I recently revisited my “open source as a SaaS endgame” theory quoting a news about another web app releasing their code under an open source license before shutting down the shop. As I do with many of my posts here in Cloud Ave, I was wearing my evangelist hat and it resulted in the crux [...]
Using Trademark To Protect Openness?
April 7, 2009 By 1 Comment
When I read the “open letter” by Sam Johnston, I was shocked to see his attempts to trademark a very generic term like “Open Cloud”. In my opinion, there is nothing open about using a suppressive tool like trademark, on a generic term like “Open Cloud”. This is definitely not in the spirit of openness [...]
Open Federated Clouds And Why I like Sun's Announcement
March 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Last week, Sun Microsystems announced their Cloud Computing plans. I spent some time thinking about their offerings and its impact on Cloud Computing. If we remove the chatter around the rumored IBM’s acquisition of Sun and proceed with the assumption that Sun remains an independent entity, I get some good vibes about this announcement. Let [...]
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