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Black Duck buys Koders

Black Duck buys KodersKoders Instead of Krugle?Personally, I like Krugle better than Koders. But it will be interesting to see how BDS integrates the Koders enterprise product with protexIP and exportIP.Also, it makes me wonder if Krugle will have to merge with Palamida...Two fine questionsYou ask two good questions....

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, XML, Koders, Krugle, Ohloh, Black Duck

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

Black Duck goes into workflow management

Black Duck is trying to expand beyond its role in managing code licenses and become a general workflow outfit. CEO Doug Levin told ZDNet last week his new Black Duck Code Center "leverages the same knowledge base that protects licenses in our base business" like ProtexIP, but...

Tags: Collaboration, Workflow, Workflow Management, Black Duck, E-mail, Process Improvement, Operational Planning, Groupware, Online Communications, Quality, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-28

What software classes owe each other

Over the Christmas holiday my high-school age son had to read Sumner's "What Social Classes Owe Each Other." The answer, he said, was "simple respect." The same may apply to software, according to Black Duck CEO and blogger  Doug Lewin Levin right. ...

Tags: Software, Growth, Black Duck Software, Black Duck, Lewin Levin, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-08

All fair in love and open source?

All fair in love and open source?You missed a 4th poll entry:You missed a 4th poll entry:- Who cares?So far, a few dozenNot to mention you. Who wrote a talkback about it.No, he's rightI started to read the article based on the headline, but now I have to agree: Who...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2007-10-25

Separating copyright and copyleft

Palamida and Black Duck both signed deals that, according to News.Com, assure that open source projects are not "polluted" by proprietary code.Both deals are with the same sources -- Eclipse and Sourceforge. Palamida and Black Duck will automate checks on these sources, and corporations will supposedly pay through the nose...

Tags: open source, Black Duck, Black

Blog posts 2005-08-01

Intel, Red Hat, SAP invest in Black Duck

Intel, Red Hat, SAP invest in Black DuckSounds like Dead Duck...Any software company that has Open Source as a business model is doomed to fail. My rep and I discussed this while sitting in 1st class on our way to TechEd. My rep said, and I quote "Open Source is...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., SAP AG, Intel Corp., dot, Black Duck, open source, rep

Discussion threads 2005-06-06

Additional Resources

Enterprises saving $26 million per project with open source

Using Only COCOMO Seriously FlawedIt assumes that every component would be developed from scratch for every project instead of being commercially licensed or re-used from another in-house project.A MySQL license purchased from Sun is much less expensive than recreating MySQL.Wow that's such total crap I'd be amazed if anyone believed...

Tags: Linux, open source

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Black Duck finds its business makes sense

managing dual-use encryptionThe important lesson from the Jonathan Erickson (Dr. Dobbs) piece is that a simple application filing averted the panic that ensued when he received a "charging letter" from U.S. export enforcement officials. 88% of all export applications qualify for exceptions given to ?mass market? or ?unrestricted? retail...

Tags: SECURITY, encryption

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Black Duck finds its business makes sense

The image that often comes to mind when I think of Black Duck is of Daffy and his friends flying across the sky when Elmer Fudd & Co. start blasting from down below. On the other hand lawyers and spies can also use Black Duck software, so security through obscurity...

Tags: Black Duck Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Open Solutions Alliance acquired by Europeans

Merger is Good for OPen SourceAwareness of the value of open source continues to spread horizontally across industries, including financial, telecom, healthcare, media and the software development industry itself. As open source use and mainstream adoption progresses, a natural evolution could be the development of a channel for business-oriented...

Tags: alliance, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Does Oracle matter to open source

only as long as Oracle fights M$the reason OSS is doing very well is because people hate M$ and proprietary software in general.As long as Oracle will fund this insurgency against the evil M$ empire everybody will be better off.Eventually M$ will collapse like the Soviet Union and great days...

Tags: open source, proprietary software, OSS, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Lazy & Water Birds Screen Saver 1.0 (Windows)

The world's most cheerful bird is duck. Download this screen saver to see many kinds of ducks right on your screen. A beautiful fat duck resting on your monitor screen--an egret with a unique golden crown on his head--then a heron walking on a grassy land in front of you--romantic...

Tags: Monitor, Screensaver, Duck, Microsoft Windows, Delta Downloads, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-08-15

Codeplex the measure of Microsoft open source street cred

Codeplex the measure of Microsoft open source street credBeing as user oriented as they areMicrosoft performed a user satisfaction survey on the quality of air. Why they even asked we don't know.The results came out, and a whopping 87% of respondents said that they would much rather have "Microsoft Air".Microsoft...

Tags: CodePlex, Microsoft Corp., open source, Microsoft open source street, Microsoft Open Source

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

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

At what stage of life is the open source industry?

At what stage of life is the open source industry?First, you must define "open source".My point is many think open source is the GPL and Linux, in my opinion that is not true and "open source" is what we passed around in the local computer clubs two or three decades...

Tags: open source, stage-of-life, open-source industry

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

News to know: Yahoo CFO; Oracle's Java; iPhone 3G S specs; EC2 outage

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Yahoo names Tim Morse as new CFO Larry Dignan: Can Oracle give Java a boost (and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Java, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Black Duck pushing open source health IT solutions

Many practices don't pursue open source solutions because their business is complex and learning the software can be hard. Tkfp admits this on its Sourceforge page. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Tkfp, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-06-11

News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Black Duck calls Microsoft open source mainstream

Black Duck calls Microsoft open source mainstreamI don't know about you.......but Codeplex seems to have a long way to go to be as big or important as Sourceforge. 9,000 projects vs 230,000. I think I read that Google Code had around 50,000 a while back and they started off after...

Tags: Java development tools, Stillborn, Silverlight.net, CodePlex, Microsoft Corp., SourceForge, open source

Discussion threads 2009-05-20