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- Open source opportunity on the road to Nairobi
- Open source opportunity on the road to NairobiYes, it is funny to watch MS and the BSA try to crack down on piracy inplaces where people can not afford Windows, or at least would switch to Linux before paying for Windows. They use Windows because that is what they grew...
- Tags: Linux, community growth, Nairobi, Business Software Alliance, open source, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
- MedTech needs the BSA's help, stat
- Attention Business Software Alliance! You need to offer better coverage to the medical technology area, stat. (Me love Dilbert. Image from Boingboing.)Â No, the dermatologist isn't running a pirated copy of Microsoft Word. We're talking here of expensive medical imaging software from companies like...
- Tags: Game, Business Software Alliance, MedTech, Games, Healthcare, Tools & Techniques, Personal Technology, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- OLPC to run Windows? Say it ain't so!
- OLPC to run Windows? Say it ain't so!Death of OLPCYeah, "no comments" usually means "we're neck deep in it".This is very bad. The original $100 PC concept ends up as a $250++ Vista PC, filled with craplets, and so loaded with DRM you can't even print out your own...
- Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, One Laptop Per Child project, computer, PC, Linux, Business Software Alliance
- Discussion threads 2007-04-27
- No open source pressure in Viacom-Google case
- Why write about Viacoms suit against Google in an open source blog?Because there but for the grace of open source goes software. (The image is from the ZDNet blog of Donna Bogatin, who holds a different, albeit quite valid, view on these topics.)Back at the turn of the century stories...
- Tags: Google Inc., Business Software Alliance, Viacom Inc., open source, piracy
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- Let's all join Bill O'Reilly and hate France
- Let's all join Bill O'Reilly and hate FranceMy view has changed since August, in fact.There are certainly reasons to continue disagreeing with some current French political philosophies, but after visiting France in August, I found the people to be quite nice...even friendly and helpful. This was both in rural...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Business Software Alliance, software, Bill O'Reilly, Mandriva
- Discussion threads 2005-12-09
- Microsoft expands low-cost Windows to Mexico
- Microsoft expands low-cost Windows to MexicoMan, the Mexicans don't need this. For 50 pesos (5 bucks) you can buy anysoftware title you want at the market. You can walk into any corner computer shop and buy a white box computer loaded with XP, MS Office Pro, Photo Shop, whatever you...
- Tags: Operating systems, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows XP, OPEN SOURCE, PC gaming, Business Software Alliance, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-06-28
- Piracy rate could double, study says
- Piracy rate could double, study saysWho caresFunny, but I can't remember a time when any corporation ever cared about my paycheck or whether I've ever been robbed or not. Why should I care about them, especially when they are making tons of money regardless, in many cases illegally too? I'd...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, dollar value, piracy, Microsoft Corp., software, Business Software Alliance
- Discussion threads 2005-05-18
- BSA 2005 Global Software Piracy Study
- In 2004, 35 percent of the software installed on personal computers worldwide was pirated, a one percentage point decrease from 36 percent in 2003. Yet, losses due to piracy increased from $29 billion to $33 billion. These are among key findings of an independent global software piracy study released...
- Tags: Software, Business Software Alliance, Piracy, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Software firms want copyright law rewrite
- Software firms want copyright law rewriteRespectHere's an idea,Bring Copyright back to it's intended scope and power. An initial 14 years with an additional 14 years upon application if the creator of the works is still living after the first term of years. This is what the founders thought to be...
- Tags: EULA, copyright law, Business Software Alliance, DMCA, software
- Discussion threads 2005-01-07
- Piracy crackdown yields $2.2 million
- Piracy crackdown yields $2.2 millionIf you're gonna play, you gotta pay ...When people use proprietary software, they'd better know the rules read the EULA and play by the rules. Software companies are completely within their rights to attempt to enforce those rules within the arena of fair use. ...
- Tags: Business Software Alliance, piracy, software
- Discussion threads 2004-10-12
- Munich Linux switch back on
- Munich Linux switch back onRight on!That's awesome. I really hope it goes well. A deployment of this size gives a lot of useful information for other organizations to use. Kudos to Munich!Gartner and their new alphabet soup ..."EU needs to worry: we have plenty of FUD for...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, commission, Business Software Alliance, Linux, TCO, Gartner Inc., patent, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-08-13
- Software piracy losses double
- Software piracy losses doubleAhh, another big study "lie"P2P downloads != lost salesJoe Pirate who downloads an expensive app would never buy it in the first place.The pirates are the ones who sell in on the street and make money off it.Another BS study from the BSA.Yeah... shutting down the P2P's...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Tools & Techniques, P2P, software, Quark Inc., piracy, Business Software Alliance
- Discussion threads 2004-07-07
- Report tells programmers to put security over creativity
- Report tells programmers to put security over creativityMake it simple and FASTI cannot stand all the imbedded junk in a webpage. Make it simple, clean looking and fast. Leave the animated junk to the kids.Can you say Palladium?I knew you could.is it the programmers fault? Why blame them for...
- Tags: Development tools, programmer, security, software, government, Business Software Alliance
- Discussion threads 2004-04-01
- BSA: 3% of US consumers will buy all gifts online
- The Business Software Alliance reports that 55% of US consumers expect to buy only some of their 2003 holiday gifts online, while 3% say they will buy all of this year’s gifts online. As for the types of gifts consumers say the will buy online this holiday season, the BSA/Ipsos...
- Tags: Business Software Alliance
- Blog posts 2003-11-17
- Buyer Beware: 10 Tips for Safe Shopping
- Tips to help consumers and businesses when purchasing software online.
- Tags: Business Software Alliance, Tools & Techniques, Management
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- Software Piracy and the Law
- Software piracy is a high-stakes gamble. Can a business really suffer legal and ethical consequences if it’s caught with pirated software? This is what the U.S. law has to say.
- Tags: Software, Business Software Alliance, Software Piracy, Piracy, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management
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Additional Resources
- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Stonesoft Security in Virtual Environments
- As I mentioned in the post, Virtualization and security, quite a number of suppliers focused on security in virtualized environments have come forward to speak with me in the past month. Stonesoft is one of those companies. Mark Boltz, Senior Solutions Architect, and Greg Mead, Solutions Architect, both of Stonesoft,...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Stonesoft, Stonegate Management Center, Security, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Introduction to BIT
- This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...
- Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature
- There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...
- Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
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