Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail
Posted in Business on Jul 6th, 2008
Some good commentary on Microsoft’s Vista flop on SeekingAlpha - interestingly Windows XP sales are booming. This creates an interesting situation for Microsoft. As I’ve mentioned before - they’re increasingly competing against some fast moving competitors (Linux and OS/X) with some very old, quickly decaying technology (Windows XP). So while selling XP might make short [...]
Posted in Cogitation, Red Hat on Jun 10th, 2008
I wonder if Mike Desjardins has found a niche - popularizing Open Source technology through music. The lyrics are pretty good - though we might have to have them reviewed by the Hibernate team for technical accuracy and consistency
A different perspective on our Solar system from the NASA’s Cassini probe - the pictures [...]
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 [...]