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Open Source and GIS

In the last month or so there has been some interesting developments with respect to open source and GIS.  I’m including a link to James Fee’s blog James Fee on GIS and Open Source where […]

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Open Source and Microsoft

A headline on CNET this AM begins “When hell freezes over…“.  What the headline was referring to was the agreement announced by Novell and Microsoft to collaborate to help Microsoft’s Windows to work with Novell’s […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

Future of Database

One of the most interesting talks I went to at Oracle Open World last week was a talk by Noel Yuhanna of Forrester on The Future of Database Technology: An Analyst’s View. Features and Technologies […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

Linux, Red Hat, and Oracle

As I mentioned in my last blog I have been at Oracle Open World the last few days.  The highlight of OOW is usually Larry Ellison’s keynote and this year did not disappoint, although this […]

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Oracle and Open Source

I’ve been at the first day of Oracle Open World in San Francisco.  This conference is huge, I have heard estimates of 47,000 visitors.  A major street in the middle of San Francisco has been […]

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OSGEO Announces Executive Director

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation has chosen Tyler Mitchell as Executive Director.  Tyler will be responsible for the OSGEO’s day-to-day operations in support of both development and promotion. Tyler was one of the first in […]