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 Tuesday, May 04, 2004 Thursday, April 29, 2004
Interesting Forbes article about the commercialization of linux
This article talks about the trend of linux distributors to commercialize the OS and cites Rick Carey, a former proponent of OSS who was Chief Technology Architect at Merril Lynch and now Bank One: "The companies that are trying to treat Linux like it's regular software and have a business model based on per-CPU or per-desktop licensing worry the heck out of me. For us, that makes Linux prohibitively expensive. And it makes a stronger case for us to go Windows". Technology
4/29/2004 1:38:33 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Wednesday, December 31, 2003
IT-Outsourcing on Red Herring
Interesting take on IT outsourcing in Red Herring. Bottom line:
"How much does outsourcing really save companies? According to a November 2003 report by People 3, only 21.1 percent of companies surveyed reported a cost savings of greater than 20 percent due to IT outsourcing, while 18.4 percent did not achieve any cost reductions, and 9.2 percent actually had an increase in costs from outsourcing contracts."
“Many companies often neglect to factor in all costs associated with managing outsourcing engagements, which average 4.5 percent of the total contract value and can be as high as 15 percent,...”
Technology
12/31/2003 11:12:40 AM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, December 29, 2003 Wednesday, November 05, 2003 Tuesday, November 04, 2003 Monday, November 03, 2003 Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Microsoft's web strategy and Sun's take on Linux
I stumbled over two interesting articles about Microsoft's web strategy. The first one on linux universe headlined "How Netscape beat Microsoft". The bottom line (of the first half) is that while MS defeated Netscape in the browser war it couldn't stop webapps taking over classical Windows client apps.
The second article "Why Microsoft's All About the Web" considers Microsoft's position slightly different but also points out: "Even so, the Internet remains a great threat to Microsoft [...]. Most of what I do could be done on a much simpler computer; no Windows required."
I'm pretty much looking forward to the PDC to learn how MS is going to regain momentum for windows apps with technologies like "ClickOnce" (no-touch deployment) and "Avalon". Thanks to Scoble for the links.
Another interesting competitive article containing an interview with Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's executive vice president for software can be found here. Thanks to Don. Technology
9/23/2003 2:21:56 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)
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