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The Gates/Ozzie equation: (software services) (servers = service): The Gates/Ozzie equation: software services (servers = service)A Crack for the CodeThere is a crack for MS code. Microsoft is looking to further monetize software development at a time when a threshold has been reached and our needs have been met. This is a money grab for...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, Groupware, server, Microsoft Corp., software, Gates/Ozzie equation, Gates/Ozzie, Internet; Discussion threads 2006-07-28
Could more Eolas-like open source benefactors hurt Microsoft, others?: Whenever Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz ends up talking about his company's open source strategy, the word "indemnified" invariably crops up. Schwartz, who is always on-message, never forgets to slip in a reminder that when Sun open sources something -- like Solaris -- that users of that open-sourced-something are using software...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mozilla Firefox, software, open source; Blog posts 2006-05-30
Is OSS less reliable?: Is OSS less reliable?hypocritical ployi think this is a hypocritical marketing ploy by MS to get back at markets, consumers, anyone who'll listen. most people in the field know better. MS commercial software is about as stable as a teenage girl in a committed relationship. yeah, its better than some...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., OSS, software, Murray; Discussion threads 2006-05-19
Commercial open source, a misnomer?: Commercial open source, a misnomer?They are just exploiters!By the open source charter, any s/w based on open source should be free! It cannot be half free and half commercial. They should charge only for service. The charter clearly says that they should provide free any drivative products. Commercialism is a...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Commercialism, open source, SugarCRM, software, OSS; Discussion threads 2005-08-30
Commercial open source, a misnomer?: I received an e-mail from Simon Romanski, director of information systems at Fulfillment America, asking about the nature of open source software and its intersection with commercialism. Open source software the code is free and open. You can pay for support, packaging, reliable distributions. If in what's called commercial open...; Tags: SugarCRM, open source; Blog posts 2005-08-29

Twenty years of free software: What now?: Twenty years of free software: What now?Now another hundred years of FREE software!!!Linux will revolutionize the entire universe! Soon we won't have to pay at all anymore and M$ will be wiped off the face of the earth! Linux will finally take the desktop this year! Long live Dr. Torvalds!Third...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., MySQL, Commercial Software, software, Free Software, motivation; Discussion threads 2004-01-06
Chinese computers vulnerable to viruses: Chinese computers vulnerable to virusesnow there is a headline"Chinese computers vulnerable to viruses"glad we americans don't have that problem :)what OS?The news didn't say what OS they were using. Was it the communist Red Flag Linux?MS gave them the source code for XP why dont they fixt it?MS gave them...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, virus, SQL Slammer, Microsoft Corp., computer; Discussion threads 2003-10-21