Citrix’ strategy is your moment of Xen

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You’ve seen all these VMWare announcements? Look at these as two paths for OEMs. Most will choose both, I believe. The deals VMWare announced are non-exclusive. We’re talking to the same people.

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Is open source the stock flavor of the month?

Lost amidst the hype of CEO Jonathan Schwartz's blog post is the inescapable fact that Wall Street, for now, thinks open source is cool. Why else would SugarCRM hint at an IPO after getting right by the OSI definition?

Is the EU spending big bucks for the obvious from QualiPSo?

The purpose of a think tank putting a high price on its work is not to pay the costs of creating it. It's to concentrate the attention of the people receiving it.

The lock-in battle shifts to Sharepoint

You can put together everything SharePoint does using open source projects, but it takes work.

Why SugarCRM made peace

SugarCRM has been pushing a proprietary, Enterprise edition for two years now. It recently added IBM i5/OS compatibility to that edition. Sugar's re-sellers all push the proprietary version of the software. But when it comes to marketing, SugarCRM wants to maintain its open source bonafides, and it did that this summer, in spades.

How valuable are rumors in open source?

In an open source world rumor is devalued. Having sources who will tell you what a major vendor "might" do is no longer a journalist's ticket to wealth.

Open source is apolitical

No matter what your other beliefs you can be part of the open source movement, agree to an open source license, and contribute to an open source project.

When do you drop your closed source vendor?

Many people won't use anything but open source software, but for the rest of us it's a gradual weaning away process.

How much do open source license terms matter?

In practice the relief available to an open source vendor is limited by the fact that the customer has the code. You're trusting them to treat you fairly, under the terms of the license, but the chances any dispute will wind up in court is small.

Yahoo buys while Google and open source build

It's the speed of getting ideas to market that separates Google from the pack. You can't buy that. You can only build it by empowering innovators.

Is SaaS legitimate open source?

Is the Web evolving too fast for the licenses? Can licenses catch up to deal with the demands of an online world? Or will Web 2.0, based on open source software, remain in effect "proprietary."

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