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 Business, open source on Apr 30th, 2008
Talking of Spring - SpringSource’s choice of license for their new ‘platform’ seems to have sparked some discussion over on TSS.
In a way - it’s sad that a perfectly decent product launch is over-shadowed by their choice of license - we (the OpenSource community) still clearly have work to do.
I haven’t decided whether their […]
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 Enterprise, Technology, open source on Mar 5th, 2008
If you work in the IT / software industry and unless you’ve been shipwrecked on a deserted island for the last 5 years you have probably followed the rise of JBoss. I have tracked them very closely as a competitor. Founded in 2001; JBoss proved the commercial Open Source model, disrupted the incumbents in an […]