======================================================================== CTO SOURCE http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Tuesday, December 7, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * IBM, Microsoft, Sun, and others jump on source code bandwagon * BEA, IBM, Microsoft, Novell among companies offering source code access * Corporate input to open source trickles in * Bruce Perens: When open source makes sense ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- White Paper: Sun Microsystems & MicroStrategy Scalability Study Performance and scalability have become some of the most important criterions when measuring the effectiveness and ROI of a business intelligence system. Read the recent results of a joint Sun Microsystems and MicroStrategy study that demonstrates the ROI of scaling BI applications to large user populations--even as high as 100,000 simultaneous users! Download the 13-page document today: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A511E9:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- IBM, Microsoft, Sun, and others jump on source code bandwagon ======================================================================== Posted December 3, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time Has it really become an open source world? And if so, what's the catch? For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A511E6:2B910B2 BEA, IBM, Microsoft, Novell among companies offering source code access ======================================================================== Posted December 03, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time The IT industry has a reputation for forward thinking and new ideas. And yet, when it comes time to reform the way entire companies do business, sometimes it pays to look to history. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A511E3:2B910B2 Corporate input to open source trickles in ======================================================================== Posted December 03, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time The continued success of the open source movement is entirely dependent on contributions from developers. But according to a study conducted by InfoWorld and IDG in July 2004, although 85 percent of respondents said that they were either evaluating or actively using open source in their businesses, only 36 percent cited access to source code as either "very important" or "extremely important" to open source software's overall attractiveness. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A511E2:2B910B2 Bruce Perens: When open source makes sense ======================================================================== Posted December 03, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time Bruce Perens is one of the founders of the open source movement. He operates his own consulting company, sits on the board of Open Source Risk Management, and is senior scientist for open source at George Washington University's Cyber-Security Policy & Research Institute. In an extended interview with InfoWorld, Perens got to the heart of open source's value to the enterprise. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A511E1:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Now the InfoWorld Test Center reports to you It's like having your own multimillion dollar IT test facility, with lab reports in your inbox each Monday. The weekly "Test Center Report" newsletter delivers product and technology evaluations, trend analysis, and advice from the legendary InfoWorld Test Center. It will save you lots of time - and maybe money, too. But it's free, fast, and easy to subscribe. Sign up now at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A511E4:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A511E5:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A511E8:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A511E7:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
