"So the bottom line is, my next laptop is going to be a Mac, because as the Angry Penguin put it 'It just works.' I will worry about open later, that’s why I have Google."

Nerd-fight! Nerd-fight! The debate about what open source means and if it even matters will never end.

Fixing mass-data in OpenNMS.

Thoma's has a great post on the legal background for Jame's Gartner C&D.; Years ago normally I'd be outraged, but as Brandon used to say, "the only thing that's shocking is that we're still shocked."

The rise of the word/tag/concept crowd sourcing

I'd love to hear from people who use WebLogic or any BEA products. Feel free to email/call me.

...have we reached an ODF tipping point yet?

"IBM is about on demand, role-based workplaces built on portals and integrated collaborative services."

Several workplace demos. Anoyingly in exe format instead of plain old MP3. When will people drink the MP3 portablity kool-aid and just start using that?

So far, Activity Explorer seems like one of the more compelling parts of Workplace. It's openness will be key to it's success.