A Reuters article on some research done by IDC appearing on ITWeb) had a comment on the market share of various database vendors. Measuring revenue, the leaders were, in order, Oracle, IBM and Microsoft. The article was unsatisfactory for a number of reasons: there’s no indication of whether OSS vendors had their revenue included (whether… Continue reading Linux, a database to be feared?
Month: March 2005
Wanted: Good Open Source developers
I’m continually being offered work that I don’t have the time (or sometimes the interest) to do. I have a small number of people I usually recommend, but they’re also quite often busy. I do so hate letting people down, and would like to be able to recommend someone everytime I get a plea for… Continue reading Wanted: Good Open Source developers
Excuses
I’m very good at excuses. I remember, in school (and that was a while back) making the excuse that I would wait until I got a computer until I wrote my novel. Then it was till I finished studying (IT). Then until I finished travelling. Then I decided to study English and Philosophy and learn… Continue reading Excuses
Power games
Well, the good news is the security guard at our offices has kept his job. I’m not quite sure what happened, whether the attorney spoke to the landlord, the landlord had a change of heart, all the positive energy spoke to him out of the ether, or perhaps even he read my blog. But the… Continue reading Power games