OSCON 2007

The Open Source Convention is always an entertaining mix of the old guard and those new to open source. I look forward to crashing quite a few talks this year and mixing it up a bit. If you happen to be there, feel free to drop me a line at johnmark _at_ hyperic.com.

And it appears I’ll get to drop in on the last day of Ubuntu Live as well - good things.

Add comment July 23rd, 2007 John Mark

Javier Soltero Interview with Redmonk

Redmonk’s Michael Cote got around to posting this interview of Javier from JavaOne. The wait was worth it - the audio is far better than the one I posted of the same interview.

Coté and James talked with Javier about SIGAR, Hyperic’s open source library for getting low-level system information, the perennial question of single- vs. multi-source open source development and what it means to be an open source company, comparisons to Wily as far as trouble-shooting, and finally the Java middle-ware landscape that Hyperic finds in its customer base.

Watch the full video.

1 comment July 23rd, 2007 John Mark

A different kind of Enterprise

I’ve always liked the word “enterprise”… even before I got into the software business. Star Trek references aside, the translation for the word enterprise in Spanish (my native language) is “empresa” which is just another word for “company”. Somehow in English, and especially in technology, the term Enterprise has always implied some larger, more complex type of company. In fact, the terms “SMB” and “Enterprise” seem to be mutually exclusive. It’s amusing to see traditional Enterprise vendors such as SAP go to great lengths to court the mid-size and smaller business segments with their otherwise Enterprise-wares. It’s examples like this that in my view perpetuate that artificial rift between technology meant for big business and technology made for smaller ones. It’s not about the size of the opportunity; it’s about the type of problem you’re trying to solve.

3 comments July 23rd, 2007 javier