Jonathan Schwartz's BlogJonathan Schwartz's BlogMySQL Wins at LinkedIn!- July 29, 2008 I was with a customer last week, who leads technology and operations for one of the world's largest companies. We were talking through his priorities for the upcoming year, and on a page filled with various traditional priorities (consolidation, energy management, disaster recovery, regulatory compliance) were two interesting words. "Open Source." I asked what that meant, why it was there. He said they'd done an audit of the firm's development activities, and found an overwhelming number...http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/mysql_wins_at_linkedin Solaris on Wall Street - Faster and Faster- July 3, 2008 I remember a dinner I had a while back with the CEO of a global financial services firm. As one of his first acts as CEO, he'd cancelled an enormous outsourcing contract, and I'd asked him why - his response has stuck with me. "Banking is a technology business. Pure and simple. I can't win if I don't have my own team." Independent of his views on outsourcing, I've heard the same point made by many (but not all) financial services executives -...http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/solaris_on_wall_street_faster |