Thats a fantastic write-up Zubin, just in one line "good technology but bad marketing" I always wished Java could do better on the desktop, but kept waiting...
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Hi: An interesting article at 451 Group, on VC Funding for Open Source startups. The analysis is shown on a quarter by quarter basis, for the years 2004, 2005,...
... Should Apple acquire SUN microsystems ? Interesting read at http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2008/11/would_apple_acq.html thanks Saifi....
... Hi Jeremy: When you say, FairPlay, guess you are referring to DRM technology by Apple. "FairPlay does not affect the ability of the file itself to be ...
Hi all: TechCrunch.com has a site with trends and information on Layoffs. Take a look at http://www.techcrunch.com/layoffs/ Offcourse, the other community...
Hi all: Roger Burkhardt is president and CEO of Ingres. A look at a few 2009 open source market predictions that he believes will re-shape the software market...
Hi: Mr. Cyrus Driver, MD of Mumbai based PE fund, has written an interesting article on VCCircle about '2009 Will be year of buyouts in India". Take a look at ...
Hi all: Accel Partners and Erasmic Venture Fund Team Up, Launch Accel India Venture Fund. Accel India Venture Fund will seek to work with India's best ...
Hi all: Funambol is an interesting Open Source startup. Business an Open Source startup in the business of pushing emails to the mobiles. VC Castile Ventures...
Hi all: A very detailed, thought provoking and pragmatic writeup by Jason Calacanis on managing startups in tough times. Please do read the entire thing. ...
Hi all: 'Lords of Finance: The Bankers who broke the World' is a very interesting book authored by Liaquat Ahamed. Mr. Liaquat Ahamed is a former world bank...
This is what caused the current recession The formula that killed wallstreet http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant?currentPage=1 ... -- ...
Not sure where the issue is. If you had something capable of attaining traction in the retail/analytics space and were experiencing a slow-down, then you would...
Hi all: What is your take on this observation ? "A lot of web 2.0 stuff consists of making desktop applications run inside a browser". eg. gee here is Yahoo...
I disagree. Web 2.0, to me, is the advent of the participative web. Meebo made IM more accessible and inclusive to the general internet population. That's what...
Scott, To recap what we had discussed at our last meeting, we were trying to determine who would be the most interested in an open source based business model...
I disagree with the "percieved" idea of web2.0 and what constitutes web2.0 I think web 2.0 is built around UGC and Social Interactions. Any application ...
Hi all: Does anybody know where is a DataCenter more cheaper for comparable services ? - California - Chicago In recent times, there are many orgs. that have...
I'd rather call it a merger. After the HP-Compaq merger in 2002, here is another interesting one. Check out: http://redherring.com/Home/25927 and what impact...
Latency is likely a factor too... For example - FaceBook has 2 datacenters in the US - one in Cali and one in Virginia. One is effective at serving the west...
IBM doesn't do mergers. They are going to eat Sun alive and blue-wash it. IBM has a market cap 20x of Sun. It would be more amusing if Cisco joined in and...
Hi: Is ad-revenue supported web 2.0 service model still working ? eg. there are many news papers on the internet that are free, because they make profits...
... Hello Satya: Monetization *is* an important focus area for this WiTi list. The garden variety are: a. dual license, gpl + close source(eg. MySQL) b. give...
Sun Walks Away From IBM Merger Talks http://www.internetnews.com/hardware/article.php/3813841/Sun+Walks+Away+From+IBM+Merger+Talks.htm Thanks & regards ST* * ...
Sun Walks Away From IBM Merger Talks http://www.internetnews.com/hardware/article.php/3813841/Sun+Walks+Away+From+IBM+Merger+Talks.htm Thanks & regards ST* * ...
As I said... $6.5BN is too low :) I wonder why Oracle isn't buying them... they paid $8.5BN for BEA... and have a $95BN market cap. The good news is that they...
... Don't worry too much about the price. SUN walking away from the deal only weakens SUN further. It indicates to customers that though i need to go to ER but...
Hi, yes $6.5 BN is too low considering the research and the services it provides to its customers.. Initially there might be some misunderstandings as to the...
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