Posted on February 19, 2009 by Admin
Why individuals contribute more to open-source projects than companies do.
When it comes to open-source communities, individuals are much better citizens than institutions. The enlightened self-interest that causes individuals to send back bug fixes, contribute ideas for new features and write documentation is much harder to find in institutions. This week, the JargonSpy analyzes why such [...]
Filed under: knowledgebase, open source application | Tagged: Google, IBM, Microsoft, novell, open source, open-source communities, Oracle, SAP | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 9, 2008 by Admin
SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce.com is putting more of its money where its mouth is, preparing to more than double its datacenter footprint as it competes with enterprise software giants like Oracle, SAP and Microsoft.
But it was that mouth that stole the show yesterday at Dreamforce 2008, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor’s annual user conference.
Marc Benioff, Salesforce’s [...]
Filed under: knowledgebase | Tagged: Microsoft, Salesforce.com, cloud computing, SAP, Marc Benioff | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 1, 2008 by Admin
REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 29, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today provided the first look at the next version of its developer tools and platform, which will be named Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. Microsoft described the next release through the following five focus areas: riding the next-generation platform wave, inspiring developer delight, [...]
Filed under: technology | Tagged: .NET framework, Microsoft, Next Version, Visual Studio | Leave a Comment »
