- Fri Nov 20 11:01 AM PST 2009 Microsoft's embrace of MySQL could kill it
Microsoft is now offering support for MySQL, which should give pause to every open-source company that expects to make money through support subscriptions.
- Wed Nov 18 9:07 AM PST 2009 Is IBM's Blue Insight a model for your private BI cloud?
IBM has developed and private cloud for its own Business Intelligence consumers. Is it one you want to copy?
- Sun Nov 15 9:00 PM PST 2009 Jaguar supercomputer races past Roadrunner in Top500
Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" finally bests IBM after three tries. The top 10, while still dominated by supercomputers housed in the U.S., had just one newcomer.
- Tue Nov 10 1:15 PM PST 2009 When open source isn't (open enough)
It's very possible to be completely open-source without being completely open, but this may fade as more companies learn to use open source effectively.
- Fri Nov 6 2:27 PM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1101: LHC-gull kills science with bread
Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefan
- Mon Nov 2 10:40 AM PST 2009 Open source as an antitrust strategy
Open source provides a way for industries to collaborate without running afoul of antitrust law.
- Mon Nov 2 10:11 AM PST 2009 Google: The open-source savior we deserve
Google's open-source business model may not be the ideal for which we've waited, but it's the one that we deserve given the values of our market.
- Fri Oct 30 2:03 PM PDT 2009 Open source: Big value, not big money
Open source may not provide much in terms of direct revenue to its vendors, but it creates a hugely valuable ecosystem, much like soccer.
- Tue Oct 27 10:27 AM PDT 2009 What Red Hat's investment in EnterpriseDB means
Company invests "significant amount" in open-source database vendor, which says a great deal about its rising awareness of its role in the open-source ecosystem.
- Mon Oct 26 12:43 PM PDT 2009 Ubuntu's new Linux tries getting cloud-friendly
Canonical's newest versions of Linux are due Thursday. Notable features: synchronization for PCs and a built-in replica of Amazon Web Services for servers.




