Open Source
Mar 02, 2010 JargonSpy Talks About Condor and 'Open Source Energy Savings'
In this week's JargonSpy column, Dan Woods says that "the world of technology is replete with stories of technology created for one purpose that ends up being useful for another."
Woods uses the example of the Condor Project, which "can be used not only for its intended purpose of distributing work over thousands of computers, but also for power management." More »
Sep 01, 2008 You Say Wiki, I Say Wiki
Words often have more than one meaning. Wiki is definitely one of those words, with different meanings for different people. Dan Woods explores wiki taxonomy in his JargonSpy column, published on Forbes.com.
Aug 19, 2008 Commercial Open Source: A Contradiction in Terms?
In his JargonSpy column on Forbes.com, Dan Woods explores the seeming contradiction of "commercial open source," exploring how the pure air of open source software has been mingled with the sooty air of commercial software (yes, we jest). More »
Open Source for the Enterprise
Open Source for the Enterprise provides a top to bottom view not only of the technology, but of the skills required to manage it and the organizational issues that must be addressed.