I’ve been checking out Ostatic – it’s definitely in in infancy, but I think it has some potential. While there are a lot of great views in the blogosphere around open source software, this blog is dedicated to actually making some of this software available at its site, and allowing visitors to comment and collaborate … Continue reading »
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Sugar, Sun and the Scalability of Web Apps…
A few months ago I worked with SugarCRM co-founder and CTO Jacob Taylor on a technical white paper that exhibited a lot of the performance and scalability capabilities of SugarCRM. It was a great learning experience and a great way to show how scalable SugarCRM is as a PHP-based application. Too many people still hold … Continue reading »
SOA and Open Source
I’ve been reading a lot lately about the growing importance of SOA and newer, more flexible middleware options for use within the enterprise. Recent acquisitions have certainly highlighted this, such as Oracle’s purchase of BEA systems just a few weeks ago, Sun Microsystem’s acquisition of MySQL, and just yesterday SpringSource’s procurement of Covalent (see below). … Continue reading »
The Main Reason for Open Source M&A?
My old associates at the 451 Group put together a great report about open source M&A (ironically released a day before the Sun/MySQL deal was announced). For non-451 clients a great summary is on the group’s open source blog. The report posits the following reasons for open source M&A: Entrance into new markets Portfolio expansion … Continue reading »
Announcement Timing and Egos: A Study in Coincidences
Now that most of the buzz around Sun’s MySQL acquisition and Oracle upping its offer for BEA has cleared, one thing became clear. It could not have been mere coincidence that Oracle’s much larger deal for BEA was announced simultaneously as its biggest open source competitor was brought into a larger and more financially sound … Continue reading »
Blame it on those Long, Dark Swedish Winters…
When I learned this morning that MySQL was acquired by Sun for $1bn, I breathed a sigh of relief. As an analyst at the 451 group, part of our jobs was to examine and identify top M&A targets. MySQL was a prime target, namely because it was such a disruptive force in the database sector. … Continue reading »
Virgin Mobile Rings Up MySQL for Text Messaging
Virgin Mobile made a notable open-source splash yesterday when they announced they implemented MySQL to run their text-messaging SMS database. The announcement carries significant weight, as it shows that support for MySQL, the LAMP stack, and other open source infrastructures, is continuing to grow within the enterprise segment. The volume of database queries that Virgin … Continue reading »
TechIQ’s Open Source Dominators – Still Lean on Apps?
TechIQ just released a list of 10 OSS companies it feels will dominate in 2008. (I guess without writers for Letterman – this will have to suffice.) The list is pretty interesting – and its always nice when your company gets a nod – but I found it somewhat disturbing. A lot of the companies … Continue reading »
