It’s official. Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu) and I are going to be in Buenos Aires on August 14 through 15. I’m corresponding with several of you about putting together a community event there (or more). Mark is obviously the massive draw, so let’s put together some cool gatherings …
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Interoperability for the other 90 percent of the worldPosted by: admin in Business and PoliticsWith 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 making much of its interoperability with Novell! Unfortunately, this hardly resolves even a rounding error’s worth of the industry’s need to interoperate with enterprise-developed software. For that, open source is a critical requirement. Open source, unencumbered by silly patents, closed APIs, and such. Open source because, quite frankly, the enterprise is often not going to want to be bothered by or with a vendor during the integration process. A real-life case study might help to convince those incapable of seeing past their proprietary noses.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure than Windows, survey revealsPosted by: admin in Business and PoliticsOne reason for the rise of Linux is its impeccable security credentials. Sure, Microsoft has been trying to convince people for years that Windows is more secure, but it’s hard to convince people against the facts of their daily experience. For 70 percent of IT workers recently surveyed, therefore, it was a no-brainer: Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure than Windows. Period. Granted, this survey measured beliefs about Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rather than actual security, but perception is actually worth more in the market than established facts. People buy based on their perceptions. Just ask Microsoft’s customers over the past three decades.
 Mozilla has shuffled around mobile for several years now, initially with Minimo. Mozilla has finally decided to get into the mobile market in earnest, however, with Fennec. If Fennec proves to be even a shadow of Firefox’s potential, the world will never be the same.
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Monster Worldwide - Finance: interview, resume, salary and job …Posted by: admin in Financial NewsMonster Worldwide - Finance: interview, resume, salary and job … State Government Employment and Payroll Data New York City Department of Finance Home - California Department of Finance Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary The Chinese Finance Association Small Business Loans - Search over 4000 Small Business Loan Sources Missouri Division of Finance Finance School Finance and Operations, The University of Iowa Washington Home Center - Pacific Northwest’s Leading Manufactured Home Bloomberg.com: Finance Yahoo! Finance Finance Department Finance - Military.com Finance & Grants (CA Dept of Education) Yahoo! Groups : Directory : Business & Finance Funding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Finance 500 | Welcomes You Finance Finance, Business and Company News - Yahoo!7
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Interoperability for the other 90 percent of the worldPosted by: admin in Business and PoliticsWith all the talk about interoperability rumbling around, I thought a swift sanity check would be in order. Vendors are fond of speaking about interoperability, but myopia-challenged as we’re, we tend to forget that most software is not developed by vendors. It’s developed by so-called “customers.” Bravo to Microsoft for making much of its interoperability with Novell! Unfortunately, this hardly resolves even a rounding error’s worth of the industry’s need to interoperate with enterprise-developed software. For that, open source is a critical stipulation. Open source, unencumbered by silly patents, closed APIs, and such. Open source because, quite frankly, the enterprise is often not going to want to be bothered by or with a vendor during the integration process. A real-life case study may help to convince those incapable of seeing past their proprietary noses. MySQL, the open-source database maker that Sun Microsystems bought earlier this year, recently closed a $10 million deal, according to Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Schwartz noted the deal Saturday in a Twitter Q&A related to the Web 2.0 Expo. A $10 million deal…that’s massive, even … |
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