Thoughts and Readings on The Software Maintenance Fee Model
As I read the transcript of Oracle’s recent 1Q2010 results, and some analyst reactions to it, I am more and more intrigued by the market forces at work in the third-party support area. As almost everyone knows, maintenance and support fees are the lifeblood of many enterprise vendors. While maintenance and support from an end-user’s enterprise software vendor provides excellent protection for a large investment, the support comes at a price that some, if not many, consider onerous. Read more »
Tweet of the Week – From Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda, officially Special Advisor to the Chairman (as if he really needs a title) of the (just-eliminated-from-the-NLCS) Los Angeles Dodgers proudly proclaimed his initiation into twitter on October 3rd – at the mature age of 82 years old. Read more »
Twitter Down – On U.K.’s National Poetry Day
Twitter has been down for some 3+ hours this morning – and it’s National Poetry Day in the U.K. today.
No one is going to convince me that this is a coincidence. Perhaps I have seen too many movies or something, but I feel certain that this Twitter is down because the U.K. wants Twitter down. Read more »
Passwords (Not) As Easy as 123
Wired’s Kim Zetter reports over at the Threat Level blog (“Most Common Hotmail Password Revealed!“) that “a researcher” did a study of the compromised Hotmail, MSN, Live.com passwords and found that “123456″ was the most common password.
Are you kidding me? C’mon people, we can do better than this. If this wasn’t so damn pathetic, it would be funny. Read more »
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