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November 16, 2005 | Comments: (0)

Under the Radar Event: Companies I liked

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Funambol-was already a fan, still a tough market, but with 20k downloads a month they will crack it sooner or later.

Soonr-supercool remote access to desktop apps and files via cell phone. One of the coolest things I have seen in a long time.

Akimbi-crazy new capture and restore virtualization thing

Coverity-Great product, boring preso.

I thought a few of the companies really sucked-or at least their presentation skills sucked which turned me against them. Lots of talk about open source, but really Funambol was the only open source company. A direct quote I overheard in the lunch area: "I downloaded the podcast and was able to realize the long tail that we're seeing with the growth of our business." Seems he forgot to mention Web 2.0 and AJAX, or maybe I missed that part.

If you want gory details or are afraid you were one of the suckers feel free to email me: openresource at infoworld.com

Posted by Dave Rosenberg on November 16, 2005 07:08 PM

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