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This blog has been retired.I am retiring my moblog in favor of Flickr. With the ShoZu client on my Sony Ericcson K790a phone, I am not using the built-in Blogger integration.Visit these sites instead:Raven Zachary's Flickr PageRaven Zachary's Home PageRaven Zachary's Open Source Blog

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My Tivo 2 died the day that the new Tivo was announced. We upgraded. Pricey, but it works well.

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The view outside my office window in Portland, Oregon. The bridge raises to allow a sailboat to pass.

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An afternoon of fun with the family.

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A Nano with Mini styling.

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Pho Green Papaya in Portland.

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How to deal with sugar cravings.

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A favorite lunch at Nicholas Restaurant in Portland.

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The new school year has begun.

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Portland is such a bike friendly town.

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Running Internet Explorer 6 on Mac OS X without Windows, using CodeWeavers CrossOver Mac Public Beta.

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Where I live.

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My officemates.

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Good advice.

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Working from the local teahouse

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This makes it easy.

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I must say that blogging from my phone is very easy.

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The little one at the teahouse. The first posting from my new phone!

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It's time for a moblog. With my Sony Ericsson K790a (Amazon) phone on order, I will have the ability to post photos from my phone directly to Blogger (as you can see in the photo with this post). I should be receiving my K790a in a week or two - the phone is just now being released in the United States.This site, ravenzachary.blogspot.com, used to be my open source blog. I retired the site in

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This blog has been retired.I am no longer updating this blog, as of April 5th, 2006. Please visit 451 CAOS Theory for continued coverage of open source topics by me and other 451 analysts.

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I am pleased to announce the launch of The 451 Group's open source blog, 451 CAOS Theory. 451 CAOS Theory is where 451 analysts share information, point to interesting news stories and opinions and generally think things through. This is our jumping-off point for tracking open-source-based business issues. However, we are also writing it to be a useful starting point for the rest of the

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I moderated an open source panel at Bar Camp Austin last night. This turned out extremely well, and several people commented to me afterwards that it was the best panel they had seen all-day (compared to SXSWi). Quite a compliment for the panel.Panels have not traditionally been part of BarCamp, as far as I can tell, but with a topic like open souce and the caliber of the panelists, this was a

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The Bar Camp Austin Pre-Party was a huge success. At peak, we had 60 people in attendance (and over 100 through the doors). I was able to spend time with the WordPress development team (Matt, Rob, Andy, etc.), Tantek from Technorati, Decibel from PostgreSQL, Chris from Flock, Tara from Riya, whurley from Qlusters (and the organizer of the event), and a host of others. The WordPress meetup,

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If you are planing to be in Austin for SXSW Interactive on Saturday, or happen to live in the area, I highly recommend that you attend Bar Camp Austin. I have been helping William Hurley (whurley) with the event.What is Bar Camp? It's a FREE, ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment). Bar Camp Austin will be an intense event with discussions,

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My article on open source support options has (finally!) been published in the March 2006 edition of Optimize Magazine. The article was posted on the web today - Six Options For Open-Source Support.

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I have just uploaded my OSBC West 2006 photos to Flickr. Most of the photos were taken at The 451 Group Open Source | Open House reception following the conference.There is also a tag on Flickr for additional OSBC West 2006 photos.

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I've been lucky with the press so far - no major misquotes. As the author of articles for monthly publications, I have the time to check quotes with my interviewees prior to publication. Unfortunately, for a web publication with daily deadlines, this is not practical. Hence, I have been misquoted.I'd like to clarify the misquote.First of all, I want to tell you that I think the world of Charlie

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My focus late last year was the creation of a report for IT managers tasked with justifying an open source intiative financially. I wanted to provide a simple, easy-to-use, guide with an associated calculator. The outcome was a 30+ page report entitled, "Understanding the Financial Benefits of Open Source". JBoss licensed the work for distribution and I am pleased to announce that this report is

