Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail
Posted in java on Jun 22nd, 2008
I’m going to attempt to answer some of the comments that last week’s post received. Problem is - there were a lot of them - spread across Reddit, Slashdot, Digg, DZone (and again), InfoQ and the blogosphere. I clearly can’t reply to them all so I’ve grouped them and will answer generally.
But first - I’d […]
Posted in open source on Jun 19th, 2008
[also read part 2]
At JavaOne in May, 2006, Sun Microsystems announced they were going to release Java as free software under the terms of the GPL. The size of the task (6.5 million lines of code) was only eclipsed by the size of the opportunity for Java as a free and open technology.
At JavaOne in […]
Posted in Business on Jun 9th, 2008
There’s been an interesting thread on the “Open Source Business’ Glass Ceiling” over the last couple of months that I’ve been meaning to comment on. I think Marten Mickos’ initial categorization of customer willingness to pay for support is perhaps a little too simplistic; or maybe too abstract.
As a recap - Marten asserts that there […]
Posted in Business, Enterprise, Red Hat, Technology on Jun 5th, 2008
JBoss.org has had unparalleled success in launching innovative OSS tech. into the enterprise - something not lost on the folks at Railo. More on Sacha’s blog
Bill Burke, esteemed JBoss old-timer and fellow at Red Hat continues to make progress with RESTEasy (an implementation of JSR-311 aka JAX-RS) - if my inbox is anything to go […]
Posted in Red Hat on Jun 3rd, 2008
Wow, it’s been almost 2 months since I left Sun to join the JBoss division of Red Hat.
Time for a quick update. In many cases I’m comparing with Sun which is a) a little unfair because they’re companies in very different situations; and b) unfortunately my only reference point. So, I apologise beforehand if this […]
Posted in Red Hat, Uncategorized on Jun 2nd, 2008
Have you ever been in that situation where you’ve quickly developed your cool new app using JBoss only to be told by your boss that you have to port it over to some other vendor’s dinosaur of a run-time because it’s the “corporate standard” ?
Does it frustrate you that your IT department standardized on a […]
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 […]