Very cool OSS project for tracking and recovering your lost or stolen laptop. It’s a project from the University of Washington. This app sounds like a great way to address the 12,000 laptops lost per week at US airports. The UW website states:
You’ve all read about the proposed deal. The National Post has a copy of the letter that Ballmer et al sent to the Yahoo board. Here are two paragraphs I found interesting: 1] Ballmer reminds Yahoo that he/Microsoft was right all along (emphasis added)
A reader commented that MySQL isn’t “enterprise ready”, to which another reader wrote: “I hate it when snobby DBAs or managers scoff at MySQL as if it isn’t ready to play with the big boys. Google called, they’d like to loan you a clue.”
Jonathan has a nice post with additional explanations on the MySQL deal, seeing as one or two folks have questioned it.
As Zack reported, Sun is buying MySQL for ~$800M plus $200M in options. Interestingly, the MySQL acquisition represents 8% of Sun’s current market cap (~$13 Bil). While I’m happy for the MySQL team, my views on Sun’s OSS “strategy” are mixed at best.
Fleury and Rodrigues Separated at Birth? Come on, you have to admit, the resemblance is uncanny. I’m obviously kidding. I’m much better looking. His sizable bank account and ability to keep a beat probably balances the score though ;-)
Okay, so not everyone agrees about my claim that the support-based OSS business model does not scale. :-)
Andy McCue at Silicon.com points to a Gartner report that, in many ways, reiterates what we’ve all been seeing.
I previously questioned Red Hat’s apparent lack of love for Hyperic. Today, Stacey Schneider, Senior Director of Marketing at Hyperic, tipped me off to a joint Hyperic & Red Hat announcement.
Many of you may have heard that Matthew Aslett is over at The 451 Group now.
