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Jay Lyman
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Recent posts by Jay Lyman:
- January 20, 2012: CAOS Theory Podcast 2012.01.20
Topics for this podcast: *Hadoop v1.0 and year ahead *Oracle-Cloudera deal for more Hadoop *Oracle's 'Sun spot' with Solaris *Open Source M&A outlook for ... - January 5, 2012: 2012 to be year of Linux domination
Previously, I've called out years for non-desktop Linux in 2008, Linux in both the low and high-ends of the market ... - December 21, 2011: Ada Initiative highlights challenge to get more women in open source
The lack of women involved in open source has unfortunately long been a weakness for open source software and its ... - December 16, 2011: CAOS Theory Podcast 2011.12.16
Topics for this podcast: *Hadoop roundup -Cloudera Enterprise Hadoop update -Hadapt combines Hadoop with db analytics -Informatica grows its Hadoop work *HP open sources WebOS *The ... - December 13, 2011: WebOS and the open alternative live another day
There has been no shortage of reaction to HP's move to make the Linux-based WebOS open source software. Below, I ... - December 1, 2011: Ubuntu on the move more than in decline
Ubuntu has been taking some criticism and heat for its falling Distrowatch rankings. I don't doubt that after years of ... - November 11, 2011: CAOS Theory Podcast 2011.11.11
Topics for this podcast: *Continuent extends MySQL replication to Oracle Database *CFEngine updates server automation software *Devops moving mainstream *Neo Technology integrates with Spring *451 ... - November 9, 2011: Linux-like, devops management moves to enterprise, Windows
Signs that the devops are coming -- both in the form of new software engineers and system administrators that are ... - November 9, 2011: Signs of OSS strength in financial services
Linux and open source software are spreading out -- cloud computing, mobile computing, supercomputing -- and an increasing number of ... - October 28, 2011: CAOS Theory Podcast 2011.10.28
Topics for this podcast: *Opscode Chef extends to Windows for more enterprise devops *Black Duck continues growth, gains new funding *Cloudant expands NoSQL ... - October 25, 2011: The downside of Microsoft’s Android dollars
There's been a lot of attention on the amount of money Microsoft is making from Android, including Microsoft's own proclamations. ... - October 14, 2011: CAOS Theory Podcast 2011.10.14
Topics for this podcast: *Our latest special report on 'The Changing Linux Landscape' *Oracle's Hadoop-based appliance and big-data strategy *Rackspace's plan for the ... - October 12, 2011: New mobile Linux efforts reminiscent of old
Amid continued traction for Android, there have been a number of other developments for mobile operating systems based on Linux. ... - October 7, 2011: Our view on the Changing Linux Landscape is out
We are pleased to present our latest CAOS special report, 'The Changing Linux Landscape.' This latest in our series of ... - October 5, 2011: Got open source cloud storage? Red Hat buys Gluster
Red Hat's $136m acquisition of open source storage vendor Gluster marks Red Hat's biggest buy since JBoss and starts the ... - September 30, 2011: CAOS Theory Podcast 2011.09.30
Topics for this podcast: *Cloud M&A potential around OpenStack *Oracle's commercial extensions for MySQL *Puppet Labs rolls out Enterprise 2.0, hosts PuppetConf *Basho bolsters ... - September 28, 2011: PuppetConf and the state of devops
It's been some time now that we've been talking about devops, the pushing together of application development and application deployment ... - September 22, 2011: Microsoft of old on Linux desktop, mobile and users
I wrote recently about how Microsoft is now among the broadest supporters of enterprise Linux server, but when it comes ... - September 14, 2011: Heeding the lessons of SCO, or not
We recently saw what is being described as the ending of the seven-year-old SCO contract and intellectual property dispute that ... - September 12, 2011: Canonical, Ubuntu broadening cloud coverage
Whether it's been our discussion of unpaid, community Linux, the changing Linux landscape or cloud operating systems, we've always seen ...
Recent comments by Jay Lyman:
- January 10, 2012: 2012 to be year of Linux domination
Haaa! That is a good one, Ben. Dare I say, the funniest comment we've...
- December 2, 2011: Ubuntu on the move more than in decline
I guess I'm saying the desktop doesn't matter anymore, or at least it matters...
- December 2, 2011: Ubuntu on the move more than in decline
Thanks for commenting. I agree there shouldn't be too much difficulty to continue support...
- September 23, 2011: Microsoft of old on Linux desktop, mobile and users
Ah, good point, cwsnyder. MS is equally locking out other OS options that might...
- September 7, 2011: Microsoft, broadest supporter of Linux
Thanks for posting, John, You have a fair disagreement. Microsoft has not bet on Linux...
- July 8, 2011: The rise, fall and reality of commercial open source
Very good points,Phil. Thanks for weighing in. Hopefully, with all of the reminders that...
- June 3, 2011: Why Oracle's donation of OpenOffice disappoints
The point is that Oracle rightfully deserves credit for its positive contributions and participation...
- April 29, 2011: A new SUSE Linux, separate from Novell
Thank you Peter. Nuremberg is right. That was my mistake. The article has been...
- April 21, 2011: DevOps and PaaS, yes, but now No-Ops?
I like that. Thanks for posting. JL...
- April 13, 2011: DevOps and PaaS, yes, but now No-Ops?
Thanks, as always, for posting, John. I agree with your assessment of the term,...
