Have you ever thought about "Free" Open Source with commercial support vs. commercial software? We have and we found that the following is true: Free Open Source Software with commercial support ... is the best business model for companies selling services for very complex OSS software where customers might lack skilled personnel. This includes things … Continue reading Free Open Source with Commercial Support
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Oracle GlassFish, or Why You Should Think About Open Source Again
Oracle's recent announcement about the discontinuation of commercial services for JEE's reference implementation GlassFish has caused many reactions in the community involved with JEE. The reactions reach from: Markus Eisele's rather pessimistic outlook on JEE's future in general Adam Bien's constructive (or cynical? With Adam Bien, you can never be sure) suggestions of moving GlassFish … Continue reading Oracle GlassFish, or Why You Should Think About Open Source Again
A Significant Difference Between Open Source and Commercial Software
A recent event has triggered a lot of interest in the debate about the good and the bad parts of Open Source. Oracle's attack on Open Source. For large corporations who aren't Red Hat, taking a stand on the topic is far from easy. Oracle used to sell only commercial software, but has since acquired … Continue reading A Significant Difference Between Open Source and Commercial Software
jOOQ™ 3.2 Offering Commercial Licensing and Support
Four years ago, the Java database middleware market was dominated by a variety of ORMs implementing JPA. This paradigm was hardly challenged by alternatives. There was a gap for an API making SQL a first-class citizen in the Java language ecosystem and jOOQ had come to fill this gap. With jOOQ, developers who engage heavily … Continue reading jOOQ™ 3.2 Offering Commercial Licensing and Support