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Compiled by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)EDITOR'S NOTEAfter compiling 40 issues of The Open Source Update for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ), I am stepping down from this role. I have joined The 451 Group, a technology industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. In this new role as Senior Analyst and the Open Source Practice Head,

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Hey...If anyone wants to go start an open source users conference (and one is definitely needed), you can go buy the domain osuc.com for $3,925. Although, with an acronym like that, it may be worth passing up.Seriously...We do need an open source users conference. This was my fourth OSBC, and like the previous conferences, the only end-users I met were either brought by vendors or spoke on panels

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22 February 2006 - Oracle announces acquisition of JBoss for $430 million US. The deal closed earlier this week, I am told, and that the timing of the public announcement is to upstage BEA's quarterly earnings call. If you take a look at Stephen Shankland's piece, "BEA found JBoss acquisition too expensive", then you can understand why Oracle may have an axe to grind with BEA right now.I've been

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I was catching up with Bob Bickel, VP of Strategy for JBoss at OSBC on Tuesday night. I didn't even bother asking him about the Oracle rumors - there are plenty of sources to troll for that information, and Bob isn't one of them. While we were talking, Gavin Clarke, freelance journalist from the Register and Charlie Babcock from InformationWeek, start walking towards Bob from either side, with

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Rachel Chalmers, a fellow analyst at The 451 Group, did an excellent job at moderating this evening's OSBC Town Hall Meeting (and I'm not just saying this because I have the pleasure of working with her now - she is a class act.)Some of my favorite quotes from the meeting...Regarding the possibility that Oracle has purchased both Innobase and Sleepycat as a move against MySQL, Marten Mickos said:

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I'm taking a lunch break from OSBC at the Argent Hotel in downtown San Francisco, CA. I have the luxury of working from an office only one block from the venue (The 451 Group SF office).Matt Asay opened the conference with a clip from Monty Python and Holy Grail, comparing the threat of open source to proprietary vendors to the killer white rabbit.This morning, Jonathan Schwartz from Sun had some

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For the past year or so, I have been focused on advising enterprise IT and software vendors on open source strategy through my consulting firm, o*rev. My work as o*rev, along with editorial duties for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ), freelance writing for various publications, and conference speaking and panel moderation opportunities, have made up the core of my involvement with open

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The Prince and the Golden EggThe January/February 2006 edition of Enterprise Open Source Journal has just been posted in an all-digital format (PDF and Flash versions) at www.eosj.com. Page 25 includes my article on open source project fundraising. I am posting the first paragraph of the article now, and will post the entire article when the next issue of EOSJ is released in early April.---Once

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[NOTE: As a follow-on to my blog entry "100 Million and Counting...", the November/December issue of Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) has my article "The Commercialization of Open Source" (page 42). I am posting the article now as the new issue of the magazine has been released.]The Commercialization of Open Sourceby Raven ZacharySeveral months ago, I noticed an increase in open source

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Compiled by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS RPATH OBTAINS $6.4 MILLION US FUNDING ROUND. rPath, an open source software 'appliance' company, obtains $6.4 MILLION US in its Series A investment round from North Bridge Venture Partners and General Catalyst Partners.NEW SURVEY RESULTS EXPLORE OPEN SOURCE DEMAND. A recent survey of IT decision makers by

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Photo by Alexander MuseI just wrapped up a day at Bar Camp Dallas. The event was hosted at the Dallas InfoMart, and it was packed with interesting presentations, group discussions, networking, and food. I gave a talk on a Community Office Space initiative in Dallas I am trying to jumpstart, and another on "Project Ofo" with Chris Messina of Flock. Chris and I are working together to form a

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS FSF RELEASES DRAFT OF GPL3. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) releases the first draft of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 for public review and comment. The FSF intends to finalize the updated GPL no later than March 2007.US GRANT TO MAKE OPEN SOURCE 'SAFER'. The United States Department

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Happy New Year, everyone! The next Open Source Update will be out the week of January 16th and we will be moving back to a mid-week publishing schedule. Some things are in the works that will be unfolding over the month of January. I hope to share these with you by OSBC West in mid-February.

