Jay Lyman covers open source software for The 451 Group, focusing on Linux and other open source software created by communities and used by enterprises. My coverage includes the software itself, the communities and the emerging business and licensing models around them. Prior to joining The 451 Group in 2007, I wrote about Linux and open source for LinuxInsider and TechNewsWorld. I also covered open source software communities, development and business as a contributing editor with NewsForge/Linux.com from 2004 to 2006. Covering Linux and open source since 2000 with NewsFactor Network, I have also been a contributor CMP Media, Web Host Industry Review and Small Times, a nanotechnology website and magazine. Prevous industry talks have included a presentation on community Linux in the enterprise market at LinuxWorld 2008 and a preview of what's next for open source at the Linux Plumber's Conference in 2008.
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daughter who has NASA program at school explained whole 'blowing up the moon' stuff to me earlier this week before newspaper/internets-cool
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latest take on open core, free sw versus open source - http://tinyurl.com/yc7lrws (forgot s b4)
latest take on open core, free w versus open source - http://tinyurl.com/yc7lrws
RT maslett My report on the data warehousing sector is now available for 451 Group clients. http://bit.ly/ledrp
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451 CAOS Links 2009.10.09
Funding for Engine Yard and DataSync. Red Hat and Microsoft joint support. And more.
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Approving and disapproving open source business strategies. Yes or no?
Simon Phipps has begun a conversation designed ultimately “to devise some sort of a Software Freedom Definition which articulates a holis...
Desktop Linux doing fine
Despite some pragmatism and optimism, the overall sentiment on desktop Linux at LinuxCon was, frankly, pretty dismal. The good news is th...
The Open Source Initiative’s corporate status is suspended: a CAOS Theory Q&A
The ability of the Open Source Initiative to steward the Open Source Definition and police the use of the term open source as it relates ...
451 CAOS Links 2009.10.06
Patents. M&A. Adoption. Business strategies. And more.
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“Tracking the open...
Three options for the future of Open-Core licensing
Although I hesitate to write another post about business models, Open-Core and open source, it was clear from the recent Open World Forum...
Strength of support models and symbiosis for free and open source software
Since we’ve been getting philosophical on the war between open source and proprietary software, free software and open source, etc., I th...
VC funding for open source in Q3
Venture capital funding for open source vendors fell 31% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, as was to be expecte...
FOSS: War is over (if you want it)
At the Open World Forum event in Paris this morning I presented a quick overview of the state of free and open source software in 2009 an...
The open pressure in the mobile game
This time last year, I was researching and writing our CAOS report, ‘Mobility Matters.’ At the time, we indicated that open source softwa...
451 CAOS Links 2009.09.29
Winning and losing with open source. Paranoid Android. And more.
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“Trackin...
Not free as in fundamentalist
Matt Asay set the cat amongst the pigeons late last week with his post declaring that “Free software has lost. Open source has won. We’re...
