I am taking a semi-break from IBM life as I return to finish a PhD in Industrial Engineering interested in the happy combination of open source and traditional software being used to solve customer problems.
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- The postings on this site are my own views
- I am a full-time student at the University of Toronto (UofT)
- UofT does not necessarily agree with the views expressed here
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You can drop me a line at: savio thirteen at google’s mail service. Use the numerical representation of thirteen and by now I’m sure you know the name of google’s mail service ;-)
2006-11-30 at 6:25 pm
Great blog. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
BTW, There is no need to speculate about RHAT’s investment in JBoss eng. Just look at the job postings for JBoss on http://www.redhat.com/
Out of 25 total JBoss positions, 23 are for sales and consulting, 2 are for engineering.
2007-03-21 at 6:03 am
Hey Savio!
cool Blog!
How do you know the things about the contributors of OSS. The “community” is like a secret..not easy to understand how to develop a community around a product…
2007-10-08 at 3:29 pm
http://www.valleyviewventures.com/page/tlox/Home.html
You may find our latest article on IT industry analysts interesting.
Warm Regards,
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