“In a few years’ time, almost all businesses will use open source” says a recent Gartner report entitled, “The State of Open Source 2008.” The report continues with statements such as, “By 2012, more than 90 percent of enterprises will use open source in direct or embedded forms.” (I’m getting my data from ZDNet, as … Continue reading Analyst Admits Open Source Will Quietly Take Over
“95% of software is developed by enterprises each year and is not for resale”
At the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Jim Whitehurst (CEO of Red Hat) made a number of great points about Free Software and how it can help companies, including his own. According to Whitehurst, “95% of software is developed by enterprises each year and is not for resale.” Furthermore, he states … Continue reading “95% of software is developed by enterprises each year and is not for resale”
Windows, Java, and an Internationalization Mess
The project which I’m currently working on is a Java project, powered by Spring, built by Maven. I use Ubuntu/Linux to build and run the project locally, but everyone else on the team uses Windows XP. We recently got back a set of translations that included pages in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian – all … Continue reading Windows, Java, and an Internationalization Mess
Firefox 3 – making the web a little better
I’ve been using Firefox 3 betas for a few months now, through the really rough times when bookmarking was totally broken, up until the present day (Firefox 3.0b4 – click for a short review). It’s really been an impressive transformation, and I think that it will mark a very nice evolution in the web. It’s … Continue reading Firefox 3 – making the web a little better