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- Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers
- After an expansion phase that saw the introduction of the iPhone, Android, LiMo, and JavaFX Mobile, the mobile phone platform landscape is shrinking again. Nokia today announced it plans to spend $410 million to acquire the pieces of Symbian Ltd. that it doesn't already own, and...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Eclipse, Android, Eclipse Public License, Eclipse Foundation, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
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- Missing what open source cannot afford
- FOSS needs some town hallsto get free air time on the news and to educate the users on the perils of closed source.I have to disagree ...I'm not sure how isolated you are, but my experience with open source through OpenNMS has been quite different.Sure, companies like mine that are...
- Tags: open source, OpenNMS
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Microsoft makes Web development tools available for free
- right...'free tools' that cost you arm and leg when you realized you just missed a small component not included in the 'stack'...kind of like getting a free car with no wheels.RE: Microsoft makes Web development tools available for freeFor example? What would one of those components be?Give an ExampleWhat...
- Tags: Channel management, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft Visual Studio, Web development, Web Development Tools, Microsoft Corp., Web, proc, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- What Obama can do for and to open source
- What Obama can do for and to open sourceSorry we let you down.It doesn't surprise me though. We are very focused on our agendas. The Obama Administration presents a large field of issues. The only thing I can say so far is that his choice to fill...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Obama, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-05-16
- News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu
- 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. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Common public license merged into Eclipse
- An FAQ on the merger notes that the two licenses were already very similar. "A quick read of the two licenses will quickly show that they are very very close," writes Mike Milinkovich, who heads Eclipse. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: License, Eclipse, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- News to know: Google; iBotnet; Cisco; Microsoft
- 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. Larry Dignan: Google earnings deliver; Sales growth slows; Economy still in 'uncharted territory' Statement: GOOGLE ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2009...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Information Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, IBM Corp., Desktops, Strategy, Open Source, Hardware, Management
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- 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
- What does Europe have against GPLv3?
- My recent story on EUPL, the European Union Public License, drew some interesting reaction and this follow up question. What does Europe have against GPLv3? Roberto Galoppini, who first drew my attention to the issue, drew a response to his post from Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz...
- Tags: GPLv3, EUPL, Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz, Galoppini, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Jetty jumps on Eclipse train
- Celebrating its 5th anniversary last month, The Eclipse Foundation has grown to encompass a wide variety of technologies beyond its humble Java IDE roots. For an example of this, you need look no further than the proposal to move Jetty under the Eclipse umbrella. Jetty is successful...
- Tags: Eclipse, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
- More on Symbian
- More on SymbianMore Pablum? No Thank You.Don't underestimate the intelligence of your readership.With articles like yesterday's you shot from the hip and now ask questions later.We understand that you are getting up to speed with learning Linux, Java and such, which is fine especially given you were readily open to...
- Tags: Smart phones, INTERNET, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wood, Symbian Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- LiMo vows to fight on, debuts new mobile handsets from Motorola, NEC, Panasonic
- The LiMo Foundation has no intention of fading away. At the launch of LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco today, the foundation announced the release of  several new Linux-based mobile handsets from Mototorola, NEC and Panasonic. The addition of these latest models -- including Motorola's...
- Tags: Panasonic, LiMo Foundation, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Handset, Symbian Inc., NEC Corp., Motorola Inc., Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Android will be 100% open source, says Google
- Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android "Android", including all the core platform components and libraries needed to port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used, industry standard licenses, says Google. [ See also: Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform ]...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apache Software Foundation, Android, Open Source, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Open source as the villain in its own story
- Maybe because of JavaOne and Sun's well-known concerns about open source profit the idea of proprietary hooks which make people pay for open source software is big again. After all, if the code is free and visible why should an enterprise customer write a check to its...
- Tags: Asset, Open Source, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Eclipse co-founder Skip McGaughey on Open Health mission
- Skip McGaughey, who was the original co-chair of the Eclipse Foundation while at IBM, has a new mission, to bring that same open source collaboration to health care. McGaughey, who has been based in Asheville, NC since launching Eclipse, is the first head of the Open Health...
- Tags: Health Care, Eclipse, Standards, McGaughey, OHT, Kestrel, Terminology People, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- XMF 2 (Windows)
- XMF is a state of the art dynamic programming language that provides an excellent basis for the construction of a broad range of applications including: Data Intelligence, DSLs and Software and System modeling. XMF has strong Java integration and allows applications to be architected using mixins of conventional Java and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Ceteva, XMF 2, XMF, DSL, Programming Languages, Research & Development, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Java, Open Source, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Business Operations, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-03-11
- Misys walks the open source walk
- Misys walks the open source walkMaybe you should have posted this one to the other blogThis does seem to be more of an open source story than a medical tech story. It's both, of course, but the emphasis appears to be on the former.RE: Misys walks the open source...
- Tags: Open Source Development, open source, Misys, middleware, Apache Software Foundation, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-02-08
- Adobe responds to Appcelerator with open source BlazeDS
- Our own Martin Lamonica reports that Adobe has responded to the announcement of Appcelerator by open sourcing BlazeDS, the messaging software for its Flex development tool. Observant readers will recall how yesterday Appcelerator CEO Jeff Haynie told us his new GPL development system is aimed squarely at...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- Laszlo demo: The write once/run anywhere (Flash,DHTML,Java,Silverlight) RIA dev tool?
- If you're like a lot of Web developers who want to turn their static Web sites in to something more rich and interactive (these days, referred to as Rich Internet Applications or RIAs), one of the challenges is in choosing a platform to target. The main choices are Adobe's...
- Tags: Desktop, Application, Platform, Rich Internet Application, Laszlo Systems Inc., Tool, Flash, OpenLaszlo, CPL, Laszlo Webtop, Open Source, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Microsoft gets the open-source licensing nod from the OSI
- Microsoft gets the open-source licensing nod from the OSIOh mah gosh!Hell just froze over! ]:)It gets better for users and coders everyday.Keep up the good efforts Microsoft!wait and seeLet's not get too excited. Just because they hammered out the terms for two licenses doesn't mean that they will release anything...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, .NET, Shared Source, Impartiality, Microsoft Corp., OSI, software, open source, Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
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