Open Source and IBM
Category Administration Open Source
It's so crazy with so many IT trends criss-crossing that it's hard to freeze-frame the motion and catch a moment. Who would have thought that universities would offer Open Software Engineering programs ?
A few vendors have been keeping pace with open-source. H-P, IBM, and Sun come to mind as corporations that have put themselves into the open-source community. Dr. Guruduth Banavar, Director, IBM India Research Laboratory was recently interviewed about IBM's role to the open source community. Referring to IBM's long-term outlook for open-source strategy Dr. Banavar spoke about innovation, contributions and enhancements by . . .
Not everyone "gets it" -- at their peril. The economics of open-source can't be brushed aside as exercises by hobbyists. Microsoft, for example, is finding that its products are increasingly being targeted by open-source solutions. MySQL, Apache, and Eclipse are core technologies that replace significant layers of any proprietary stack. And then, there are the product replacements, like Firefox or Zimbra: "Zimbra climbed to $20 million in just two years on the back of a successful add-on strategy to its open-source Microsoft Exchange killer."
Being able to integrate and add value to open-source is becoming more and more an essential skill to IT survival.
Technorati Tags: Lotus Notes, Zimbra
It's so crazy with so many IT trends criss-crossing that it's hard to freeze-frame the motion and catch a moment. Who would have thought that universities would offer Open Software Engineering programs ?
You can't learn FOSS exclusively in books, collaboration with the community is a critical element to success.
A few vendors have been keeping pace with open-source. H-P, IBM, and Sun come to mind as corporations that have put themselves into the open-source community. Dr. Guruduth Banavar, Director, IBM India Research Laboratory was recently interviewed about IBM's role to the open source community. Referring to IBM's long-term outlook for open-source strategy Dr. Banavar spoke about innovation, contributions and enhancements by . . .
capturing, focusing and translating Open Source innovation into value for our customers, for example, through Lotus Expeditor, Rational Elite Support for Eclipse, and OmniFind Yahoo! Edition.
Not everyone "gets it" -- at their peril. The economics of open-source can't be brushed aside as exercises by hobbyists. Microsoft, for example, is finding that its products are increasingly being targeted by open-source solutions. MySQL, Apache, and Eclipse are core technologies that replace significant layers of any proprietary stack. And then, there are the product replacements, like Firefox or Zimbra: "Zimbra climbed to $20 million in just two years on the back of a successful add-on strategy to its open-source Microsoft Exchange killer."
Being able to integrate and add value to open-source is becoming more and more an essential skill to IT survival.
Technorati Tags: Lotus Notes, Zimbra
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