Wii Smackdown… Mule Asks For More ‘Prep’ Time

Well, we were expecting our good friends from MuleSource to show up tomorrow. As it turns out, they’ve asked for a postponement in order to accomodate the arrival of Dave’s tag-team partner Ross. Not sure how much Wii Tennis Ross is bringing to the fold, but we’ll be more than happy to give them more [...]

[ More ] October 24th, 2007 | 3 Comments | Posted in Events, IT Industry, Javiers Blog |

Time To Kick Some Mule

My good buddy Dave Rosenberg has gone from blogging once a quarter to now picking fights on podcasts. He’s followed Matt Asay’s lead in every chance he can to call out my Wii Tennis skills… The most recent incident was in his second installment of Open Season. Given that I consider the Wii to be [...]

[ More ] October 5th, 2007 | 4 Comments | Posted in Events |

SaaS fueled the OSS fire

My friend Dave Rosenberg got me thinking this morning about the market dynamics of closed source, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Open Source Software (OSS). In his post on InfoWorld, Dave muses on the differences of SaaS vs OSS. He cites that there are relatively few standouts in SaaS and many shining stars in OSS. I have [...]

[ More ] September 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Posted in IT Industry |

Muffins, Mules, and Meaningless Blogging

Hyperic days are generally very full days. So I sympathize with Dave Rosenberg’s apathy for blogging some days. Generally when I blog, I prefer to discuss a unique perspective on a meaningful topic that is relevant to today’s greater conversation. I have lots of these thoughts every day. What I don’t have is time. When [...]

[ More ] September 6th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Posted in Hyperic HQ, Javiers Blog |