John Mark

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From OStatic: More on Open Core

Many of the responses to my previous blog post "Open Core or Open Snore?" were in agreement, and some were not. As is often the case, the more interesting ones expressed disagreement. Some took issue with my post by pointing out open core companies tha...

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From OStatic: Open Core or Open Snore?

If you had asked me in 1999 if we would still be having discussions on the viability of Open Source business models in 2009, I would have looked at you incredulously. It seems like we're taking an awfully long time to learn the lessons of what works an...

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From OStatic: Can You Boycott a Boycott?

From the things-that-should-never-happen-but-you-knew-they-would-eventually department, comes more flamage in the Mono advocates vs. anti-Mono advocates vs. the now anti-anti-Mono advocates. I never like it when columnists or reporters treat all bad id...

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Blogging at OStatic

I'm pleased to have started blogging on OStatic.com - I'll link those stories here, so you can see them either way. Here's my initial blog post, "Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself..."

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@therossle WTF?

@therossle WTF?

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@toxic sauce? you need sauce? ...

@toxic sauce? you need sauce? what, the runoff liquer isn't good enough fer ya :)

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exercising my fair use rights ...

exercising my fair use rights by ripping a bunch of CD's

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@jrep what @hunleyd said - int...

@jrep what @hunleyd said - internet service is another story.

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VMware might end up being Red ...

VMware might end up being Red Hat's biggest competitor - http://deltacloud.org/

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@cdibona LOL! now that's a kee...

@cdibona LOL! now that's a keeper :)

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running Debian on Windows make...

running Debian on Windows makes me feel all tingly inside - http://www.debian-interix.net/

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for future reference, when wif...

for future reference, when wife asks "what's for dinner?" "Nothing, honey, I thought you were dieting" is not the correct answer

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@LinuxScribe good to hear - wh...

@LinuxScribe good to hear - whom did you talk to? always thought they were a good bunch, just haven't gotten it together yet

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@quaid indeed. unfortunately, ...

@quaid indeed. unfortunately, there's no funding for it at the moment :(

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BART has wifi? sweet! Now I ca...

BART has wifi? sweet! Now I can waste ti^H^H^H^H^Hwork while riding the train!

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@mkapor agreed. Almost makes m...

@mkapor agreed. Almost makes me nostalgic for H. Ross Perot. Almost. But srsly, how do we solve the lobbyist problem?

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@garethgreenaway ouch! sad, ye...

@garethgreenaway ouch! sad, yet true.

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threw out my left shoulder on ...

threw out my left shoulder on a soccer throw in. how lame is that? Serious pain. I need drugs.

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@dumbwhore yes :) most sports...

@dumbwhore yes :)  most sports gear is of the short sleeve variety. hence the reason for my wearing an LS shirt underneath a T-shirt.

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@kucharo the elixir of the god...

@kucharo the elixir of the gods!

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@dumbwhore I take it you've ne...

@dumbwhore I take it you've never been a sports fan?

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@jrep wow, that's cool - I thi...

@jrep wow, that's cool - I think. I take it everything was fine?

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@gpryzby fair enough. probably...

@gpryzby fair enough. probably depends on the kid

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dear twitterparents - how many...

dear twitterparents - how many of your kids have been in split / multi-age classes? your thoughts? Jackie's in a K-1 split class

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@hunleyd and it's completely u...

@hunleyd and it's completely un-ironic, too. heh.