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- 80 ways to mix open source and business
- Open source and business do mix. In fact, according to Matthew Aslett at the 451 Group, you can mix open source into more than 80 combinations of development model, licensing model, and revenue schemes. Usually, people talk about three licensing combos: Proprietary, mixed, and "pure" open source...
- Tags: Aslett, Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- What drives customer demand for Solaris/x86? Fear of failure
- I think the short answer to "what happened to growth in the OpenSolaris community" is Ian Murdock; but the longer answer is that growth continues but enthusiasm lags and the commercial applications market has become more a defensive one than a leading edge one. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Growth, Paul Murphy, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel X86, Sun Sparc, Systems Story, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Processors, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?
- Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?Being left alone may not be a problem.Remember the executive whose open source company was purchased by Red Hat. He complained that Red Hat wouldn't provide the resources needed for the project, but instead expected a "community" to do the work at much...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Poll: Best personal finance software?
- A little while ago, before the massive recession threw everyone into the depths of their portfolios, I thought it would be prudent to graduate tracking my expenses from pen and paper to software. My parents have dabbled with Quicken, and I wasn't really impressed with Microsoft Money....
- Tags: Software, Quicken, Personal Finance, Mint, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Top Digger helps launch Tip'd, a Digg clone for financial news
- Top Digger helps launch Tip'd, a Digg clone for financial newsCommunity based Financial NewsI think it's a great idea, and something I look forward to watching grow. It's backed by some heavy hitters in the industry, so it's got a great chance of succeeding.With the global economy in the...
- Tags: Tip'd, Digg-clone, financial new, financial
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- SAP's EcoHub, here's the rub
- SAP has created a marketplace for its own and partner solutions called EcoHub. Pre-sales are handled by SAP, with content created by the partners. Comments can be left but there are a number of questions about how this operates. The good news is that SAP spent...
- Tags: SAP AG, EcoHub, Pre-sales, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcement
- Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcementEclipseRyan - I guess the point with the Eclipse stuff is to appeal to Java developers who don't want to step out of Eclipse to do RIA development, much the same approach Adobe took with Flex.RE: Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcementHey Ryan,I totally agree...
- Tags: Java development tools, .NET, Middleware, Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Systems Inc., Eclipse
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Still pushing the obvious: Sun Ray
- Still pushing the obvious: Sun RayGreat for the environment to!Lasting up to 20 years and pulling 8-10 watts ( inc. network overhead ) reduces materials energy and waste... And once you buy more than IRO 50, cheaper purchase price, running costs, support maintenance updates and no upgrades...So why would any...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Recruitment & Selection, Anton, Sun Ray, security, Sun Microsystems Inc., attack
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcement
- (Update: It also looks like you can grab the final bits as of 12:01 this morning: http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx?v=2.0) After listening to the Q&A from the press conference today recording here, digging into some of the details, and reading some of the commentary on various blogs, there are a...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Eclipse, Numbers Game, Linux, Java Development Tools, Microsoft Development Tools, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- A new virtual desktop tool from Microsoft's Windows Sysinternals team
- Microsoft's Windows Sysinternals team has developed a lightweight and very dependable virtual desktop manager called Desktops that allows you to create up to four virtual desktops on your computer. This allows you to spread out your applications on the various desktops. In this edition of the Windows Vista Report, Greg...
- Tags: Team, Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Sysinternals Team, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-10-14
- Citrix makes "Kensho" preview available
- Citrix has delivered a technical preview of a toolkit that allows developers to create and deploy OVF-based virtual appliances that run on multiple virtualization hypervisors. The toolkit, which was introduced last July, is code named "Kensho" and provides the ability to create, import and deploy application workloads...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Zmanda launches open source backup, recovery solutions for Windows
- Open source backup and recovery independent software developer ISV Zmanda formally announced two new products tailored for Windows users. Zmanda, of Sunnyvale, Calif. announced Zmanda Recovery Manager Enterprise Version 3.0 for MySQL and Zmanda Internet Backup ZIB. ZRM 3.0 is the first Windows edition...
- Tags: MySQL, Recovery Solution, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- And the new name is ... Windows 7
- And the new name is ... Windows 7And the new name is...Windows 7This is great news from Microsoft, and a death knell to the rest of the software world! Apple and Linux, take heed, your end is at hand, and its name is Microsoft!!They're going to have a heck...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, new name
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Open source protectionism?
- Open source protectionism?Advocating Open Source locally is fine, however...Mandating it should not be done. I support an open architecture and the mandate of open standards, but not the enforcement of Open Source. If MS adopts ODF well and it makes sense for you, then you should be free...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, open source, open standard, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Google ignores some reported security problems?
- Google ignores some reported security problems?Just Disclose itJust disclose it,they should be no better then anyone else.Its obvious they have ignored your Bug report.RE: Google ignores some reported security problems?It appears to me that this kind of corporate apathy is running ramped throughout the web community. Many companies have adopted...
- Tags: reported security problem, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Education: Driver for a lower-cost MacBook?
- The Mac community and fellow travelers are holding their collective breaths until noon on Tuesday when Apple's spotlight will move off of notebooks. While most of the speculation is on what will be introduced -- supposedly a MacBook with a significantly lower price tag -- others are questioning the why...
- Tags: Education, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple MacBook, Quarter, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Notebooks, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Mobile software Monday: Handy Tools Pack for S60 devices
- I am working on getting Mobile software Monday reviews up and running here again on my ZDNet blog, but there are so many devices coming in that it is tough to find the time to write about all the great software titles. The Nokia E71 see my full review is...
- Tags: Software, Application, Device, Mobile, Utility, Tool, Handy TaskMan, Handy Profiles, Handy Keylock, Handy Converter, S60 Operating System, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Value, value and values in an open source world
- Value, value and values in an open source worldWhy is it that many feel that companies should/mustshare software code, yet they draw the line at sharing anything which maintaines their own income?I do not see Boeing sharing design or manufacturing techniues with Airbus, KFC and Coca-Cola keep their recipies under...
- Tags: proprietary software, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
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