Support Forums: Message List - From Volunteer Open Source to Professional Open Source http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:54 -0400 Open Source start-ups will turn into a bloodbath soon http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 I believe that the open source part of the industry is up for a bloodbath, and pretty soon, sure, some companies will survive, but the wast majority will go belly-up akin to 2001 dotcoms.Why?Heres why:Compelling customer benefits:Very few,...]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:28:21 -0400 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:28:21 -0400 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:28:21 -0400 Sep 12, 2005 Francois Letellier 0 From Volunteer Open Source to Professional Open Source http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:14:51 -0400 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:14:51 -0400 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:14:51 -0400 Sep 12, 2005 Francois Letellier 0 OSS and jobs http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 From my experiences, as an OSS project grows and matures, the more free help and documentation there are and the less it is needed for diving deep into the source codes. If that OSS project is not matured, then you should not use it at all...]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:23:08 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:23:08 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:23:08 -0400 Jul 15, 2005 peter lin 0 Comments on BEA??? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 I do find it funny that people think JBoss makes up our market share numbers. Various market share surveys have us between #1 and #4.

* BZResearch has us at #1.
* Gartner magic quadrant
* O'Reilly's OnJava.com did a Reader...]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:32:27 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:32:27 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:32:27 -0400 Jul 15, 2005 Cameron Purdy 0 Comments on BEA??? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156
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BEA]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:31:45 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:31:45 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:31:45 -0400 Jul 15, 2005 Eric Stahl 0 OSS and jobs http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:51:03 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:51:03 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:51:03 -0400 Jul 15, 2005 Jan Hansen 0 Comments on BEA??? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 I do find it funny that people think JBoss makes up our market share numbers. Various market share surveys have us between #1 and #4.* BZResearch has us at #1.* Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:56:50 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:56:50 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:56:50 -0400 Jul 15, 2005 Rickard Oberg 0 Comments on BEA??? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156
Also, check the IDC market share data. BEA is #1 in the largest segment (UNIX deployments) and is #1 is the fastest growing segments (Linux deployments). The FUD that the Astroturfers and our competitors spread should be...]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:16:46 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:16:46 -0400 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:16:46 -0400 Jul 15, 2005 Bill Burke 3 OSS and jobs http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 I'm bias here, but I disagree that OSS might make programming expertise a commodity. I would argue that at any given time, there's a "relatively constant" percent of programmers that have enough skill to read a given piece of OSS...]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:49:08 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:49:08 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:49:08 -0400 Jul 14, 2005 hacking bear 2 Comments on BEA??? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156
We should worry about the trend!

Solaris used to be dominant serer OS. Today, it may still be faster than...]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:15:10 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:15:10 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:15:10 -0400 Jul 14, 2005 hacking bear 0 Comments on BEA??? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 Also, check the IDC market share data. BEA is #1 in the largest segment (UNIX deployments) and is #1 is the fastest growing segments (Linux deployments). The FUD that the Astroturfers and our competitors spread should be filtered...]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:51:28 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:51:28 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:51:28 -0400 Jul 14, 2005 Rich Sharples 4 Re:Comments on BEA??? But what about JBoss? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 ... Also, check the IDC market share data. BEA is #1 in the largest segment (UNIX deployments) and is #1 is the fastest growing segments (Linux deployments)....EricBEA

I thought JBoss was NUMERO UNO! Last I heard, every...]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:15:13 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:15:13 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:15:13 -0400 Jul 14, 2005 Vladimir Konstantinov 0 Comments on BEA??? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:54:16 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:54:16 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:54:16 -0400 Jul 14, 2005 Eric Stahl 7 I would disagree http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 Great analysis! I hope Fleury's talk becomes a wake-up call.
I don't care if these OSS start-ups will succee or fail.What we should worry about is that the abundance of open source software will graduately erode the value of all software...]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:40:23 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:40:23 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:40:23 -0400 Jul 14, 2005 peter lin 3 From Volunteer Open Source to Professional Open Source http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=35156 I'll put another spin on your comments. Open Source projects may have quality documentation, but it is *very* difficult to maintain up-to-date documentation. From what I have seen, the same is true of closed source projects....]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:17:49 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:17:49 -0400 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:17:49 -0400 Jul 14, 2005 Mark N 0