Analysts wake up to open source
For years, the analyst community has largely ignored open source or, worse, has actively advised against it. While there are exceptions--Forrester, The 451 Group, Redmonk--the general mood in the analyst community seems to be one ofВ steadfast denial of open-source's impact on computing.
Ignoring open source is a bit like denying gravity, however, and even open-source agnostics ...
Microsoft maintains openness push
Continuing its week-long promotion of openness at the company, Microsoft on Thursday touted efforts in the science and academic space, detailing research tools that leverage Microsoft technologies.
During his brief turn as a keynote speaker at OSCON (O'Reilly Open Source Convention) in San Jose, Calif., Tony Hey, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Research external research ...
