Internet Business Models Companies have been so accustom to their business models that when the Internet really exploded, people were forced to decide which way to go. Companies either jumped on the band wagon and tried to radically change their business models to accommodate the Internet or, they tried to completely pass on the “fad.” [...]
My first few days of Christmas break (specifically December 17th) were made that much better when I received my invite to Hulu, the online TV and video on demand service with NBC and FOX shows. Before Hulu, I’ve used a few other services. On March 2nd, I landed an invite to Joost‘s then private beta [...]
Many animals build to sustain life. Bees build cubicals, ants build tunnels, beavers build dams, and humans build all of these. The difference is that humans grow in our consumption and building. Beavers have been building the same dams for hundreds of years while humans would think it ridiculous to build the same building as [...]
Andrew Morton, the 2.6 kernel (specifically the mm tree patchset) maintainer and a huge player in the Linux world recently gave a Google Tech talk. The talk really is “the current state of the Linux kernel,” even though he takes a while to get into the meat of the content. He’s also been a Google [...]
I get many questions about how the open source development model works. How do the developers get payed? Who hires them? How do I get involved? Well, there are many different programs that use an open source development model, from Pidgin to the Linux kernel, and they all use their own modification of the model. [...]