Try starting with this article from Intel. I mean come on, if Intel gets it, why can’t everyone else right? Highly recommended read. The page can be found here. They cover a lot of who is using Linux, what is changing, where it is going, how much it is growing by, etc, etc, etc. Basically, just memorize it, then go into your boss’s office and dazzle him/her.
I personally think this is funny as heck. Hmm, let’s see. When Red Hat filed its IPO in 1999, the stock market went crazy and people became millionaires over night (meaning the people that work there). I call it funny money and a lot of stupidity. I mean come on, anyone that buys a share of stock at $150.00 on a company that has only been selling about 3 Million dollars worth of software a year has got to be STUPID!
Miester sent us a cool site for all of you Linux fans, The Linux Progress Patch.
It seems that Compaq is trying to bring a little more redunacy to Linux through SteelEye’s clustering software. Some of you may know that clustering technology is already available for Linux however the different is that SteelEye’s software extends the failover capabilities from one machine to another. This is great for those companies looking at high end web and database servers. It is also kinda bad for companies like Sun Microsystems who are currently striving in this type of business. It is a about time that Compaq steps up and makes some noise as IBM has been stealing all of the thunder lately.
It was a big night this past week in Ann Arbor when this past Thursday evening Eric Raymond, the gentlemen who’s paper “The Cathedral and the Bazaare” caused Netscape to open source their browswer, gave his speech at the University of Michigan Union. This is not Eric’s first time to grace us with his prescence as he seems to visit Ann Arbor about once every year. Here are some of the topics he covered
Why the Open Source Model in Programming
How to make money with Open Source
Anthropolgy involved with Open Source
Linux Advocacy
If you happended to miss Eric’s talk, you can visit the Metro Detroit Linux User’s Group home page for MP3’s of the talk.