Monday, March 31, 2008

Google blocking AGPL in Google Code

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I received an email this morning from a friend who is planning to put his open source project in Google Code , the open source repository ho...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Tmobile: when the pipe becomes too dumb

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As you might know, I believe mobile operators are all destined to become pipes. They are a voice pipe today, after all, and they will be a d...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

Funambol in my car

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Yesterday, Dash finally launched its device. The first feedback from Walt Mossberg at the WSJ has been "I like it a lot". I can...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

451 on AGPL

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Jay Layman of the 451 group wrote a post on AGPL , which I found quite interesting (I am biased, of course ;-) His question is if AGPL is ha...
Monday, March 24, 2008

The (open source) business model

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These are the days of OSBC in San Francisco. A conference that is still quite valid and interesting, despite open source being now everywhe...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Iphone vs. Android

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Today at AJAXWorld 2008 in New York, Andrea Gazzaniga (our own Software Developer Manager at Funambol) delivered a very interesting talk abo...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

AGPL is OSI approved. Sweet victory.

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I just found out that the OSI (Open Source Initiative, the stewards of the Open Source Definition (OSD) and the community-recognized body ...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Open Source in Mobile - tomorrow

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I just got back from a quick European trip and I will be speaking tomorrow at the Open Source in Mobile (OSiM) conference in San Francisco....
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Richard Boly for President

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Richard Boly is, in my opinion, the person that has done more for young Italian entrepreneurs than any Italian politician. He happens not to...
Monday, March 03, 2008

SDForum about building communities (tonight)

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For those who live in the Valley, I am speaking tonight at the SDForum Open Source SIG . The topic is "Building Vibrant & Sustainab...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

Using Funambol on iPod Touch

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While you wait for the support of ActiveSync on the iPhone (and wonder why you still are not using Microsoft Exchange...), I would recommend...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The iPhone SDK is coming with ActiveSync

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So, we finally have a date: March 6th. The iPhone will have an open SDK and a new era in mobile development will start. Actually, Apple said...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

(Mobile) Document Freedom Day

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March 26 will be Document Freedom Day . Cool idea, what is it? the Document Freedom Day will provide a global rallying point for Document Li...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Why Matt is wrong about Silicon Valley

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My friend Matt is often right. For example, he was right when he bet Arsenal would beat Juventus in the Champions League, which forced me to...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Mobile World Congress - day 3 (and final)

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Wednesday is the unofficial last day of the congress. The official one is tomorrow, but nobody is there, they just stretch it to four days t...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Mobile World Congress - day 2

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Day 2 of the Mobile World Congress is always the busiest one, in the exhibition floor. Also, the one with the best parties. This year, same ...
Monday, February 11, 2008

Mobile World Congress - day 1

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Usually, day 1 at the show is slow because people fly in on Monday and there is an incredible line to get in (which forces half of the peopl...
Sunday, February 10, 2008

Mobile World Congress - day 0

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The day before the conference is always an interesting one. People are flying in from everywhere (some get in tomorrow) but the exhibition i...

Manel, OpenBravo and Silicon Valley

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I am in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, but I managed to put in some time for open source. Last night I had dinner with Manel Saras...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

A day in my mobile life

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SMS Text News asked me to log "my mobile day" ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (BTW, we are at Hall 1, stand #1J46...