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Sun's open-source gamble

Sun's open-source gambleNeutrality of Linux.Linux is owned by anyone who wants to exploit it. But it's controlled by big companies looking for cheap software.Mr. Schwartz gets it, partly:And I think when IBM acquires either Red Hat or Novell, I think the scales will fall from peoples' eyes and they'll...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, BSD Licence, licence, Linux, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., open source, Anton, Sun Microsystems Inc., Minix, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-02-07

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Oracle opponent cheers delay in mySQL decision

If its MYsql the problem make a foundation out of it IF everybody is so worry about MYsql quick turn this into a foundation big time and sell support.Give away the code , give a version of mysql to a competition on EU to shut them...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, MySQL, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

MicroWar 2.0rc3 (Mac)

MicroWar is 'Space Invaders' style arcade game, in the cruel world of micro-compter industry. You're a Macintosh faced to invading Wintel hordes year after year, kill more PC. Bonuses let you improve your Mac performances or restore life... The game is free, under licence BSD, made with Python and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mad Dog Production, MicroWar, Desktops, Games, Hardware, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Apple kicks ZFS in the butt

CuriousWhat features does ZFS sport that NTFS does not? Which of those are important to data integrity?Reading the IRON File Systems I couldn't help notice that NTFS fared quite well. Do you have any data to suggest that ZFS would fare better than these other file systems?The file systems from...

Tags: Snow Leopard, ZFS, Apple Inc., file system

Discussion threads 2009-08-29

Can open source refuse to do business?

Can open source refuse to do business?Could you ....do the same thing if your stuff was proprietary? I don't think this question applies just to open source. A license is a license.Probably illegalMy guess would be it would run afoul of all sorts of anti-competitive clauses in a whole bunch...

Tags: open source, iText

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

What Sun can do now - and why you should help.

What Sun can do now - and why you should help.See where Open Source leads Sun to?The last decade marks the global failure to practice open source as a business model. The saddest part was that it happened despite people warned them not to go that route.Don't know what to...

Tags: Sun Solaris, Research & Development, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-18

More on Sun vs. IBM

More on Sun vs. IBMRip Sun's head off and suck it's guts out!If this goes ahead It will be interesting to see what IBM retains. Adding SPARC to its x86/64 & POWER line up is not really viable. I was sorry when HP axed Alpha for sucky Itanic. Thanks Carly!...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sales force management, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source CultureWhere is the open source culture in this blog entry???The Original UNIX culture was close to today's open source culture but the AT&T licence and big businesses like IBM/HP/SUN/DEC steered it away from its roots and that is why UNIX is taking...

Tags: Operating systems, Unix, open source, GPL, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

Open source should support Apple over Psystar

Open source should support Apple over PsystarYou're offBSD and GPL are licensesEULA is a contractRE: Open source should support Apple over PsystarDon't get into this argument. "License not Contract" is a magical phrase used by Open Source 'backers' who want to rationalize the idea that using someone's code without permission...

Tags: EULA, open source, Apple Inc., GPL, Joomla

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Do the Busybox cases change anything?

The GPL violation cases known collectively as the BusyBox cases never went to court, but they do seem to have settled the question of whether the license is enforceable. It is. So why is Edward Walsh, an attorney at Wolf Greenfield in Boston, trying to...

Tags: Software, GPL, Open-source Software, Compliance, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Does open source mandate change in copyright law?

Does open source mandate change in copyright law?I don't see where open source fitsOpen source is just being able to see the source which is protected by copyright and sometimes patents as well. What license one uses to authorized use of the software really is irrelevant. It might be a...

Tags: open source world, open source, patent, copyright law

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Did Sun just make mySQL closed source?

Did Sun just make mySQL closed source?Free users are getting stable codewhat kind of coment is that ?Supposed to imply that the open source edition is the best one, while the enterprise edition is bloated with un industrialized new features ? In what kind of world are you leaving were...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Sun/MySQL, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Is open source anti-American?

Is open source anti-American?Who thinks up this stuff???NTJust because there's a profound, global, anti-American sentiment,doesn't mean Open Source is anti-American--unless you consider it anti-American for other countries to look for ways to avoid paying for, and using, American IP. There are lots of people who use Open Source alternatives...

Tags: anti-American, American Business, Is open source anti-American, open source, IS open source

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promise

Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promiseMS only has our best interest in mind.NOT!Keep it simple stupid is a good standard, MS standard is anything but simple.Let's see if I get this straightThe main gist of the paper is that OSP is not GPL and this, therefore, proves that...

Tags: MS Only, Microsoft Corp., GPL, OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

Skepticism and Mary Jo Foley

Skepticism and Mary Jo FoleyThat does it[i]So, Mary Jo, feel free to be skeptical not that I had to tell you that. Skepticism is warranted, as you have rightly explained.[/i]Now you're going to have Don ranting about you as well as MJF.RE: Skepticism and Mary Jo FoleyGee, considering Microsoft's 20+...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo

Discussion threads 2008-03-12

Software emancipation: An open letter to Linus Torvalds

Software emancipation: An open letter to Linus TorvaldsGPL IS politicalThe basic problem is that the GPL IS political with a big agenda behind it that puts it squarely at odds with commercial software houses. This creates a confrontation where one does not need to exist. This despite the fact that...

Tags: Linus Torvalds, software, GPL, GPL IS, open source, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2008-01-21

Microsoft finally bows to EU antitrust measures

Microsoft finally bows to EU antitrust measuresROTFLMAO[i]If you can't compete whine to the courts.[/i]... and that's exactly what MS did. Alas, they didn't get what they wanted.Please. An Abacus competes with Windows and Wins!Windows is a horrible failure. After years of success (due to mis-information, illegal OEM contracts, unethical...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, strategy, Abacus, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Spyglass

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Skepticism on denial of a Microsoft-Linux suit connection

Skepticism on denial of a Microsoft-Linux suit connectionWhen you run out of ideas, you sue.Or in Microsoft's case, they try to get other groups to do the dirty work for them.Much like the Recording Industry that has lost sight of what it should be doing in getting products to the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., hill, SCO Group Inc., Microsoft-Linux, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-10-18

A (Linux) use for x86 virtualization?

A Linux use for x86 virtualization?VMware for Linuxis a pretty good product. I tried out Xen a few weeks back. You need to 1) install the Xen hypervisor (NOTE: you must have some pretty expensive processors to do both Windoze and Linux - Opteron) 2) Install the controller software on...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Intel x86, Linux, Xen, VMware Inc., virtualization, distro

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

A hundred million miracles

A hundred million miraclesDoes not anybody at ZDnet actually Use LinuxDaily for both work & play.Sorry, if I seem to harp on this, and may seem OT, But is this not the place to bring it up?I mean in the blog listing in several places, this Blog is called; "Linux...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, open source

Discussion threads 2007-09-19