Talking comes a little easier...

...than keeping up with writing.

Posted at 12:25PM Jan 16, 2007 by Peder Ulander in Sun  | 

Glaedelig Jul (aka Season's Greetings)

With the days counting down till Christmas, I'm finding myself with a lot to do before Old St. Nick arrives. So like any good modern consumer, I hit the Internet to get some last minute gifts.

Posted at 06:03PM Dec 21, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Personal  | 

Running Commentary

I've been following coverage of our recent Java announcement (of course), but was also interested to read comments from Marc Fleury (SVP and GM of Red Hat's Jboss division) on the ongoing RedHat/JBoss integration.

Posted at 08:30AM Dec 04, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  | 

November 21, 2006 Links

Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, I offer some light reading to fight off or add to the sedative effects of your holiday meal.

Posted at 05:17PM Nov 21, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  | 

"A large flock of flying pigs is buzzing past and making a ruckus"

There have been a lot of opinions, blogs and articles covering yesterday's announcements around Java and our decision to GPL the platforms. Some negative, some positive... yet the majority have expressed excitement, surprise and disbelief.

Posted at 05:32PM Nov 14, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  |  Comments[1]

Open Source Java

Just returning from visits to Denmark, Sweden and Finland – it's unbelievable to see how many Java enthusiasts live in that part of the world. That must be why one of the largest Java User Group (JUG)-run conferences Javapolis, coming to Antwerp again in December, is such a huge success.

Posted at 09:11AM Nov 13, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  | 

Scary Things Part II

Last week, I blogged about the top “scary” things that we hear are keeping CIOs awake at night. Part two of that list follows.

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Posted at 04:31PM Nov 09, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  | 

An iPod on Steroids

I never thought I'd see the day when I no longer cared about iTunes. Though I still use my iPod to listen to music while I workout and travel, I've found a hip, new way to access whatever genre of music I want to hear in the Sonos system.

Posted at 10:02AM Nov 07, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  |  Comments[1]

Scary Things

Halloween may be over, but the memories of my costume clad colleagues will last. In the spirit of the season, I've put together a Top 10 list of scary things that keep CIOs up at night along with my humble suggestions for how to keep these scenarios from unfolding...[Read More]

Posted at 03:59PM Nov 03, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  | 

Good Enough is No Longer Good Enough

Sun's strategy has been consistent for the last few years:

1. Open-source all of Sun software (we're 70% of the way there already).
2. Make it all freely available—and remove barriers to developers and sysadmins who want to get their hands on Sun software.
3. Be the leader in infrastructure software for Web 2.0. That means, be a leading provider of infrastructure for Web 2.0 companies without competing with our partners in developing applications for the enterprise.

Posted at 04:19PM Oct 30, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  |  Comments[3]

Breakable Linux

Speculation, rumors and a 25% drop in a market cap sure has captured the minds of the business and technology press this week around Oracle and Red Hat. It's interesting to see so much banter about Larry's bravado and the “beginning of the end” for the Linux/Open Source darling...[Read More]

Posted at 09:43AM Oct 27, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  | 

Links for Thought

Why do we fetishize "best practices" but not "best infrastructures?" Could Salesforce.com destroy Oracle? Gartner Warns CIOs of Technology's Environmental Impact and Doing Their Part...[Read More]

Posted at 03:54PM Sep 29, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  | 

Peder 2.0

Early on in elementary school, I used to get dinged one point for misspelling my name on tests. I had to explain to my teachers that my name was, in fact, spelled with a “d” and not a “t.” Fortunately, the debate over my name didn't really affect my long-term success as a student...[Read More]

Posted at 01:55PM Sep 21, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  | 

Taking the Plunge

It's been about six months since I returned to Sun after an 18-month stint at MontaVista Software...[Read More]

Posted at 09:08PM Sep 14, 2006 by Peder Ulander in Sun  |  Comments[5]