by jcannon on August 15, 2006
Hank Jenssen and myself attended the OSCON on the 27th and 28th of July. We did not attend the tutorials or the Executive briefing but were there two days of the two and a half days the sessions were in progress. We also attended the keynotes on both days (27th and 28th July). As a strategy, Hank and I discussed the sessions and their subject matter, splitting up to attend different sessions in... more
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by MichaelF on August 14, 2006
I recently attended OSCON 2006, and had a lot of fun being there. Microsoft’s presence in the Open Source World is still a novelty (to say the least), so I always got a reaction out of people at the conference when they saw my badge! ... more
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by jcannon on July 18, 2006
There is a buzz word floating out there – “business readiness”. It seems that the marketing teams here at Microsoft are trying to capture something important to organizations and people that are responsible for selecting, deploying and maintaining software for businesses. What does it really mean though?... more
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by admin on June 28, 2006
Consider this scenario – the CIO’s office just called. They have decided to follow your recommendation and are going to use JBoss (substitute favorite open source software package here) as their application server (substitute database server/web server/whatever server here)...... more
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by admin on June 12, 2006
The peer review system is a much revered and reviled system within academic circles. Tim O’Reilly’s recent comment on Nature magazine’s fresh look at peer review piqued my interest.
Interest piquing is always bad, because its sets off the oft dangerous process of “thinking”!
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by admin on June 02, 2006
Welcome Anandeep Pannu to the OSSL. In this interview Sam and Anandeep discuss his background and role on the team, see what you can expect from Anandeep on Port 25...... more
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