Reddit goes open source with CPAL license, probably caused major LOL in Diggnation

Reddit is releasing source code of it's news voting engine. Light weight voting utility was already available in the form of Pligg, Written in Python, this can at best be a launch pad for developers to get onto Google App Engine.

Reddit announcement can be interpreted in two ways. One is that they are letting developers look [...]

Proprietary software - as long as its black

Like Ford Model T, vendors think software buyer will buy or download any software they want as long it has some “open source” moniker attached to it. Abuse or use of this term is so pervasive that eventually CIOs will need tools to do forensic exercise to figure out the real TCO for their open [...]

Microsoft’s Patent Fud: Spring edition is playing now

Steve Ballmer is saying “What’s fair is fair” and dropping a not so subtle hint that Microsoft will be coming after those who are enjoying the fruits of open source without paying the patent toll (or troll) tax.
Timing and news coverage is bit fishy here.
Redhat launched RedHat exchange and further solidified their perceived [...]

Redhat’s data integration move and the steady march of pricing disruption

Redhat is by far the only big pure-play open source success story out there. They have perfected their subscription based revenue model and now it seems they are intent on putting more and more components to add incremental revenue. Complete SOA stack strategy is designed to shift enterprise budget from licensing model to the subscription model.

They [...]

Exhibit B, Attribution clause, badgeware and why application software vendors need to maintain their ego

It’s official. Open source battle when described in the context of application software is less about code freedom (beer or whatever) and it’s more about getting end-user attention. Logo is more important than the quality of the software.
Maybe Google economy principles have finally hit the enterprise software ecosystem and are now demanding better price-tag [...]

Java boat is now 100% lifted

Subject line is inspired by Jonathan Schwartz’s post outlining Sun’s decision to open source Java. Sun decided to use GPL license to open source Java. This is a very bold move by Sun and they deserve big credit for this step.
They are probably right in claiming that they have contributed more to open source than [...]

Rumor: Oracle to announce linux distro

Mr Consolidation wants it all. As more and more lower level components get commoditized more it makes sense for company like Oracle to have its own Linux distro.
Rumor machine is working well at this point. They will be announcing this at LinuxWorld.
Experts will be weighing in on this for months. Apart from the [...]

Liveblogging from Wordcamp

Trying live blogging for the first time. We are here at Wordcamp - first official Wordpress community conference. Finished “free” lunch (whoever said there is nothing like free lunch!) and generally having a good time here. Swedish American hall is ideally suited for this open source software’s meetup which is playing a major role [...]

What do you know

Pervasive underestimated the high level of quality support and expertise already available within the PostgreSQL community and decided to quit support business.

More open source apps

OSCON is underway at Portland, Oregon.
Conferences in general means getting ready to know new players and  interesting projects. Panelists are usual suspects so there is more of the same. Technical threads give better value in terms of knowing who is cooking what.
 Neal Ford’s presentation looks insightful. We are working on our own DSL [...]