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Software Freedom Day »

Tomorrow is the fourth annual Software Freedom Day. A world wide celebration of of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). This is the second year I have been involved and am proud to say that Zenoss is a global sponsor along with Sun, Google, and my good friends at MindTouch.
What’s really impressive is the [...]

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Open Source Monitoring Solutions Compared »

This week I was happy to see this white paper by Jane Curry a certified Tivoli Consultant and Instructor. Her Open Source Management Options paper compared OpenNMS, Nagios and my favorite network monitoring software, Zenoss Core. Part of the reason I love Zenoss is that I have been involved with the project for over two [...]

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Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture »

I finally listened to Randy Pausch’s last lecture linked from Stephen Walli’s blog. It was so good I clapped at the end of the lecture alone in my office. Randy passed away last week from pancreatic cancer and this is his last speech. Randy was a brilliant man who was a professor of computer [...]

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Zenoss, OpenNMS and Clouds on the IT Management »

I am not a big podcast listener but one of the ones I listen to regularly is the IT Management podcast with Redmonk’s Coté and John M. Willis. Today Zenoss’ Matt Ray and Tarus Balog from OpenNMS were guests and I thought it was a particularly good episode because of the open source angles. Here’s [...]

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Open Source Links 7-16-2008 »

tecosystems » Earth Class Mail: Still Open for Business? - Stephen’s review of Earth Class Mail a snail mail handling service. Looks intriguing.
Amazon.com: Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code: Van Lindberg: Books - from Amazon’s description: “Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and [...]

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