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The weekly Open Source Update will be on hiatus until the new year. The quantity of news drops considerably towards the holidays and it's time for a vacation.I'll be back in 2006 with regular, weekly coverage of open source news and a few surprises.

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)NOTE: This is the final issue of The Open Source Update for 2005, due to an overall reduction in news during the upcoming holdiay season. EOSJ will be continuing its open source coverage in January. Thank you.THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS JBOSS ACQUIRES, OPEN SOURCES TECHNOLOGY FROM ARJUNA, HP. JBoss announces the acquisition and

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS SUN RELEASES ADDITIONAL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE. Sun Microsystems announces that the Java Enterprise System, N1 Management software, and the Sun development tools are now available as open source software. Sun's open source Solaris operating system, along with a set of open source software form Sun, has

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS MICROSOFT OFFERS OFFICE DOCUMENT FORMAT AS STANDARD. Microsoft offers it Office Open XML document format as an open standard. Apple, Barclays Capital, BP, the British Library, Essilor, Intel Corporation, NextPage, Statoil ASA, and Toshiba are co-sponsoring the international standards submission.OPEN

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[Originally published in the September/October 2005 issue of Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) - page 32.]OSCON 2005 Recapby Raven ZacharyThe 2005 O'Reilly Open Source Convention ("OSCON") was held the first week of August at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, USA. OSCON is the ‘main event' for the open source developer community, organized by O'Reilly Media, which is best

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS SURVEY SHOWS RAPID RESPONSE TO BUGS BY OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPERS. Evans Data Corporation releases the results of a survey showing that two in five open source developers fix bugs in under eight hours. In addition, seventeen percent of open source developers find and repair severe bugs in less than four

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As a follow-on to my blog entry "100 Million and Counting...", the November/December issue of Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) has my article "The Commercialization of Open Source" (page 42).This issue is shipping to print subscribers this week, and the digital edition is available online now.I am posting the first paragraph of the article now, and will post the entire article when the next

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS PATENT INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT LINUX. The Open Invention Network (OIN), a new patent initiative to promote Linux and spur innovation globally through access to royalty-free patents, launches. Investors in OIN include IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, and Sony.CA'S INGRES DATABASE BECOMES INGRES

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)[CORRECTION: In our EOSJ Update last week, we incorrectly named Carl Ledbetter as the new CEO of OpenLogic. The new CEO of OpenLogic is Steven Grandchamp, and Carl Ledbetter has joined the OpenLogic Board of Directors.]THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS NOVELL, UNISYS TO INCREASE FOCUS ON OPEN SOURCE. Novell announces a restructuring,

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS [Note: Enterprise Open Source Journal's Senior Technical Editor & Consulting Industry Analyst Raven Zachary will be at OSBC East in Boston this week. If you are attending OSBC East, copies of Enterprise Open Source Journal will be available near the registration desk.]EMIC BECOMES CONTINUENT, OBTAINS

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS SUGARCRM OBTAINS $18.77 MILLION US FUNDING ROUND. SugarCRM, an open source CRM company, obtains $18.77 million US in its Series C investment round from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Walden International.FIREFOX SURPASSES 100 MILLION DOWNLOADS. Firefox, the popular open

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS ORACLE ACQUIRES OPEN SOURCE DATABASE COMPANY. Oracle acquires open source database company, Innobase, for an undisclosed amount. Innobase's database technology, InnoDB, is distributed as part of MySQL.CHECK POINT SOFTWARE ACQUIRES OPEN SOURCE SECURITY COMPANY. Check Point Software, an Internet security

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At Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ), we've received some complaints about the Flash-based format of the digital edition. In general, people are happy with it (I think it's a great example of the capabilities that Flash brings), but some would prefer that we use PDF instead.What do you think? Should we offer a PDF edition? Should we replace the Flash edition with PDF? Is the Flash edition

