Microsoft just doesn't seem to "get the facts." The company, according to
news reports, is at it again - paying companies to produce FUD for it. The
company is doing a disservice to some really top-notch products it produces
by continuing to try to discredit Linux and other open source
projects. Microsoft should just let its products speak for themselves.
The Get the Facts program Microsoft initiated a couple of years ago that
consists of hiring various organizations to produce studies that make
Microsoft Windows a big winner over Linux in just about any way that two
operating systems could be compared is an embarrassment. No single operating
system dominates another in every possible way that they can be compared.
The real problem is that Microsoft is scared and is finall... (more)
LWM's senior contributing analyst, Bill Claybrook, spoke with Jim Zemlin,
executive director, Free Standards Group, about the Linux Standard Base, the
support it has received in the community, and the importance of having an
operating platform that is not only open source but open standard as well.
LWM: Tell us what the Free Standards Group (FSG) is and what it does.
Jim Zemlin: FSG creates... (more)
On June 17, 2004, Red Hat announced what I would call a good a good 1Q05 (the
quarter ended on May 31, 2004). The revenue for the quarter was $41.6M - a
53% year over year increase. That number will likely change with Red Hat's
re-statement of its revenue after PricewaterhouseCoopers found a "flaw" in
their accounting for subscriptions. Red Hat will now start recognizing
subscription rev... (more)
Ask some end users what Linux Standard Base (LSB) is and most likely they
either won't know anything about it, or know a little bit but not enough to
qualify as understanding what all the buzz around LSB is about. Ask three
ISVs and only one will likely understand the implications of LSB for their
business. And only a very, very few will say that they have started the
process of making s... (more)
Linux.SYS-CON.com's senior contributing analyst, Bill Claybrook, spoke with
John Loiacono, executive vice president of Sun Microsystem's Software Group
about his new job, and what he has in store for Sun's Linux strategy.
You replaced Jonathan Schwartz several months ago as Sun's software leader.
Jonathan was very visible. Is this the way you are going to do it?
In my previous job as VP of ... (more)
Bill Claybrook is President of New River Marketing Research, a marketing research firm that focuses on Linux, open source software, and commercial grid computing. He performs primary research and helps marketing organizations plan for new product offerings and develop go-to-market strategies, as well as develop marketing analysis content. Prior to entering commercial computing and marketing research, he was Associate Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech and the University of Connecticut, as well as Professor of Software Engineering at the Wang Institute of Software Engineering.
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