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- IBM passes open source license baton to Eclipse
- IBM and the Eclipse Foundation have taken a stand against license proliferation by announcing today that the Common Public License CPL has been officially superseded by the Eclipse Public License EPL. The CPL will no longer be considered an active open source license, but there's an easy migration path for...
- Tags: Google Inc., License, Eclipse, IBM Corp., Section 7, Eclipse Public License 1.0, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- Does dual-licensing limit community?
- Does dual-licensing limit community?Opening up for more code contributionsI think the dual license approach has worked well for MySQL. It's part of the "quid pro quo" approach that we have used in our business. But there's no doubt that MySQL could do a better job accepting code contributions....
- Tags: Databases, code contribution, contribution, Zack
- Discussion threads 2008-12-23
- A hard lesson in Internet values, and the Internet's value
- A hard lesson in Internet values, and the Internet's valueThe answer is not simple and depends on multiple variables ...If we take all of the information available to us on the internet, and use it wisely (look at multiple resonses to our query, check out validity of those responses,...
- Tags: Wiki, Internet, Wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- ODF and differences of opinion
- ODF and differences of opinionNot really[i]It sounds like the OpenDocument Foundation thinks another XML document standard would better achieve their goals.[/i]Actually, it's much more of a political issue. They're after a file format that meets classical standards objectives such as testable conformance and round-trip integrity between conforming applications.According to...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML, OpenDocument Format, OASIS, OpenDocument Foundation
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- OpenOffice won't fork -- for now
- OpenOffice won't fork -- for nowStopping innovation?You can anything you like with open source, as long as we approve...RE: OpenOffice won't fork -- for nowThe surprising thing to me is that it's so surprising to some that there is an argument going on in public. Some folks get needless hysterical...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., Contribution, Sun Contributor Agreement, agreement
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- OpenOffice won't fork -- for now
- In spite of a bitter battle between Novell and Sun developers, OpenOffice won’t fork â€" at least for now. That's the consensus among several OpenOffice developers who are locked in a bitter dispute with Sun over how the open source project is governed but who nevertheless...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Fork, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- Zend Framework hits 1.0 milestone
- Just in time for Independence Day the Zend Framework for PHP has hit its 1.0.0 milestone and is available for download.Zend uses the OSI-approved New BSD license.Zend Technologies gave credit to 230 community developers, including Google and IBM, releasing the framework for Web 2.0 application development less than two years after...
- Tags: Google, Distributions, Development, BSD, Applications, IBM, Implementations, Internet
- Blog posts 2007-07-03
- Are batteries the gating factor on mobile productivity?
- Are batteries the gating factor on mobile productivity? My buddy Dennis Rice, fellow Tablet PC MVP and contributor at GottaBeMobile.com thinks so and Im in complete agreement. Even with devices optimized to squeeze as many hors as possible out of a charge as possible like the Lenovo X60t Tablet PC...
- Tags: Mobility, Gadgetry, Tablet PCs, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Google Apps in first collapse
- Just days after launching the paid Premier Edition, Google Apps has fallen over — not for everyone, but for a sizeable minority of Gmail users, who have experienced around 14 hours of continuous downtime, plus additional knock-on delays to emails that were queued during the downtime. I know I said...
- Tags: Collaboration, Google, Service level management
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- Why do users put up with bad software?
- Why do users put up with bad software?CostThe majority of Americans will choose paying less over getting better quality much of the time.comment on the other voteit's much simpler than all the choices. The majority of users don't know what they are doing in the first place, so how can...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, coder, software, bad software, X+1
- Discussion threads 2007-01-04
- What happened in IT in 2006?
- What happened in IT in 2006?I have to agreeThat most of the interesting stuff is happening away from the established companies and out of the eye of the mainstream press. This is certainly the case in my own particular area of interest. I suspect that any influence the good research...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Strategy, information technology, Is it Microsoft, open source, sales, Red Hat Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-27
- Q&A with Tim Bray
- In the months and weeks leading up to Mondays announcement there was considerable speculation about which open source license Sun would choose for Java. When I learned it would be GPL, I had a number of concerns and questions about what this would mean for developers of both free and...
- Tags: General, Java, Licenses, Community, Programming, Sun
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
- Bradley Kuhn rips Microsoft's patent pledge to shreds. But should we be surprised?
- Yesterday, in reponse to Microsoft’s Patent Pledge for Non-Compensated Developers which was an integral part of last weeks pact between the software giant and Novell, Software Freedom Law Center CTO Bradley Kuhn issued a tersely worded warning to the Free and Open Source Software FOSS community that the pledge is...
- Tags: General, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Legal, F/OSS, openSUSE.org
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
- Random thoughts from the Web 2.0 Summit
- There are so many people blogging this event that doing reportorial coverage seems like a complete waste of my time and yours so Ill spare you another attempt to explain "what it all means" and instead will share some observations Ive been jotting down over the two days of the...
- Tags: Productivity, Mobility, Microsoft Office, Software, Utilities and Add-Ins, Web Apps, Web
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
- Details still fuzzy on Microsoft-Novell pact
- Details still fuzzy on Microsoft-Novell pactSimple, MS wanted to generage FUD about intelectual property around Linux,and, Novel could not turn down the money. Just that simple.Ah the beauty of a private contract.Is that its terms are private. ;-)Ok, the simple truth of it is that it is in both Microsoft's...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-11-07
- Oracle's war of stack against stack
- Oracle's war of stack against stackMySQLSo as to not put all their eggs in one basket, MySQL recently announced removal of support for BerkleyDB Oracle SleepyCat acquisition and offers both MyISAM and InnoDB engines as of MySQL Enterprise version 5.1.12.The Oracle Windows StoryI suspect that Oracle is a huge open...
- Tags: Linux, Databases, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., MySQL, open source
- Discussion threads 2006-10-26
- Google partnership strategy: What would Shakespeare think?
- Facebook quoted Emily Dickinson when it opened its virtual social networking doors last month to anyone with an email address (see “Facebook vs. MySpace: open doors, but not so friendly”).The Facebook blog announcing “Welcome to Facebook, everyone, Now you can all connect”:My friend must be a Bird-Because it flies!Mortal, my...
- Tags: partnership, Google Inc., MySpace
- Blog posts 2006-10-20
- A 'Dire Straits' Web barter economy?: Links for nothing, content for free
- What does Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing” have to do with the Web’s economy?The popular refrain “thats the way you do it, Get your money for nothin get your chicks for free,” can be remixed Web 2.0 style to reflect the Webs current link barter economy: Get your links...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-10-04
- DRM is the open source divide
- DRM is the open source divideWater under the bridgeAt least with regard to the Linux kernel, it's a done deal.The reason is that unlike official FSF projects the kernel contributors retained their own copyright and it's now impossible to chase all of them down to talk them into a change...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), GPL, open source, digital-rights management, Linus, Linux kernel, Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-07-31
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