Comments for James Dixon's Blog http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com James Dixon's thoughts on commercial open source and open source business intelligence Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:45:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The ‘Long Tail’ of the Business Intelligence Market by End of the World http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/the-long-tail-of-the-business-intelligence-market/#comment-430 End of the World Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:45:16 +0000 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/?page_id=32#comment-430 Thank's for sharing this This is really interesting Thank’s for sharing this
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]]> Comment on Misunderstanding open source #1: Fixate on Linux, Firefox, Eclipse by James http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/how-to-misunderstand-open-source-1-fixate-on-linux-firefox-eclipse/#comment-425 James Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:41:04 +0000 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-425 I agree that there does not need to be a 1:1 ratio. But there are over 200,000 open source projects. Can a foundation successfully manage 1000 projects? I don't know, it seems unlikely. Also the majority of open source projects are 1-5 developers and many of these projects get abandoned over time. We don't want the foundations to become graveyards with lots of dead projects. I agree that there does not need to be a 1:1 ratio. But there are over 200,000 open source projects. Can a foundation successfully manage 1000 projects? I don’t know, it seems unlikely.

Also the majority of open source projects are 1-5 developers and many of these projects get abandoned over time. We don’t want the foundations to become graveyards with lots of dead projects.

]]> Comment on Misunderstanding open source #1: Fixate on Linux, Firefox, Eclipse by Sridhar Dhanapalan http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/how-to-misunderstand-open-source-1-fixate-on-linux-firefox-eclipse/#comment-424 Sridhar Dhanapalan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:40:19 +0000 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-424 Why must there be a 1:1 ratio of projects to foundations? Some of the best foundations have many great projects under their umbrella. For example: * the Linux Foundation * the Apache Software Foundation * the Eclipse Foundation * the GNOME Foundation * KDE e.V. Why must there be a 1:1 ratio of projects to foundations? Some of the best foundations have many great projects under their umbrella. For example:

* the Linux Foundation
* the Apache Software Foundation
* the Eclipse Foundation
* the GNOME Foundation
* KDE e.V.

]]> Comment on Misunderstanding open source #3: applying ‘Free Software’ religion to open source business models by hanum http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/misunderstanding-open-source-3-applying-free-software-religion-to-open-source-business-models/#comment-420 hanum Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:29:40 +0000 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-420 nice posting. Thank's for referece ^_^ nice posting. Thank’s for referece ^_^

]]> Comment on The Free Software movement limits its own future by Free Software Foundation Daemonised for Resisting Non-Free(dom) Software | Boycott Novell http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/the-free-software-movement-limits-its-own-future/#comment-417 Free Software Foundation Daemonised for Resisting Non-Free(dom) Software | Boycott Novell Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:34:47 +0000 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/?p=435#comment-417 [...] Core movement”, of which Mono seems to have become a part. James Dixon, the CTO of Pentaho, slams the “Free Software movement”, sometimes by playing the usual card which is to compare them to a “religion” [1, 2, [...] [...] Core movement”, of which Mono seems to have become a part. James Dixon, the CTO of Pentaho, slams the “Free Software movement”, sometimes by playing the usual card which is to compare them to a “religion” [1, 2, [...]

]]> Comment on Misunderstanding open source #3: applying ‘Free Software’ religion to open source business models by James http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/misunderstanding-open-source-3-applying-free-software-religion-to-open-source-business-models/#comment-416 James Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:57:14 +0000 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-416 Sure Sure

]]> Comment on Misunderstanding open source #3: applying ‘Free Software’ religion to open source business models by James http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/misunderstanding-open-source-3-applying-free-software-religion-to-open-source-business-models/#comment-415 James Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:56:55 +0000 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-415 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/feed/ http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/feed/

]]> Comment on No open source decision needed for Pentaho by Polprav http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/no-open-source-decision-needed-for-pentaho/#comment-412 Polprav Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:36:22 +0000 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/?p=419#comment-412 Hello from Russia! Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you? Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

]]> Comment on Misunderstanding open source #3: applying ‘Free Software’ religion to open source business models by Polprav http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/misunderstanding-open-source-3-applying-free-software-religion-to-open-source-business-models/#comment-410 Polprav Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:33:36 +0000 http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-410 Hello from Russia! Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you? Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

]]> Comment on About by Claude Roeltgen http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com/about/#comment-409 Claude Roeltgen Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:20:32 +0000 #comment-409 Hello James, I’m writing to you because I think I might have something of interest for your blog. I am an experienced CIO in the financial industry and I have put my experience and opinions in a new book: « IT’s hidden face », subtitle: « Everything you always wanted to know about Information Technology. A look behind the scenes. » I believe my book is of particular interest to your readership as it throws light into the hidden world of an Information Technology department in a company and closes the communication gap between business and IT. The book has received numerous Press reviews (you may check my website www.clauderoeltgen.com for a complete list) and so far it has received 17 five-star ratings at amazon.com. I would be delighted if you would consider presenting my book in your blog. If you agree, it would be possible that I have a dialogue with your readers as I am happy to respond to comments. I hope you’ll give this a try. I’ve prepared an HTML document www.clauderoeltgen.com/its_hidden_face_blog.htm with a short excerpt from the book, its cover art, some Press reviews and amazon customer statements. You’re free to reproduce this document on your site or provide links. I’d also like to send you a complimentary review copy of the book, just let me know where to mail it. Thanks for your consideration, Claude Roeltgen Hello James,
I’m writing to you because I think I might have something of interest for your blog. I am an experienced CIO in the financial industry and I have put my experience and opinions in a new book: « IT’s hidden face », subtitle: « Everything you always wanted to know about Information Technology. A look behind the scenes. »
I believe my book is of particular interest to your readership as it throws light into the hidden world of an Information Technology department in a company and closes the communication gap between business and IT. The book has received numerous Press reviews (you may check my website http://www.clauderoeltgen.com for a complete list) and so far it has received 17 five-star ratings at amazon.com.
I would be delighted if you would consider presenting my book in your blog. If you agree, it would be possible that I have a dialogue with your readers as I am happy to respond to comments.
I hope you’ll give this a try. I’ve prepared an HTML document http://www.clauderoeltgen.com/its_hidden_face_blog.htm with a short excerpt from the book, its cover art, some Press reviews and amazon customer statements. You’re free to reproduce this document on your site or provide links.
I’d also like to send you a complimentary review copy of the book, just let me know where to mail it.
Thanks for your consideration,
Claude Roeltgen

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