http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:07:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And as always, drop me a line or follow me on Twitter! Even better news: you can now subscribe to this show. Just add it up right here! Apple is targeting students and more people than ever want a Mac. Is that the future to its success? You better believe it! http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/09/04/the-digital-home-video-why-apple-needs-to-target/ It only took 10 episodes of our illustrious podcast series for us to get the big-dog interview. That's right, Matt Asay, me, and Ashlee Vance spent an hour with Marten and Rich to figure out just what the heck happened and why it didn't happen to us! Open Season Episode ... http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/08/29/take-a-ride-on-open-season-episode-10-with-marten/ I'm aware of other companies - open source and otherwise - who scab off open source in this way. They claim to be open-source citizens but they are more like open-source traitors. I have no problem with commercial entities using open source without paying for it, but they should participate ... http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/08/24/is-cittio-ripping-off-the-opennms-community/ Unfortunately, Tiller's litigation experience may come in handy, too. Let's hope not, but given the threat Red Hat provides to the established vendors, it's only a matter of time before they start defending their entrenched interests with their fists, since it's hard to compete better value, lower cost open-source software. Fontana, ... http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/08/24/red-hat-adds-to-its-legal-bench/ It's not about what happens to Zimbra users' data should Microsoft acquire Yahoo! and take Zimbra along with it. It's what happens to Zimbra, the product, should anything other than wholesale Yahoo! acquisition happen. Reading through this Wall Street Journal article, I'm increasingly worried about Zimbra. The article traces Microsoft's efforts ... http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/08/24/so-now-what-happens-to-zimbra/ I was fortunate to spend some time with Jon Williams, Chief Technology Officer at Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions, the multi-billion dollar test preparation company. Jon is keynoting this year's Open Source Business Conference and gave me a sneak preview of what he'll be discussing at OSBC. I've worked with ... http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/08/24/enterprise-adoption-of-open-source-from-the-pers/ Intel CEO Paul Otellini has vowed to continue Intel's involvement in the flash memory market, but has promised to make sure the flash business doesn't hurt Intel's bottom line. Flash is going to be an important storage technology over the next decade, as smartphones continue to grow more sophisticated, ... http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/08/24/intel-stmicro-ready-to-launch-numonyx/ However, I can tell you that the second half depicts human beings as obese, lazy, mindless slobs who glide around on lounge chairs, slurping humoungously-proportioned cupcake drinks as their flab flaps in the slipstream. The Obesity of Hope. Wall-E, the hero of Pixar's latest huge success, has waddled into an unexpected spat. ... http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/08/24/wall-e-accused-of-fascism-um-i-mean-fattism/ Forget $10: You can get a $25 coupon for just $2! Last time out, the restaurant I wanted was "out of stock," but this morning I was able to nab a $25 coupon for just two bucks. In these heinous economic times, that's too good to pass up. There are a ... http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/08/24/return-of-the-2-restaurant-com-deal/ With all the talk about interoperability rumbling around, I thought a quick sanity check would be in order. Vendors are fond of talking about interoperability, but myopia-challenged as we are, we tend to forget that most software is not developed by vendors. It's developed by so-called "customers." Bravo to Microsoft for ... http://www.contrattidiquartiere.net/index.php/2010/08/24/interoperability-for-the-other-90-percent-of-the-w/