I’m commonly asked this question in a variety of circles and on several continents.  I consider it one of the more interesting aspects of my job to have these types of predictive, future-oriented conversations with a wide variety of people:  customers, partners, technologists, journalists, analysts, consultants, entrepreneurs, financial analysts, researchers, and [...]

I’ve been enthralled with Oracle’s acquisition of Sun since the day it was announced, because of what it represents to the foundation of open source software.  My very first blog post on this matter, in April of last year, focused on the hearts and minds of the developer, in this case through two of Oracle’s [...]