Comments on: Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/ An open source aficionado within the traditional software world Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: CEO Guide to Open Source Software « Ian Skerrett http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-21136 CEO Guide to Open Source Software « Ian Skerrett Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:04:43 +0000 http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-21136 [...] Open source isn’t going to kill established software vendors. Open source must absolutely be a component of every software vendor’s strategy. This isn’t news either. I’ve only been beating that drum for two-plus year [...] [...] Open source isn’t going to kill established software vendors. Open source must absolutely be a component of every software vendor’s strategy. This isn’t news either. I’ve only been beating that drum for two-plus year [...]

]]> By: A book about the software market is news? « rand($thoughts); http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-21134 A book about the software market is news? « rand($thoughts); Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:30:46 +0000 http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-21134 [...] of every software vendor’s strategy.  This isn’t news either.  I’ve only been beating that drum for 2+ years. Yes, I know I’m feeding the fire here.  But I couldn’t help it! [...] [...] of every software vendor’s strategy.  This isn’t news either.  I’ve only been beating that drum for 2+ years. Yes, I know I’m feeding the fire here.  But I couldn’t help it! [...]

]]> By: Re: Open Source is Game Changing « rand($thoughts); http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-20238 Re: Open Source is Game Changing « rand($thoughts); Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:49:53 +0000 http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-20238 [...] our support for Apache Geronimo, and building an IBM product based on Geronimo. Not only has the WebSphere Application Server revenue growth remained healthy compared to our commercial & open source competition, we’ve been able to truly get [...] [...] our support for Apache Geronimo, and building an IBM product based on Geronimo. Not only has the WebSphere Application Server revenue growth remained healthy compared to our commercial & open source competition, we’ve been able to truly get [...]

]]> By: mjasay http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-19 mjasay Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:05:27 +0000 http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-19 Sorry not to reply. The best I can say is, "Wait and see." It will take longer than a year, but not as much time as I think you're guessing. It's evident that open source <i>and its ilk</i> (software as a service, for example, which follows a similar subscription pricing) is having a huge impact on the way software is sold, developed, and supported. IBM was early to the game, but has largely done little since then. I would love to see Geronimo take off at IBM, but I have yet to see much demand for it. (Again, I would love to see it happen - I just haven't, yet.) As for proprietary vendors getting into the act, I'd love to see them try. In fact, I have: I helped to steer Novell into open source. Would you call it a massive success? I wouldn't, and it was a company that had every financial incentive to make it happen. But nothing has changed there. They're actually killing their primary open source projects now. It is <i>extremely</i> difficult to change one's business model and mindset to open source. IBM hasn't. Novell hasn't. Oracle hasn't. Etc. IBM's hybrid model doesn't really address the need to change the way one thinks about software. Only Red Hat started from the outset as an open source company, and I think it shows in the way they do business. Give them another billion in revenues, and they will run roughshod through the proprietary vendors. That will take a few more years, but it will happen. Of that, I'm confident. Sorry not to reply. The best I can say is, “Wait and see.” It will take longer than a year, but not as much time as I think you’re guessing. It’s evident that open source and its ilk (software as a service, for example, which follows a similar subscription pricing) is having a huge impact on the way software is sold, developed, and supported. IBM was early to the game, but has largely done little since then. I would love to see Geronimo take off at IBM, but I have yet to see much demand for it. (Again, I would love to see it happen – I just haven’t, yet.)

As for proprietary vendors getting into the act, I’d love to see them try. In fact, I have: I helped to steer Novell into open source. Would you call it a massive success? I wouldn’t, and it was a company that had every financial incentive to make it happen. But nothing has changed there. They’re actually killing their primary open source projects now.

It is extremely difficult to change one’s business model and mindset to open source. IBM hasn’t. Novell hasn’t. Oracle hasn’t. Etc. IBM’s hybrid model doesn’t really address the need to change the way one thinks about software. Only Red Hat started from the outset as an open source company, and I think it shows in the way they do business. Give them another billion in revenues, and they will run roughshod through the proprietary vendors.

That will take a few more years, but it will happen. Of that, I’m confident.

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