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Salesforce.com today gave the world true cloud data portability. Kind of. Database.com supports applications written in most any language and running atop most any public cloud. Yes, users are tied to Database.com to achieve this capability, but it’s another step toward true cloud choice. Read more »

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A Google employee expressed his distaste for the way Apple does business in no uncertain terms in a recent blog post. Tim Bray, a co-inventor of XML and a well-known blogger in his own right, is also a Google employee on the Android team, having recently […] Read more »

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Google’s Jonathan Rosenberg, senior VP of product management, late Monday put what was more of a tome than a post up on the company’s blog, entitled “The Meaning of Open.” Originally sent to Google employees as an email, it reads like a manifesto. Read more »

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