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- With clouds license arguments become fog
- With clouds license arguments become fogBrilliant insightWhile we most often disagree, your insight that clouds and fog are the same thing and in the eye of the beholder is a brilliant insight. Kudos!Scott Cleland Precursor LLCRE: With clouds license arguments become fogMaybe; seems like if I use the cloud, 4...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, AGPL, Dana
- Discussion threads 2009-07-03
- GPL's cloudy future
- GPL's cloudy futureIn the Cloud: ANYBODY can do ITANYBODY. I believe that is the essence of the Cloud revolution.Users old enough remember the IBM PC. It was a revolution. A maneuver around traditional IT which gave rise to a new generation of software and hardware development without...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Configuration Files, GPL, AGPL, Google Inc., information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- GPL's cloudy future
- One of the things about getting older is that you learn to ignore things until you have to do something about them. It's a learned efficiency, I suppose, rationing your increasingly precious time out to the unceasing demands upon it. I finally realized I have to do some serious thinking...
- Tags: Software, GPL, Cloud Computing, Free Software Foundation, BSD, Free Software, Affero GPL, AGPL, Open Source, Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- Google's open source problem is Affero
- Google's open source problem is AfferoOrly?So, if I understand things correctly from the linked article and this, Affero would require Google to release their source code updates for software that runs the [i]services[/i] they sell, not just for compiled software packages as under the current Affero?In the case of the...
- Tags: Mac-user, Affero, F/OSS, open source, AGPL, Google Inc., source code
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Will the GPL be overtaken by AGPL?
- Will the GPL be overtaken by AGPL?I can see both sides. I think it should be up to the individual developer.In a way, Google IS distributing the software, since customers are using it, even though it runs on the cloud. But, on the other hand, the business friendly ability to...
- Tags: Linux, GPL, Google Inc., AGPL, server, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
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- What Obama can do for and to open source
- What Obama can do for and to open sourceSorry we let you down.It doesn't surprise me though. We are very focused on our agendas. The Obama Administration presents a large field of issues. The only thing I can say so far is that his choice to fill...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Obama, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-05-16
- Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open source
- Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open sourceYou are wrong, Gartner is correct...My rep has confirmed this for me as well. Open Source is impossible to license and maintain. Thus, the only true solution to IT needs and efficiencies is adopting a Microsoft strategy throughout the entire organization. My rep...
- Tags: Gartner Inc., open source, software
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Google fatal flaw revealed
- Google fatal flaw revealedThose patches could for example broke something else.Seriously, I wouldn't post an accusation like "google fatal flaw" based on the words of some vice president of marketing who's selling "products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source and third-party code" (the...
- Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., fatal flaw, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- The Obama Party and the Googlization of politics
- The Obama Party and the Googlization of politicsTheres that loophole again........that doesn't exist. I dislike the idea of the ASP loophole. Its not a loophole. Its a change in principle thats causing the problem if you ask me. The idea of FOSS was software you could do whatever you want...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, software, F/OSS, Obama Party
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Google launches CERT for open source
- Google launches CERT for open sourceGoogle and FOSSLet's kill off MS, then we can all continue doing useful stuff without worrying about a knife in our back.RE: Google launches CERT for open sourceGreat move... makes complete sense....wonder what the AGPL folk are saying...I'm not saying Google is god or nothing...they...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google launches CERT, Google Launches, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- Enomaly's open source virtual platform moves VMs in the cloud
- Enomaly is a software developer in Toronto whose open source cloud computing platform is getting a lot of attention these days. The platform, Enomalism, is a virtual infrastructure tool that allows customers create their own cloud capacity and move virtual machines from one’s data center or from...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Platform, VMware Inc., Enomaly, Enomalism, Open Source, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Why source matters to SaaS
- Why source matters to SaaSBreaker Breaker 19. Pedal to the metal.ntRE: Why source matters to SaaSTaken a degree or two further, does anybody with the talent to set up a SaaS business believe that he/she is doing it for the benefit of a quick profit courtesy Penelope and Rupert,...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
- Google playing politics with open source
- Google playing politics with open sourceWell SaidI agree with this, Google has the same back office meetings that any other company does, and the main focus is selling more product and bringing the bling through the door. Both companies have their ups and downs and for us to act...
- Tags: subject line, Even Microsoft, open source, F/OSS, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-18
- Google playing politics with open source
- For open source, a choice between Google and Microsoft is a false choice. Yet that's what Google CEO Eric Schmidt is offering, as when he claims a Microsoft-Yahoo combination might "break the Internet" or that the two might act against the openness of the Internet. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Competition, Internet, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Misys-Allscripts deal is all about SaaS
- The complex deal under which Misys Healthcare is acquiring 54% of Allscripts, which Allscripts executives will run, is all about Software as a Service, or Saas. With SaaS, the software you use is hosted on a remote server, and you access it through a Web browser, with...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Misys, Allscripts, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- News to know: Apple; Hakia; EclipseCon; ActiveX security
- Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology? Jason O'Grady: Apple bumps Airport Express to 802.11n Paul Miller: hakia licenses OntoSem technology to third parties Paula Rooney: Run-time rival for Java, .NET? Dana Gardner: EclipseCon debuts...
- Tags: Security, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., ActiveX, Data Centers, Semantic Web, Storage, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Will the GPL be overtaken by AGPL?
- Version 3 of the Affero GPL was approved by the OSI last week, leading one of its advocates to suggest it should become the most popular version over time. (Picture from last October's VentureCamp for Blognation.) As the software industry increasingly moves to a Software as a...
- Tags: Software, GPL, OSI, Loophole, Capobianco, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- Children of GPL
- In all the hubbub over GPL Version 3, a lot of you may not know this is just one license that the Free Software Foundation manages. (The image stood at the top of Georg Greve's Brave Gnu World columns from 1999-2004.)They also manage the LGPL, or the Lesser GPL. A...
- Tags: Software as a Service, Legal, General, FOSS, Software Licensing, GPL
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
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