Topics for this podcast:
*Jacobsen v. Katzer and open source impact
*Intel, Nokia team up for MeeGo open source OS
*Open source continues in embedded space
*MongoDB and the advent of the NoSQL databases
*Copyrights, complexities, control and conflict
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Open source and SMBs. New funding for Lucid Imagination. And more.
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On open source and SMBs
Savio Rodrigues contrasted Dell’s plans to target SMBs with
bundles of hardware and open source with research from Forrester
that indicated that SMBs are still wary of open source, while
Matt Asay noted
that there are significant opportunities for open source vendors
if they can work out how to crack the SMB market and suggested
that the way to make software easier for SMBs and to monetize it
might actually be cloud-based computing.
OStatic noted that the issue may well be one of lack of awareness and that Dell’s initiative, as well as the …
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