____/ Mark Kent on Sunday 21 October 2007 09:09 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 20 October 2007 13:48 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 19 October 2007 21:08 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> Ballmer: Microsoft Will Buy Open-Source Companies
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>| "We will do some buying of companies that are built around open-source
>>>>>>| products," Ballmer said during an onstage interview at the Web 2.0
>>>>>>| Summit in San Francisco.
>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.crn.com/software/202404305
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They have already snatched XenSource (by proxy), SpikeSource (IIRC), and
>>>>>> Zend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So long as the code is GPLed, then it won't be a problem, since it can
>>>>> be forked if Microsoft attempt to do the wrong thing. They won't like
>>>>> it, but buying the company will not buy them control.
>>>>>
>>>> It can but them programmers though. It remains to be seen if they touch
>>>> more open source companies or just Web 2.0 (O'Reilly cr**talk for SaaS).
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, don't underestimate the power of the mash-up. I don't really like
>>> the term very much, but they are becoming extremely popular!
>>>
>> Were mashups his invention? His page on "Web 2.0" is very different in terms
>> of definition. FWIW, Microsoft binds mashups to the Windows APIs as means of
>> blocking its loss of power (shift to the Web). I can give you the URL to a
>> video which shows this if you want.
>>
>
> I think mash-ups were the natural evolution of the web, to be honest.
> Computer experts have been doing mash-ups for years; we used to call
> them screen-scrapes in the days of the VT100 terminal! The difference
> now is that the kind of content which can be "mashed" is very consumer
> oriented, like maps, GPS information, directories, 2nd-life, phone
> calls, photos, stuff like that. Non-technical people's view of things.
Mashups are as 'new' as AJAX (DHTML and other technologies). It's a shame that
people take credit for words like "Ajax" or "Web 2.0" and claim/inherit credit
for the invention of something that is associated with it. Gore+Internet?
Garret (Jesse?) James actually won an award for "Ajax". He worked closely
with Jeff Veen, whose joint consultancy is where the term was probably
introduced. I have followed his blog (Veen) for years, so I probably heard
about Ajax before most people (Jesse's article in the consultancy's site was
probably the first). Anyway, Jeff is in Google now (he has a blog analytics
startup that got acquired), so he barely blogs these days. The Big Vendors
disassemble ('dissipation'?) the small entrepreneurs and good minds. Brain
drain? Industry approaching oligarchy? I don't know, but I don't like it...
Prepare for a year when Ballmer snatches and dismantles more than a single open
source company per month. It's worth the money. You buy a company to be left
with no competitors on price and quality. I'm still bitter about
XenSource.... :-(
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