Steven Ballenger

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

I’m team Big Al, #RollTide! Which mascot did you vote for in the @CFAPeachBowl Rivalry Week showdown? #CFAPeachBowl https://t.co/dliBJrAPKH

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

I voted for Alabama’s #RollTide! Which tradition did you vote for in the @CFAPeachBowl rivalry poll? #CFAPeachBowl https://t.co/Lgf3jpOg78

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

I have gained much knowledge and insight from watching the presentations that you all did! Great Work Go Teams! #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Products logically fit into more than oneclass & are assigned a specific class basedon a multiple factors, products tend to overlap! #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

"Driving" open standards was a key element in IBM's network-centric strategy! Linux is known as the ultimate open standard! #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Free is a misnomer when applied to any large software program, the code still needs support and supports costs lots of money! #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Four ways IBM should approach Linux: join opponents, a neutral position, publicly support Linux goals, & seek some form of alliance! #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Ken Jacobs, VP of the server market division at Oracle, said, "Linux is faster than Windows NT, has better support & is cheaper!" #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Linux's lack of a GUI, as well as the conservative nature of IT pro's who wouldn't bet their jobs on the performance of an OSOS. #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

IBM wantedto grow its software business & to do so on a neutral platform, onethat didn't dependon products proprietary to Microsoft. #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Microsoft considers open source development methods & Linux in particular to be a viable competitive threat! Now that says a a lot! #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Combining the Linux kernel with the GNU system resulted in a complete and free operating system that ran on a personal computer. #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

"Copyleft" characterized Stallman's counter-intuitive legal standard, it meant keeping software free, copyleft: all rights reversed. #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

"Free" software 4 freedoms: freedom to run program, to modify, to redistribute, and freedom to distribute modified versions #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Stallman set out to create a new OS that would be freely avail to all, this to limit power of proprietary software developers! #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Richard Stillman founded the "free software movement" he was a "hacker" educated at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

The Linux community used control and much tighter restrictions than Apache and even developed software licenses. #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

IBM started an alliance with the Apache development team as a tentative step in the direction of working with an OSS dev. community. #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

Louis Gerstner said, "The PC era is over" & places IBM's prospects for growth squarely in what he called "network-centric computing" #uab140

[Steven Ballenger @SJBallenger74]

@pmdigangi I'll have a snack and come back! Thanks!