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EC software law could divide open source

EC software law could divide open source Her's an idea, be a big boy and pick something elseYou don't like product "A", use product B, C, D, E, F, G, etc.Don't like that, write your own code.Considering there are allready US laws for negligenceIF you kill someone with your crappy...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, EC software law, EC Software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Help & Manual 5.1.0 build 730 (Windows)

Help & Manual is a documentation tool and content management system for both single and multi-author editing.Help & Manual gives you the full power of a true WYSIWYG XML editor.Help & Manual lets you create and edit your online help project and export it to many different output formats (HTML...

Tags: EC Software, Content Management, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2008-12-21

HHReg 1 (Windows)

HHReg is a utility to register HTML Help (.chm) files on an individual Windows computer to make them available for viewing. Registration for HTML Help files is required since Microsoft issued a security patch for Microsoft Internet Explorer, disabling in general all HTML Help files that are viewed from a...

Tags: HTML, EC Software, HHReg, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-05-12

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Oracle opponent cheers delay in mySQL decision

If its MYsql the problem make a foundation out of it IF everybody is so worry about MYsql quick turn this into a foundation big time and sell support.Give away the code , give a version of mysql to a competition on EU to shut them...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, MySQL, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory

IBM should thank M$for activating its agents in the EC and stalling the Oracle-Sun deal.MySQL/MariaDB may be where most of the data residesYes, Oracle and DB2 have a significant market share of large DB installations, but most of the data in the world isn't aggregated by a few large companies,...

Tags: Corporate law, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?

Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Open source be not proud

microsoft over java???hardly.Ellison should use GPL v3 for mysqland commit 1 billion dollars to it.This deal will sail through and everyone will be happy.It is a pyramid schemeFor a long time open source companies were only "profitable" because their perceived value.MySQL is a very good example of this. They sold...

Tags: Databases, open source, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Is MySQL an "albatross" around the neck of Larry Ellison?

The EC is CLUELESSAbsolutely NOTHING changes about MySQL or its license open source with the buy out.infiltrated M$ agents are obfuscating this issueThe MySql should be a slam dunk, but M$ agents are feeding false information to the commision to harm OSS.Are you sure about that?MySql (and of course SUN...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Larry Ellison, Microsoft Corp., agent

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal

Opera"Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal". . . and by "browser rivals" you really mean Opera, who has been whimpering and whining the whole time. A browser that barely appears on anybody's charts, but still retains a cult following.I think Microsoft is improving with IE7...

Tags: Web browsers, ballot screen, Web browser, Opera Software ASA, ballot screen proposal, Microsoft Corp., official complaint

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

How would you fix the browser ballot for European Windows users?

Kill off Opera, or MS should pull out of Europe cause they can afford toMicrosoft should shut down all offices in the EU, pull out of the market entirely, and tell the EU to bugger off.Perhaps the commission will realize they were wrong.Seriously, over a browser, and the order of...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Opera Software ASA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, ballot, ballot screen, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

News to know: Dell; Xerox, Android, NewEgg, Win7, Windows Mobile,

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. Andrew Nusca: Dell Latitude Z 16" thin-and-light revealed; Lamborghini angles hide boardroom muscle Gallery: Hands on with the Dell...

Tags: Xerox Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Storage, Andrew Nusca, Newegg.com, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Dell Latitude, EC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Eurocrats killing open source softly, says Ellison

Not so great......when you're on the receiving end, is it Larry? Seems to me all those who so joyfully cheered the EU on against Microsoft were warned about unintended consequences.Carl RapsonIt s blade with two side , becareful not to cut your hand Well its a 2 sided blade Mr...

Tags: Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Europe can stick a fork where its mouth is

Problem with your thinking...Sun owns the copyright. That means that they can rebrand the license. If you fork it, it is GPL forever. Thus you are definitely loosing out.Your argument would have made sense if Sun would have said, "hey we are going to release this under the Apache license."...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, MySQL, mouth, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

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. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over MySQL concerns

The European Commission may delay Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems over concerns about Oracle getting its hands on Sun's MySQL, according to a Reuters report that cites at least two unnamed sources. The delay, if the commission decides to open an investigation to look into its concerns, could be as...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Open Source, Databases, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Opera 10 release candidate available

They will probably get the law changed..because competing on your own merits doesn't apply to them.So how much will they pay me to use it?Because that's the only way anything they make will ever find its way on to any machine I run.RE: Opera 10 release candidate availableThe button to...

Tags: Opera 10, Opera 10 release candidate, Opera Software ASA, release candidate

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC approval

Yeah but...Sure wish they'd fire McNealy & Schwartz, then it would make it all worthwhile.Michael Murdock, CEOWell I never liked Oracle anyway......good way for Oracle to shoot itself in the foot. :)Did you know that large snakes can misjudge prey and try to eat something too big? Then they literally...

Tags: Linux, Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft development tools, U.S. Department of Justice, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC approval

Oracle said in a release today that the U.S. Department of Justice has given its blessing to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The deal is still awaiting approval from the European Commission. Sun's shareholders approved the acquisition last month. You'll recall that Oracle came out of left...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Hardware, Sun Solaris, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, UNIX, Operating Systems, Databases, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Windows 7 to sell in UK for half the US price

Summer exchangeHow about I send my daughter for her summer student exchange to you guys in the USA loaded up with Windows 7 DVDs ... and you send your child with new PC and ADOBE software purchased on that side of the pond?We'll split the difference in cash.You can keep...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-18