I was browsing Ohloh today which is a cool open source software directory. The thing that makes Ohloh somewhat unique is that they try to provide an objective way for users to find open source software that meets their needs. For example, when I checked out the Firefox page, I was directed to related [...]

As a follow-on to SysAdmin day I was thinking about some of our marketing copy. So in the interest of truth in advertising let’s see what you think. As a Sysadmin or Network Admin do you agree with the following list, do you have better reason why you would recommend Zenoss Enterprise to your boss? [...]

The last big project I’m working on for Zenoss is an OpenOffice-to-Plone publisher. Specifically, for the Zenoss Guide (combined admin and user manuals). The Guide is maintained in OpenOffice format, but in addition to .sxw/.doc and .pdf formats, they want to publish as HTML, where each section of the doc gets its own page in [...]

Today is SysAdmin Day. in honor of all the underpaid, overworked, answering your pager in the middle of the night guys and girls working hard to keep things running this one goes out to you.

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Sometimes as I look at ISV (independent software vendors) I am reminded of my old high school cafeteria. Numerous cliques segregated neatly into groups in the farthest flung reaches of the room. Back then it was jocks, band buddies, druggies, and nerds.
Presently, I look at ISV groups as the commercial proprietary, commercial open source, [...]