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  Roberto Galoppini 4:13 pm on January 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Asterisk ( 3 ), CallWeaver, commercial open source ( 7 ), diegogosmar ( 2 ), dougvilim, Elastix, FreeSwitch, hybrid open source ( 3 ), open source telephony, riccardotempesta, sangoma, TreePad X, Trixbox, wildix, Yate   

  Open Source Telephony: Hybrid gets Mainstream 

  Among the things the new FCC Chairman can do, Julius Genachowski might help open source telephony to become a more significant competitor in the business telephony market, not necessarily taking sides.

  Chairing the “Open Source Software for the development of IP telephony” session – held in December at the Broadband Business Forum 2008 – panelists invited to share their visions about open source telephony trends reported about many hybrid case histories.

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    Michael S Collins 9:33 pm on January 21, 2009 Permalink

    Thanks for highlighting OSS telephony! We have been working diligently on FreeSWITCH and we definitely see the value of a vibrant OSS telephony landscape. Please keep up the good work, and remind people that Asterisk isn’t the only OSS telephony software out there!
    -MC

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  Roberto Galoppini 10:10 am on January 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: copyright, intelllectual property, software patents ( 6 ), TACD ( 2 ), US vs Europe   

  Intellectual Property Harmonization: TACD Recommendations, a Difficult Convergence 

  The Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue last week hosted a conference entitled “Patents, Copyrights and Knowledge Governance: The Next Four Years”, gathering IP lawyers and economists from all over the world.

  What should the US and EU governments do in terms of international norm-setting on copyright, in terms of patent reform, R&D, and standards is covered by policy recommendations from the speakers.

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  Boycott Novell » Links 23/01/2009: Linux Demand Rises, ASUS Says 40% of Sub-notebooks to Run GNU/Linux is discussing. Toggle Comments

   
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  Roberto Galoppini 10:44 am on January 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

  MySQL Webinar: MySQL Replication: Audit, Test & Verify, by O’Reilly 

  Sean Hull, founder and senior consultant at Heavyweight Internet Group in New York, on January 22 will introduce you to MySQL Replication.

  MySQL replication is fairly easy to set up, but in the real world many obstacles can get in the way of keeping it up and running smoothly. One problem that seems to bog down a lot of DBAs is the slaves getting out of sync with the master.

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  Roberto Galoppini 11:47 am on January 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: AmandaMcPherson, Lulu, openoffice ( 44 ), SheriMcLeish   

  OpenOffice.org Writer Guide, OpenOffice.org fonts and tools, User Surveys, Reports and Comments: OpenOffice.org links, 17-01-2009 

  OpenOffice.org 3.0 Writer Guide Available – The OOoAuthors project has recently released the OpenOffice.org 3 Writer Guide at Lulu.com. A 552-page manual for $20, or download the PDF file for free at the OOo Documentation Project site.

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  Roberto Galoppini 2:15 pm on January 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: commercial open source ( 7 ), dla piper ( 2 ), napa, olliance group ( 4 ), open source think tank ( 3 )   

  Open Source Think Tank 2009: Registrations are now Open 

  Olliance Group, the open source strategy firm, and DLA Piper, one of the largest legal service providers in the world, are organizing the 4th Annual Think Tank.

  The Open Source Think Tank 2009, the leading invitation-only commercial open source brainstorm and networking conference, as usual will be held at the Silverado Resort in Napa (California) on March 1-4.

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  Roberto Galoppini 12:34 pm on January 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: differentiating technology, marketcetera, open source business ( 16 ), open source integration ( 2 ), open source trading, royagostino   

  Open Source Trading: Marketcetera Platform 1.0 now Available 

  Marketcetera – the open source company providing open source software for automated trading systems – on the 14th of January released its new Automated Trading Platform 1.0.

  Open Source at Wall Street is getting momentum. The official 1.0 release, originally tentatively scheduled for the last quarter of 2008, has already been adopted by 20 financial institutions, proving that open source can do a lot for the hedge fund industry.