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I tend to be an early adopter of technology. As part of the first generation having grown up with video games and home computers, it feels as though it's in my brain wiring somehow, much to the disappointment of my wife who sees electronics as a big money pit with no return ("Wouldn't you rather fix the sprinkler system, honey?"). Two exceptions in my early adoption: faxing and blogging.I don't

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Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS SUN AND GOOGLE FORM PARTNERSHIP. Sun Microsystems and Google announce a partnership to promote Java, Google's application initiatives, and OpenOffice. Analysts expect this partnership to lead to a web-based version of OpenOffice, hosted by Google.CHINA PLANS MAJOR LINUX DESKTOP ROLLOUT TO SCHOOL

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We've posted the digital edition of EOSJ #2 on the web site. Please check it out!If you're a US-based subscriber, then you should be receiving your printed copy of the magazine any day now.

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One of my responsibilities with Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) is the creation of the weekly Open Source Update email newsletter. I've been compiling this newsletter now for 28 weeks, since late March 2005. How time flies!I will be adding the news content from these newsletters to my blog, starting this week. For those who are using RSS or prefer to read the news via the web, it provides

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I have just finished migrating my blog entries from EOSJ Blog to Blogger. This is a more sustainable solution, and Blogger has more features than the custom blog that was developed for EOSJ.I will continue to cover EOSJ issues here, and we will likely link to this blog from the EOSJ site.

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100 Million Dollars.This is the amount of open source funding I have come across in my 22 weeks of compiling The Open Source Update since March 2005. This is by no means a complete survey of open source funding during the period, and this does not include any funding in the Linux hardware or hosted services space (areas we don't cover in depth).Known Open Source Investments, March-August 2005NOTE

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I recently purchased a new Intel PC to experiment with various open source operating systems, such as Linux (miscellaneous distributions), FreeBSD, and OpenSolaris. I had initially planned to use Symantec PartitionMagic to allow for multiple operating systems to be installed on the same drive using partitioning. While my experience with PartitionMagic was positive, the process of installing

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What a day!I just returned to my hotel after a long day at the OSCON exhibit hall. Bob Thomas and I spent most of the day at the EOSJ booth, shaking hands, handing out the inaugural issue of EOSJ, and talking to advertisers and writers regarding upcoming issues. We're on track to run out of magazines by the end of tomorrow. This is especially impressive considering that all attendees received a

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Bob Thomas (the publisher of EOSJ) and I arrived in Portland, Oregon, today for the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON 2005). We will be at the convention center on Tuesday for meetings and booth setup. On Wednesday and Thursday, we will be at the EOSJ booth in the exhibit hall. We were able to register today and get a preview of things to come this week. Every attendee backpack includes the

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Enterprise Open Source Journal will be exhibiting at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon, USA, next week.If you plan to be at the conference, please stop by the EOSJ booth in the exhibit hall and say hello!OSCON Exhibit Hall Hours:Wednesday, August 3: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm & 6:00 - 7:30 pmThursday, August 4: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

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Dale Churchett, a former colleague at Excite (and a good friend), has posted a blog entry entitled "From Proprietary to Open Source and Experiences Along The Way". Dale is the project lead for Hippikon, an open source authorization API for Java applications. He writes about his experience open sourcing proprietary code for the creation of Hippikon.Dale's article should be of interest to anyone

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Only a few days ago (June 14th, in fact), OpenSolaris was released by Sun Microsystems to the public. Totaling approximately 10 million line of code, this is Sun's foray into open source with a major project release. Some said they could never do it, some even said they would never actually go through with it. Yet, here I am downloading the source code for Open Solaris 1 (based on Solaris 10) as

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Welcome to the Enterprise Open Source Journal Blog!The EOSJ Blog will provide you with the opportunity to review, reflect, and comment upon open source news and the perspectives of a diverse group of open source professionals. This is not a passive exercise - we encourage you to post your comments and engage in a dialogue with the EOSJ bloggers and each other.I am Raven Zachary, the Senior

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