Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail
Posted in Red Hat, Technology, open source on May 8th, 2008
There was a time when when the main selling point of (Free) Open Source was cost and consumers of the technology we’re willing to make compromises in other areas. I think that’s changed and Enterprise adoption is one of the causes. If your are responsible for maintaining your organization’s business crtitcal infrastructure - you’re […]
Posted in Red Hat, Technology on May 3rd, 2008
For me, the main attraction of JavaOne is the opportunity to connect email addresses to faces - ie. it’s a great social and netorking opportunity - nearly everyone in Java-land (and beyond) will be there. This year, it looks like JBoss will have a pretty decent attendance. As well as the usual developer, enterprise Java, […]
As I’ve said before, success in the new ‘adoption led’ era of software is about maintaining a great experience - like this example. I don’t care whether Rob is a paying customer or not today - what I do care about is his future potential to influence - multiply that by 20 million. Let’s hope […]
Posted in Enterprise, Red Hat, Uncategorized on Apr 24th, 2008
JON 2.0 sounds like a cheesey-made-for-cable film you’d find on SciFi channel during the afternoon (not that I would know).
But it’s not - JON stands for JBoss Operations Network. There’s a myth that open source ‘products’ tend to be a bit rough around the edges, not easy to use, no flashy consoles, etc. Well, JON […]
Posted in Red Hat on Apr 21st, 2008
Andy Miller lays down the differences between the Jboss.org ‘products’ and technologies and Red Hat’s supported platforms. Of course you have a choice - if Red Hat’s products don’t provide sufficient value for your business today - you have an alternative. Choice is good.
Posted in Red Hat on Apr 9th, 2008
After 8.5 exciting years - I recently left Sun to join the JBoss division of Red Hat. I’m honoured to be invited to join a company I’ve admired (as a competitor) for many years; and that’s as true for JBoss as it is for Red Hat.
Red Hat has much to offer - a legendary record […]
Posted in Business, Red Hat, open source on Mar 18th, 2008
Matt Assay provides some good reading as usual this morning. He’s tried to correlate stock prices of a few companies who base some or part of their business on Open Source with their “Open Source Business Maturity”. Essentially he’s plotted the stock price (ie. the financial market’s appraisal of the company) of Red Hat, Novell […]