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What is ‘Open Cloud’?

April 14, 2010 John MarkLeave a comment

I've read a bit of angst about cloud lock-in, a lot of weed pulling in the form of interoperability standards for the cloud, and a manifesto or two about 'Open Cloud'. And in between, I've seen lots of interesting new tools for cloud computing, and lot...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged cloud computing, lfcollab, linkedin, open cloud, open source, ostatic

Schneier Makes Uncorroborated Claims About Google Hack

January 25, 2010 John MarkLeave a comment

Bruce Schneier has built a successful career as a computer security guru – one who gets it right most of the time and has a wonderful ability to translate security concerns to the layman. But sometimes an author's great reputation makes him less like...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged backdoor, bruce schneier, china, google, ostatic

So VMware bought Zimbra: now what?

January 18, 2010 John MarkLeave a comment

Many of you no doubt already know about VMware's snagging of Zimbra away from the clutches of Yahoo! If I'm a Zimbra employee or executive, I might be breathing a sigh or relief, or I might be disappointed. But one thing's for sure – I'm definitely w...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged ostatic, software ecosystem, vmware, zimbra

Law Firm’s IT Director Discovers Open Source

January 11, 2010 John MarkLeave a comment

If you've ever wondered how IT departments come across and adopt open source software, consider Lance Rae. Lance is an IT Director for a mid-sized law firm in New York City. We were chatting about his firm's use of open source, and we decided it was wo...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged law firm, monitoringforge, ostatic

Linux and Your iPhone / iPod Touch

January 8, 2010 John MarkLeave a comment

Not content with the roadblocks Apple had erected for users who wanted to connect to their digital devices (that they had paid for, natch), Apple decided to up the ante with its iPod Touch and iPhone series. This meant that a whole new round of reverse...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged applesucks, iphone, ipod touch, linux, ostatic, ubuntu

Monty Responds

December 21, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

Michael "Monty" Widenius wrote a nicely-worded response to my previous post "Oracle, Mysql and the GPL: don't take Monty's word for it", and I thought it deserves more visibility, so I'm quoting it below. For the record, I'm not an Oracle "fan" and am ...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged ec, monty, mysql, oracle, ostatic, sun

Oracle, MySQL and the GPL: don’t take Monty’s word for it

December 17, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

In the continuing soap opera of Oracle's battle against the European Commission for the right to acquire Sun, and with it, MySQL, we have had to rely on the bloggers and analysts to get it right, because the media surely has not. Before you read any fu...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged monty, mysql, oracle, ostatic, sun

Have an iPod? Use Windows? Get Songbird

December 15, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

Following up on my last article about using your iPod with Ubuntu, I decided to take a crack at what open source tools are available for those iPod owners who use Windows. As it turns out, there isn't much. While a download of Amarok for Windows is ava...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged ipod, ostatic, songbird

Using Your iPod with (K)ubuntu 9.10

December 7, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

After a rocky beginning, I've been able to do many neat things with my Black iPod Classic with 120 GB, but it hasn't been without its trials and tribulations. In this post, I'll write about the tools I use to sync music, add photos, and transcode video...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged applesucks, ipod, kubuntu, ostatic, ubuntu

SugarCRM Gets a True Open Source Visionary in Larry Augustin

December 3, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

I was pleasantly surprised to read that Larry Augustin had been named SugarCRM's full-time CEO. After spending much of the last decade as an investor and board member extraordinaire for many (most?) companies grouped in the commercial open source categ...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged larry augustin, linkedin, lma, ostatic, sugarcrm

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