I recently attended a terrific event we have in Boston called the “UnConference”, where organizers go out of their way to run the conference in non-typical fashion. There are always all-kinds of innovations. I’ve been privileged to be asked to help the organizers as part of a small advisory board for the conference. One sessionContinue reading “The most common startup problem: Lack of go-to-market answers”
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Marten Mickos departure expected IMHO
Looks like Marten Mickos, one-time CEO of MySQL is leaving Sun. Matt Asay talked to Mickos, and had a sense that they key motivating factor was “(Mickos’) frustration at Sun’s bureaucracy.” I have no doubt this was a strong contributing factor. I’ve had my own experiences with Sun over the years, and while I love the technology theyContinue reading “Marten Mickos departure expected IMHO”
Boy, I spoke too fast
Here’s a podcast of the talk Dries and I gave at Drupalcon where Dries and I introduced Acquia. See here. I’ve spoken a lot in public, and am quite comfortable in front of a crowd. (In fact, I enjoy it.) Despite this, I think I was really trying very hard to please the Drupal community, and IContinue reading “Boy, I spoke too fast”
Is Drupal like the others?
Matt Asay blogged about recent research suggesting that much of the core development work on open-source projects is done by paid developers. It’s interesting to consider this in the light of Drupal. Drupal has lots of contributors who are totally volunteer – and they’ve been contributing to Drupal for a long time. Yet, there are Drupal developers who workContinue reading “Is Drupal like the others?”
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