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Pros and cons of software selling model "cheap product, expensive support"
I came across this LinkedIn Answer post today: "Can anyone suggest a good set (or source) of pros and cons of "sell cheap/free, support for money" approach? Like Oracle do, for example. The software i'm talking about is for financial...
Java set free
This is quite a milestone for the IT industry and community as a whole. Big pay-off too for those who have been betting on this move. After countless pressure from various quarters - notably IBM - SUN will now fulfil its promise made by their new CEO...
Lee's logo-fest of Web 2.0
Lee Wilkins of Podcast.com has kindly put together this Web 2.0 logo montage - couldn't resist borrowing it! Do you know what each of them does? You ought to! My favourite is Podzinger who license some smart voice technology to deliver their offering...
Patent headaches
I've just caught sight of an article over at the Inquirer that is rather alarming, extract here: "Balthaser Online says getting the patent means that it can license nearly any rich-media Internet application across a broad range of devices and networks...
Posted: Feb 23 2006, 03:32 PM by Ed Daniel | with no comments
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Good luck Peter
Peter Quinn recently resigned as CIO of Massachusetts citing the following in a memo to his staffers dated Dec. 24, he wrote, "Many of these events have been very disruptive and harmful to my personal well-being, my family and many of my closest friends...
Eco-responsibility and Niagara
Last week I attended the SUN launch of their latest SPARC processor, Niagara. Considering this blog is .NET focused you might all ask what am I doing straying into this territory. The answer is need-to-know. So what did I learn... Background : when I...
Waking up to Solaris
I've been at odds for sometime as to what I should write about following the rather exciting few months we've had recently. It all began back in August when I asked members of the SalePlane network for a few words about their optimism with regard to their...
It's a long way to ODF for Massachusetts
The politics of business practice is starting to become transparent as web commentary continues in real time. For those following the Massachusetts saga this recent soundbite might be worth considering: A notable part of the discussion came when Linda...
Posted: Nov 01 2005, 11:11 PM by Ed Daniel | with no comments
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RainbowPortal Gathering 2005
The event was held at the end of September at the late Alfred Nobel's villa in San Remo, one of the most aesthetically pleasant and charming places to spend a few days with fellow developers. For most readers portal technology is something we're all rather...
MONO meetup during PDC '05
Date: Tuesday September 13th. Location: Sheraton Downtown LA hotel, a short walk (map) from the Staples Conventions Center. Time: The meeting will start at 6pm and will go until 9:30pm. On the meeting we will talk about the Mono Project's current state...
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