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Do we still need the GPL?

Here's a good topic for debate as we approach Independence Day. As I was doing my morning reading, I came across a link to an interview with Eric S. Raymond, where he says "we don't need the GPL anymore." That certainly caught my attention. Here's part of what Raymond...

Tags: open source, GPL, Eric S. Raymond, software

Blog posts 2005-07-01

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Seeking a Stallman for open source

Stallman is for OSS what Washington was for USAWe need more people like Stallman to liberate us from the M$ tirany not Benedict Arnolds like Icaza!We need to speek louder about M$ dirty deeds not to seek peace with the devil.Stallman is a liberalJust thought LinuxGeek ought to know that....

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman, open source, Icaza, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Does Oracle matter to open source

only as long as Oracle fights M$the reason OSS is doing very well is because people hate M$ and proprietary software in general.As long as Oracle will fund this insurgency against the evil M$ empire everybody will be better off.Eventually M$ will collapse like the Soviet Union and great days...

Tags: open source, proprietary software, OSS, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture

This is the 41st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: BIT: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Roots (2) In its present form this commitment to publication and peer review, originally derived from the core academic and scientific approach giving rise to the science...

Tags: Noorda, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Open source extremism lives

Open source extremism livesNot the same thingI admit there's a continuum of opinion. Those who are advocating ogg aren't advocating defiance of the law, but a format more in keeping with the ideals of FOSS, which is a different thing.Userama decided to laugh at Democrats, but he made an apt...

Tags: ZD Net, F/OSS, extremism, Open source extremism, extremist, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Curing what ails Microsoft

Curing what ails MicrosoftYou are the firstNTDid anyone ever tell you that you look a littlelike Tucker Carlson on MSNBC fromerly CNN?Pagan jimWhat you describe......is inherent in any large organization look at the US Government, but your suggestions are good ones, nonetheless. Any plans to fight unnecessary code duplication...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Quality, Microsoft Corp., Amiga, Commodore, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Is Stiglitz the official economist of open source?

If anyone may be deemed the official economist of open source, it's probably Joseph Stiglitz right. Stiglitz, 65, was a co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics for work he did on the impact of asymmetric information. His paper said markets can be...

Tags: Patent, Economist, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-25

UNIX - Let's get together and feel all right

People have often accused me of dreaming too much and not having my thoughts anchored in reality, particularly in this world of multi-billion dollar technology companies and big business, when huge amounts of money are at stake and every competitor is vying for the top spot. In...

Tags: GPL, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., CDDL, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-18

Is open source anti-American?

Is open source anti-American?Who thinks up this stuff???NTJust because there's a profound, global, anti-American sentiment,doesn't mean Open Source is anti-American--unless you consider it anti-American for other countries to look for ways to avoid paying for, and using, American IP. There are lots of people who use Open Source alternatives...

Tags: anti-American, American Business, Is open source anti-American, open source, IS open source

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

Bruce is back, does OSI still want him?

Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens wants back on the board. Perens, who quit OSI in 1999 to concentrate on free software, has launched a petition drive to win his way back in. Perens says vendors are over-represented on the board, which is headed...

Tags: OSI, Bruce Perens, Bruce, Michael Tiemann, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Is celebrity contradictory with open source?

Daniel Terdiman's scathing review of journalist Sarah Lacy at the SXSW keynote of Mark Zuckerberg this weekend leads to this intriguing question. Are celebrity and open source contradictory? (Here's a clip.) It's true that open source has some well-known names. Eric Raymond. Linus Torvalds....

Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-10

Microsoft snaps up Danger Inc.

Microsoft snaps up Danger Inc.Is this a testamentTo their inability to gain hardly any traction at all in the Mobile device environment, starting to use a java based solution?? (It's not the full implementation anyways, it has some proprietary add ons and misses some of the functionality). Furthermore does Danger...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows NT, Danger Inc., Microsoft Corp., SideKick

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Microsoft axes paid versions of Office Live Small Business

Microsoft axes paid versions of Office Live Small BusinessIt's just not worth paying for. ntntgoing in the right directionNow simplify the features all the versions and let users/businesses turn on/off what features they need. Also, follow the Google Apps pricing model.do they do support?i heard u don't need an IT...

Tags: Office Live Small Business, small business, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Should open source cheer Gates' swan song?

Should open source cheer Gates' swan song?An open source star really could help to increase awarness of Linux, andfree software in general. Linux Torvalds does not want to be a star, and though not as abrasive as Richard, still abrasive. Eric Raymond is a great writer, but he does not...

Tags: open source, Google Inc., Linux, Bill Gates, brand

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Commercial the dominant word in open source

Commercial the dominant word in open sourceYes, MS is forced outside of their comfort zone!MS does NOT like that they can not force everybody over to higher end hardware to run Vista. MS is now forced to TRY to make XP run on low end hardware to deny Linux an...

Tags: open-source community, Microsoft Corp., open source, man-hour, dominant Word

Discussion threads 2008-01-01

Halloween XII: What's really behind those Microsoft licenses?

Last night I stayed up late to watch a scary movie called The Grudge. It's a remake of a Japanese film, set in Japan, with English actors including Sarah Michelle Geller. It's not gory but it sure gave me the creeps. Tonight after all the trick-or-treating is done and the...

Tags: License, Microsoft Corp., Ms-RL, Nelson, Corporate Governance, Open Source, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-10-31

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

What is Open Source?

Many readers here define open source narrowly. It’s a business model, a development model, a way in which enterprise customers gain more power over their own IT. It’s all that, but it’s much more. Open source would not exist without the Internet. It requires...

Tags: Internet, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-12

Richard Stallman the creationist

I've taken issue with Stallman numerous times in the past (as an early example, care for a slice of cake). Stallman's latest musings merely add to the stack of ideological positions with which I differ. Some notable quotes from his latest musings:. Supporters of open source (which I am...

Tags: Software, Open Source, Richard Stallman, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Open source doesn't forget

My recent Novell post got some private push-back from a Novell spokesman who insisted that I was being harsh. Maybe I was. Some of the events I referenced in my response went back decades. Novell has invented and re-invented itself many times over the years, but past...

Tags: Novell Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-06