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It’s
Not the Tool, but How it is Used
A
research note from the 451 Group “Open
source is not a business model” discussed
that selling open source is a tactic rather than
a business model. They then went on to discuss
the various business strategies of 114 open-source
vendors.
I’ve
got a couple of thoughts on this, but I’d
also really like to hear your take on this in
your comments.
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It's
Just a Little More Disk Space
Recently I bought a Maxtor OneTouch™ 1TB
backup drive for my son’s PC. . . When I
was running later in the day I got to thinking
about the fact that I just purchased a 1TB hard
drive for a home PC! Not to age myself too much,
but when I built my first data warehouse and data
mart 21 years ago we had a disk farm of 150 Gb
for the entire project.
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On-Demand
Index: Have we hit bottom yet?
The On-Demand Index (ODI) was down 3.65% on Thursday,
October 23, 2008, down 52.75% year-to-date (YTD)
and the stocks within the index are down an average
of 63.5% from their 52 week highs. . . The question
an investor has: have we hit bottom in these stocks
and is it time to buy?
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yet?
Sun
- Too Cool for School . . . or Business
What happens when a high tech company loses its
way to achieving long-term growth and profitability?
It slowly fades away. Sometimes it is because
a company does not keep up with the latest generation
of whatever they sell and they become a “has
been.” But a new variation on this theme
has emerged, to latch on to a new generation even
if you can’t make money on it.
Is
Sun Microsystems (JAVA)
slowly fading away?
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Focus, Simplicity and Service
The
Boston Globe had an interesting article in its
Sunday November 2, 2008 business section “Keeping
it simple for the customer.” The article
presents some of the milestones and perspective
of Gail Goodman, CEO of Constant Contact (CTCT),
from her decision to join the firm in 1999 until
now.
Constant
Contact is one of the firms listed on our On-Demand
Index.
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Rick
Sherman, Athena IT Solutions
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