Showing posts with label open source. Show all posts
Showing posts with label open source. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Microsoft's failed buyout bid for Yahoo! - Some musings

  • Was Microsoft really interested in buying Yahoo! ?
  • Did Jerry Yang do the right thing by rebuffing Ballmer ?
  • Will the Yahoo! investors remain quiet even after losing out on the deal ?
  • Does Microsoft realise they could/can never integrate Yahoo into their own ?

  • Would the merger have been a good thing for Zimbra users ?
  • Did Microsoft lose out on it's only chance of becoming a contributor to Open Source ?
  • Would projects like Hadoop, YUI, Zimbra died a premature death under the Microsoft's management ?
  • Seemingly unrelated events influence one's personal and professional lives in ways that can not be even imagined.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Introduction to Open Source

I was the keynote speaker at a local opensource fest. Here are the slides I'd prepared for the same. [odp][ppt]

BTW, the video which may miss out is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE