induscrypt/it

One of the most interesting tech blogs around.

A meeting point between Mobile App developers and mobile device (cell phone) users who want to offer there service as testers in real-life scenario.

If it were 1908, what would you do instead of IT?

* A creative yet technical job, such as architect (33%)
* A hands-on, technical job, such as bicycle repairman (26%)
* Skilled craftsman or artisan, such as glassblower (22%)
* Other; please specify in the discussion. (13%)
* Manual labor (6%)

From the page: "The point Jon made, as Matt Asay explains, is that �oethe more happy he is with his commercial open-source software, the less likely he will be to pay for it. Why? Because his developers will acquire the expertise over time to support themselves and because the product will mature to the point that support will be less necessary.”

There are essentially two ways that open source vendors can respond to that dilemma: further innovation and the introduction of proprietary products. Once mentioned, the dilemma cropped up again in a couple of other sessions, notably the one presented by Matrix Partners� David Skok in which he noted how the JBoss Operations Network was used to introduce proprietary technology through the back door.

If the number of open source vendor executives in the room is anything to go by, expect the new breed of open source vendors to choose the proprietary solution to the dilemma."

China puts a month long moratorium on new Cell Phone and digital connections in preparation of Olympics!
Could only have happened in China.

Forbes' sayonara to Bill Gates. Contains quite a large number of farewell articles.