1. Dec 13th, 2007

    Rounded Corners – 173 (The open-source edition)

    Free as in beer. Interesting report (PDF) on open-source preferences from the Open Solutions Alliance. Basically companies are interested in the lower up-front cost, more than any other particular benefits, and most worried about integration issues.

    But you do get paid. Above link via InfoWorld, which also has a write up on open-source and the corporate elephant.

    Stand up and be counted. Also via InfoWorld, OpenLogic is proposing a census of open-source software users.

    Last one, I promise. Thomas Otter has a catch-up on the Enterprise Software (Un)Sexy thread:

    One of the things that makes me mad is the “enterprise is complex syndrome”. Complexity, not Oracle, is SAP’s biggest competitor. We enterprisey types need some Bauhaus. We can learn a lot from the often brutal simplicity of consumer applications. A focus on simplicity is imperative.

    Ransom note. Looks like one. The basic premise is, “you upgrade to Vista or we’ll take your music away”.

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    1. Dec 13th, 2007

      http://openid.aol.com/sujalshah

      Do you have another link about the Vista item? Too lazy to read all the crap on Microsoft’s site to see the details and I’m curious how they’re forcing people to upgrade. It does look like it’s just a branding change at first glance.

    2. Dec 13th, 2007

      James Joseph

      The complexity syndrome can be seen wherever we have the so called “enterprise web application”. These days, instead of focusing on what needs to be built to automate enterprises, programmers tend to focus the low level stuff and loose the big picture.

    3. Dec 13th, 2007

      Assaf

      It’s just brand changing, but to the average person, there’s no difference between ‘Vista certified’ and ‘Vista required’.

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