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Apple still neglecting developer community

Apple still neglecting developer communityWindows Mobile is a much better platform ....for developers... There are endless outlets for distributing the software...including your own website if you wish. Programming for it is simple using any number of tools... Visual Studio.. Pocketbuilder etc... It has so many more features than iPhone...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Handhelds, Marketing research, Wireless and Mobility, Word-of-Mouth, Apple Inc., mobile, Apple iPhone, developer community, Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

Apple still neglecting developer community

This week, Apple unveiled its iPhone 3.0 OS and wowed the world with new APIs and the addition of basic features that other mobile phones have had for years. But while the company is getting huge praise for its shiny phone OS, it still drops the ball when it comes...

Tags: Apple Inc., Developer Community, FreedomVoice Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Mozilla plans to fund developer community

Mozilla plans to fund developer communityMozilla fundsIt's good to hear of intentions to reinvest in the developer community. I hope that the Mozilla people will prove to be approachable and retain an open mind approach to the growing community of talented and compelling practitioners. We await further information as to...

Tags: Mozilla Corp., developer community

Discussion threads 2006-03-22

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Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money

SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....

Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Bugzilla 3.4.4 (Mac)

Bugzilla is the leading open-source/free software bug tracking system, with high-profile installations at mozilla.org (250,000 entries), Gnome, Red Hat and NASA, among others. It features a comprehensive set of fields, attachment management, inter-bug dependencies, email notification of changes, a powerful query interface, reporting, and web, xml, email and console interfaces....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Console, Bugzilla, E-mail, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Apple Mac OS X, Online Communications, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Is imminent Chrome OS launch reckless?

First Impressions"first impressions are extremely important."Yup, Vista SP1/SP2 is a good operating system. Microsoft botched the initial release of Vista, and it gave a good operating system a permanently bad name.reckless not sure dangerous surely i may sound stupid or ill inform but ...What will be Chrome...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome, imminent Chrome OS

Discussion threads 2009-11-14

Groklaw suggests Microsoft sue, do over authentication

Are you in any way trying to legitimize patent trolling?You are well aware that what Microsoft is doing is what we all used to call patent trolling aren't you?My guess...Nothing will happen... this is just MS trying to protect UAC and runas from paten lawsuits.Besides MS would be idiot... well...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, authentication, Groklaw, patent, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

SAP and open source: it's about Oracle

Matt Asay has written a piece about SAP's 'sudden' love affair with open source: What is surprising is that it is SAP, the bastion of proprietary software, that delivers this message. Irony, thy name is SAP. SAP, after all, is hardly the most...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Matt Asay, Open Source, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?

ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., GPL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Why Google released Closure Tools

another nail in M$ coffinIt seems Google is second to FSF to send M$ to its grave.You are an idiot....First of all did you even read the article...Not only the article makes no senselike your idiotic rant aggainst MS but it contains several errors.AJAX is javascript and is not unique...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, tool, Rhino, JavaScript, Java, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Joomla 1.5.15 (Mac)

Joomla! is a powerful Open Source Content Management System for building professional web sites easily. It is often the system of choice for small business or home users who want a professional looking site that's simple to deploy and use. It can deliver a robust enterprise-level Web site as well,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Firefox, Open Source Matters, Web Browsers, Web Site Development, Open Source, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-06

News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android

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.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...

Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Google "attacking" developer community?

No.Improving their apps doesn't make them evil.Killing competition by giving away apps for "free" makes them evil.Isn't it a bit hypocritical to complain?After all Android developers are using Android which they didn't need to pay for because Google gave it to them. Where do they think those development funds...

Tags: Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Google "attacking" developer community?

So, as most people are happy that Google continues to build new features into their applications -- like Google Maps Navigation and Google Latitude -- there are others who aren't so impressed. Some people are upset that Google is building features that have already been developed by Android developers,...

Tags: Google Inc., Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services

DumbWhat a dumb move their Accounting software was one of the best products they had.Anyone notice a trend?Dumping Money, dumping Office Accounting, and all at a time when the Feds are increasingly regulating Financial firms. While MS is clearly not a "Financial" Company it looks alot like they are...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Office Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

What Windows7 could mean for Linux

Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...

Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-24

Mono-mania: It's risky business

M$ must give away its patentsIf M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.RE: Mono-mania:...

Tags: .NET, C#, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Development tools, Operating systems, Programming languages, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Why Mac open source gets no respect

"Since Macs generally cost less than PCs"THEY ARE? Since when? And that doesn't jive at all with "Macs are upscale"... and cheaper. Mmmm no.No counterpart to XBMC?There are a ton of Media Center applications for windows, including Windows Media Center, which is fairly adept at just about...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Mac people, Apple Macintosh, XBMC, MCE, Unix

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Study: 67% of Mac users would install, try Windows 7 if it was free

Marketing failureThe irony of course is that changes introduced in Vista mean that anyone could try it free for 4 months.I'm pretty sure that Windows users would also try OSX on the same basis. (Indeed some are helping themselves!)I might try Win 7 for free, but not on my Mac.I'd...

Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06