Posted by: ward in Untagged on
May 17, 2008
nextanalytics now has a project on SourceForge.net and at CodePlex. If you are motivated by true and legitimate Open Source, then go see the project at http://www.codeplex.com/nextanalyticsOS. The SourceForge.net site is incomplete (circa May 2008) because of technical difficulties in using sourceforge.net, but the codeplex.com site works fine.
The two versions are not the same. Right now, the commercial version does a lot more. The reason for the difference is this: According to the root philosophy of Open Source, the community will take the project over, will operate as an entity, and will take the software in the direction that the community wants it to. In other words, whatever happens is technically independent of nextanalytics corporation.
That being said, the founder of nextanalytics corporation is a member of that community and will contribute more source code as time and energy permits.
As consumers, people now have the choice of using the nextanalytics commercial product, or the analytic product from the open source community (according to the terms of GPL2).
ward yaternick is the Founder and CTO of nextanalytics corporation
Posted by: ward in Untagged on
Apr 25, 2008
Are you selling or implementing products from major vendors but still not getting the information you need ?
Did you know that’s been a common complaint for nearly twenty years, back when BI was just taking shape.
If you've been holding your breath waiting for something to come, I suggest you stop. Nothing's coming from that direction. They’ve even forgotten that’s what the problem is. Their big claim (now) is: if you can share something, then that's BI. In other words, take what you get, share it, and be happy. Oh yes, and their prices went up 10% again this year.
Posted by: ward in Untagged on
Apr 25, 2008
I think I know what you want, but I'd like to hear it from you (if you can spare the time).
Do you need:
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low cost and easy entry. I know you can’t or won’t spend a lot of money to get started.
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simple, clear examples. But there are different learning styles, so you need a wide variety.
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somewhere to go to get advice and answers to my questions, preferably online.
That’s what I would want if I were you. Even me, with my legendary short attention span, if you offer that in your product, then I would try your product.
And, if you need to perform analytic data processing, cheaper and easier than if you did it yourself, then, please, take a look at my product.
And, feel free to tell me about yours, here, in this blog. I promise to go check it out!
Posted by: ward in Untagged on
Apr 25, 2008
We’ve adopted an un-conventional approach to open source, not that it seems there is any convention to open source. I'd call it disruptive, but how can you disrupt a disruptive technology?
In the beginning, we designed our software in two tiers. (more than that really, but for the purpose of open-source, two is a good number ...)
Posted by: ward in Untagged on
Mar 22, 2008
by Ward Yaternick
Where does nextanalytics fit in the BI foodchain?
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