For the past three years, an open source consulting firm appropriately named the Olliance Group has put on an event called the “Open Source Think Tank” .
Mark Hinkle and I have attended for the last two. The location is a well-regarded resort in Napa Valley called the Silverado. While a less posh setting [...]

Not long ago Redmonk analyst Michael Cote coined the term “Little Four“ to describe a group of open source IT management solution vendors. This up and coming group of software companies includes Zenoss, GroundWork, Hyperic, and Qlusters (openQRM) and they are seen as alternatives to traditional vendors BMC, CA, HP and IBM (the Big Four). [...]

Today was a big day here at Zenoss. We were the recipient of the Slashdot effect. Which is great because it allowed a lot of people find out about Zenoss which we think is one of the coolest things to happen to systems management in a long time. However, that’s not good enough for me, [...]

Not once — ever — have I been tempted to get a PDA. I’ve used friends’ devices and they make me nuts. Too small, too time-consuming to sync, etc. I’m generally a tech-head, but PDAs don’t do it for me.
However! Thanks to dried on #twisted (IRC) providing a link today (admittedly old, 2004), I may [...]

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 [...]