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You call it validation, I call it competition

When is "something":http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=pr01642.htm&FP=/content/news_events/press_releases/2006 a "Validation of your business model":http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/01/bea-jumps-into-bpms/, and when is it a "nail in your coffin":http://bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=index.htm&FP=/content/products/aqualogic/ ? While it must be great for a founder to have a better idea on what his ...

Choices

Matthew over at the The Silent Penguin says that IT purchasers don't like choice when they have to choose enterprise systems, and goes on about co-operation between open source projects. While I agree projects should co-operate and have common standards, having multiple projects being developed is not a bad thing. Every implementation of a given spec is made up of choices. Should we concentrate on following the ...