As mentioned earlier, there was a surprise Twisted contingent at PyCon this year, and I had the opportunity to hang out with both those of the gang that I’d already met and done some hanging with, as well as those that I had not. Brian Warner was one that I hadn’t had a chance to [...]

Zenoss was mentioned this week in a Network World article, Network Pros Share their Favorite Freeware. Here’s a snippet but the whole article is a nice homage to open source management tools.
“Meyer, director of network services at ProMedica Healthcare in Toledo, Ohio, says he has installed Zenoss Core 1.0 to update [...]

Leading from Below
The WSJ has an interesting article about leadership below the C suite. Much of the observations and advice will resonate with those of you active in OSS projects
Why Completeness in IT Monitoring Matters
Good marketing should be descriptive at least, when possible educational, and entertaining at best. One of the terms [...]

Before I tell you why, how about a story first?
When I was a kid, my parents bought a KayPro II so that they could use the spreadsheet program for financials and my dad could write a medical text book. I, of course, discovered the BSD games (BASIC clones) that came with it almost immediately. All [...]