Mark Driver

Its been two years since Novell and Microsoft cuddled up with one another.
The agreement covers a range of technical initiatives such as increased interop between Windows and SUSE Linux for virtualization, server manageability, and even document compatibility.  On this anniversary they’ve announced additional server management technologies and an official beta release of Mono’s Moonlight (the [...]

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I cover the broader subject of the open source software model at Gartner.  Toward this end, I get inquiries related to things like general adoption challenges, business models, and risk factors.
One area of concern that comes up regularly in client conversations is the relationship of open source and intellectual property and licensing.  This becomes tricky [...]

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