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Open Thoughts: Database Compatibility = Customer Choice
http://andyastor.blogspot.com/2009/04/database-compatibility-customer-choice.html
Perspectives on EnterpriseDB, the commercialization of open source, and the business of enterprise databases. Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Database Compatibility = Customer Choice. It's rare that the database industry gets two major headlines in a week. Yesterday, of course, Oracle announced it was buying Sun (and therefore MySQL). But today's news is closer to home, and something I've been waiting to talk about for a long time. And that's really what compatibility is all about: Customer Choice. The Signif...
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Open Thoughts: Announcing Postgres Plus
http://andyastor.blogspot.com/2008/03/announcing-postgres-plus.html
Perspectives on EnterpriseDB, the commercialization of open source, and the business of enterprise databases. Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Today was a very busy day at EnterpriseDB. We announced progress on a variety of fronts, which I'll highlight in this post. I will post more detail about each topic in subsequent posts as the week goes on, but here are the key announcements:. 5 We set the stage for a component-based architecture that you'll be hearing much more about in the coming weeks.
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Open Thoughts: The OSA Report (including the Popularity of Postgres)
http://andyastor.blogspot.com/2007/12/osa-report-including-popularity-of.html
Perspectives on EnterpriseDB, the commercialization of open source, and the business of enterprise databases. Thursday, December 13, 2007. The OSA Report (including the Popularity of Postgres). The Open Solutions Alliance (OSA). Just published the results of the 5 customer forums they held in 2007. T. Is a quick read (11 pages), and is quite thoughtful and balanced. I will highlight a couple of points I found particularly interesting, but I'd encourage you to read it for yourself. These two points precis...
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Open Thoughts: More Results from the Launch
http://andyastor.blogspot.com/2008/04/since-my-last-post-couple-of-weeks-ago.html
Perspectives on EnterpriseDB, the commercialization of open source, and the business of enterprise databases. Wednesday, April 9, 2008. More Results from the Launch. Since my last post a couple of weeks ago, we’ve continued to see terrific results flow from the March 25 launch of Postgres Plus. And the announcement of the IBM investment. This note is just a quick update to keep you informed about our progress. The Wall Street Journal yesterday published an article on open source databases. A leading anal...
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Open Thoughts: A New Phase for EnterpriseDB
http://andyastor.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-phase-for-enterprisedb.html
Perspectives on EnterpriseDB, the commercialization of open source, and the business of enterprise databases. Wednesday, June 4, 2008. A New Phase for EnterpriseDB. Today, EnterpriseDB announce the next phase of the company’s evolution. Effective June 9, Ed Boyajian will step in as CEO of the company. I will take on a new role, running Business Development. I’m very pleased that we’ve been so successful in becoming the world’s leading Postgres company with 300 customers, 100 employees, ...Freshmeat: Post...
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Open Thoughts: OSBC Keynote Notes
http://andyastor.blogspot.com/2008/03/osbc-keynote-notes.html
Perspectives on EnterpriseDB, the commercialization of open source, and the business of enterprise databases. Tuesday, March 25, 2008. I'm sitting at the opening session of the Open Source Business Conference. A few of my favorite moments.updated in real time. About consolidation and the role of Red Hat moving forward. After a caveat that he's only been in the job 90 days, Jim stated that Red Hat will "narrow its [acquisition] aperture, to "enterprise infrastructure software," but will be aggressive ...
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Inside Open Source: January 2008
http://www.inside-open-source.com/2008_01_01_archive.html
Drilling underneath the cover of Open Source and other state-of-the-art application development methodologies. From the perspective of a technologist, entrepreneur, and open source enthusiast. Monday, January 28, 2008. Collaborative Innovation According to the World Economic Forum? The World Economic Forum launched this years annual meeting with a press release named World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 opens with calls for Collaborative Innovation. And My Idea, My Design, but Whose Property? Over th...
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Inside Open Source: We Are Hiring!
http://www.inside-open-source.com/2008/07/we-are-hiring.html
Drilling underneath the cover of Open Source and other state-of-the-art application development methodologies. From the perspective of a technologist, entrepreneur, and open source enthusiast. Monday, July 7, 2008. We are now expanding our development team and hiring for new positions. You can find the most immediate job posting under " Are you ready to push the Drupal limits? The question is there simply because pushing the limits is what we want our developers to do! Is hiring great talent. Are open so...
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Inside Open Source: December 2007
http://www.inside-open-source.com/2007_12_01_archive.html
Drilling underneath the cover of Open Source and other state-of-the-art application development methodologies. From the perspective of a technologist, entrepreneur, and open source enthusiast. Friday, December 21, 2007. Experience with Open Source in Korea. In contrast to my experience in Hong Kong. The next stop in Korea presented a much more familiar view. Is it good for Korea to be like U.S and Europe. Links to this post. Wednesday, December 12, 2007. Caring about AGPL - Open Source in Hong Kong.
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