Visit my new Sway on Microsoft’s Docs.com. The subject is Software Consumption Pricing. Somewhere between a document and a presentation, Sway allows me to look go into a little more depth on software consumption pricing without becoming tedious.
When I bought my first mobile phone – a giant brick of a phone from Motorola – I had to pay for my service by the minute. On the one hand it seemed fair to pay for only the minutes I used; On the other hand it led to some surprises when the bill arrived. This was...
This is my open letter to people I follow on Twitter. Please don’t be offended if I unfollow you. It’s nothing personal, unless you are a spammer or troll in which case it’s definitely personal. Otherwise, it’s not really about you. Most of the culling that I have...
Introduction In the dizzying race to reinvent infrastructure in the last 5-10 years, much was made about scaling out vs. scaling up. You hear about it every day. As an analyst focused on high availability, I’ve noticed this: The things being replaced by net-new...
There are so many misconceptions about open source software. For example one fallacy is that open source means free software. A bigger misconception is that all open source is, in fact, really open. These misconceptions can drive poor decisions and expose companies to...
