanation had emerged as to why Novell entered into its patent agreement with Microsoft: because Novell engineers “required sanctioned access to Microsoft’s code in order
Linux 2 LQ Updates: Save 20% on CrossOver Office, Take the LQ survey 2 quick (unrelated) LQ updates: For a short time (end of May) you can save a full 20% on both CrossOver Linux Standard and CrossOver Linux Professional, while helping LQ in the process. Use the code LQCO20 when placing your CrossOver Office order and the discount will be automatically applied.
Linux Forrester: Open Source is everywhere, and increasingly used for mission-critical applications (via Matt). Forrester has released a report on the increasing adoption of Open Source in the enterprise. While this will likely not come as a surprise to many of you reading this blog, the PDF does contain some interesting and worthwhile information. It's not only that adoption is
Microsoft State Open-Source Bills Get Microsoft's Attention (via Stephe) The WSJ has an article up (also at MarketWatch) about Microsoft's battle with State governments over ODF adoption. Stephe digs into the Microsoft site to see what their opinion was in the past. From the WSJ article: The impetus for the Texas bill was similar to
IBM MySQL AB and IBM Announce Open Source Database Support for the IBM System i Platform Some pretty big news from IBM and MySQL AB at the recent MySQL Conference & Expo 2007 (which I unfortunately had to miss this year, but do plan on attending next year). From the press release: MySQL AB and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a joint technology and reseller agreement
Linux Dell to Offer Ubuntu 7.04 It's Official. In response to the Idea Storm feedback, Dell will be offering desktop Linux. There are not a lot of details available yet, but this isn't the "Linux on any model" option we're looking for yet. It may be a good
Linux IT 360 and LinuxWorld Canada I'll be attending the IT 360 and LinuxWorld Canada expo in Toronto tomorrow. If you'll be there and would like to connect, drop me a line and we can work out the details. LQ is once again a sponsor for the event. Information on how to
Adobe Adobe to Open Source Flex In my opinion, Adobe is near the top of the list of mainly proprietary companies that could most benefit from opening up. Their vision for RIA is compelling, but a key to platform success is ubiquity and in this day and age that's really hard to reach without
FSF Eben Moglen Steps Down From Free Software Foundation (Via an InformationWeek article) It looks like Eben Moglen has stepped down from the FSF. From the article: The Free Software Foundation has lost one of its best-known leaders. Board member Eben Moglen announced this week that he is stepping down from the board and his position as general counsel
Linux Linux and Open Source Conference Discount Codes I'm just booking some upcoming conference travel (in this case OSBC). As you may know, LQ is a sponsor of quite a few fantastic Linux and Open Source conferences. As a result of that, we're able to offer you some discounts. Here's a partial
Linux Microsoft's other Linux patent deals It looks like the Novell Patent deal isn't the only one Microsoft is pursuing. From a recent CBR post: While Microsoft's patent covenant deal with Novell has grabbed all the headlines, it is not the (only) patent deal Microsoft has done recently regarding Linux and open
Firefox Michael Dell Uses Ubuntu and Firefox I was surprised to see that Michael Dell Officially uses both Ubuntu and Firefox on his home laptop. Not surprised that he uses it, mind you...just surprised that it's so authoritatively posted. Great to see! --jeremy
GPL Open Source Business Models: a Taxonomy of Open Source Firms' business models If you're looking into starting a commercial Open Source company, here's an in-depth look at the various current business models. Within the context of the FLOSSMETRICS project we are performing a study on the business models adopted by companies that are leveraging FLOSS source code, and