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  Roberto Galoppini 5:51 pm on January 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

  MySQL Scalability, MITRE Tracker Software, OSGi framework: Open Source Webinars, 13-01-2009 

  Scaling MySQL Leveraging Sun Systems – Michael Avis and Carl Ray will cover MySQL scalability combining Sun servers, storage and software. The webinar will take place on Thursday, January 20th 2009.

  MITRE offers recommendation-tracker software and free one-day course – MITRE released on SourceForge Recommendation the Tracker (RT) software, a program aimed at facilitating the development of automated security benchmarks. MITRE offers also a one day course on on January 26, January 27, February 12 or February 13, 2009.

  Upcoming Webinar: “OSGi and SOA” – Paul Fremantle, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at WSO2, will introduce the OSGi framework on the 20th January 2009.

   
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  Roberto Galoppini 5:58 pm on January 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: commercial open source ( 7 ), open source ROI, open source TCO   

  Open Source TCO: Total Cost of Ownership and the Fermat’s Theorem 

  Gartner’s 2009 predictions have been widely commented over these days, leaving space and opportunities to rediscuss the open source mantra “we cost less”.

  Migrate to open source seems the cheapest solution, at least on an individual basis, but enterprise migrations are not an easy game to play, and TCO doesn’t look like the ultimate answer.

  Any similarity between the Fermat’s theorem and the cost benefits of open source?

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    Roy Schestowitz 7:44 pm on January 8, 2009 Permalink

    Why do people /still/ cite Gartner. They are corruptible. E-mails from antitrust show them negotiating with clients what they’ll write.

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    Roberto Galoppini 3:17 pm on January 9, 2009 Permalink

    Ciao Roy,

    Gartner talks to CIOs, and they listen to Gartner, that is why everybody cites Gartner. This is fair enough as far as it goes, and I think that they deserve our attention for this.

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    Roy Schestowitz 9:57 pm on January 11, 2009 Permalink

    Roberto,

    I have some antitrust docs that I need to process and publish. They show Gartner and IDC negotiating with Microsoft what they’ll produce. There are prior examples of this that I published. I’m not vengeful; I’m a realist. CIOs will hopefully become more open minded because they are being sold mindshare.

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    Roberto Galoppini 10:21 am on January 12, 2009 Permalink

    Roy,

    I am not saying you are vengeful, just mentioning that some analysts are more equal than others and therefore makes sense to comment them.

    About being biased or not, I think that it is impossible to make general assumptions when we talk about big analyst firms.

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    Roy Schestowitz 8:47 pm on January 12, 2009 Permalink

    Yes, size leads to generalisation.

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  Roberto Galoppini 6:54 pm on January 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Alfresco ( 7 ), MySQL ( 10 ), open source webinars, zend   

  MySQL Scaling Options, Scaling a PHP Application, Reducing ECM Costs: Open Source Webinars links 06-01-2009 

  Scaling Up, Out or Virtually with MySQL – Ivan Zoratti, Sales Engineering Director for MySQL EMEA, will help you to understand which of the MySQL scaling options is best likely to meet your needs. The webinar will take place on Thursday, January 15th 2009.

  WEBINAR: Scaling a PHP Application – This Zend presentation will focus on PHP software design techniques, and tools and software that help in building a high throughput. The Webinar will take place on January 28th 2009.

  Reduce Your ECM Costs by 90% – This Alfresco webinar will review publicly available pricing information, and look at the cost of a typical basic system. The Webinar will take place on January 15th 2009.

   
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  Roberto Galoppini 1:44 pm on January 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: commercial open source ( 7 ), hybrid open source ( 3 ), open source 2009, open source challenges, open source integration ( 2 )   

  Commercial Open Source 2009: Challenges and Opportunities 

  The New Year historically is a time for self improvement, and the commercial open source side of the world should be no exception to that.

  Open Source thought leaders have expressed opinions and discussed the state of open source, here are my takes on some challenges and opportunities for the new year.

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