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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
- 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
- Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things
- Privacy International have said that Google's new Street View tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces are shown, according to the BBC, whereas the creator of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has made it clear that the success of the web has been because it's open for...
- Tags: Imagery, Google Inc., Web, European Commission, Europe, Street View, Channel Management, Marketing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Doing the Microsoft patent math
- Just over a year ago, Microsoft officials threw down the patent gauntlet, claiming free and open-source software violated 235 of its patents -- but refused and continue to refuse to get more specific. Today, thanks to a post by my ZDNet blogging colleague Jason Perlow, there's a new piece of...
- Tags: Patent, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Patent Application, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- McAfee: Trojan targets Windows Mobile
- McAfee: Trojan targets Windows MobileGreatNow in addition to the millions of zombie desktop PC we will have another several thousand zombie handhelds.Way to go M$!!!sad, MS is vector for more malware!takes the biscuitalong with your other posting on CAPTCHAs.I guess we need signed, maker-validated installs. I am sure the Chinese...
- Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Handhelds, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, malware, mobile, trojan horse, McAfee Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Microsoft adds a new subscription licensing plan for SMBs
- Microsoft adds a new subscription licensing plan for SMBsComing Down Off Their High-HorseMicrosoft offers a Vista two-for dealMicrosoft softens limits on its Windows Web ServerMicrosoft adds a new subscription licensing plan for SMBsMicrosoft and Samba finally come to terms over Windows protocols Microsoft agrees to cooperate with the European UnionMicrosoft...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., small and medium business, new subscription, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-01-05
- Who still cares about Microsoft's server-communications protocols?
- Microsoft has used all kinds of excuses for not providing access to the server communications protocols that other vendors have said they needed to make their products interoperable with Windows Server. We've heard it all: Documenting these protocols would require time (like years...). Microsoft would be harmed...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Samba, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-09-20
- Time to short RedHat?
- Time to short RedHat?you missed listing Novell as a winneryou missed listing Novell as a winner.The proper question is who will be the loserAnd the answer is anyone who gets in bed with MICROSUCKS. As far as I am concerned this deal drives a stake through the heart of any...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-11-02
- Bad guy detectors and ID
- Bad guy detectors and IDWhat would be the point?If it's just ID - not database backend - what's the point?ID cards should be about identity, nothing more!All the "biometric" part of a card should do is to verify that the person carrying the card is the person named on the...
- Tags: National ID card, card, Bad Guy, database
- Discussion threads 2005-12-12
- Microsoft: We were railroaded in Massachusetts on ODF
- Microsoft: We were railroaded in Massachusetts on ODFDeja vue all over againMicrosoft spent two years prior to the year with Massachusetts going through these exact same arguments with the European Union TAC commission. It was the same thing, with the EU/TAC setting their test for “openness”, and Microsoft arguing...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2005-10-14
- The benefits of patents
- Richard Stallman doesn't like the proposed EU directive which would legalize software patents in the European Union. That's not surprising, because the software libre movement he founded and the software license, the GPL, he wrote aim to remove all entanglements from the software development process, whether based on a secret...
- Tags: benefit, patent, software
- Blog posts 2005-06-21
- Ruling jeopardizes media copy protection
- Ruling jeopardizes media copy protectionExcellent news. About time somebody sided with the consumer...Nobody wants your source code. What we do want is the ability to protect our purchase. That means we have to be able to make working backup copies in case the original is damaged or...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Backups, Media players, Digital music, Backup copy, DVD, source code, backup, movie
- Discussion threads 2005-05-02
- The network services ecology
- The network services ecologyPerspective vs. ObjectiveDan,You call that a diagram... okay, maybe it's best we don't go there.On a more serious note, you appear to be saying that talk of a new balance of power in the computing industry is over-done. I am inclined to agree with that basic...
- Tags: Quality, Business services, Outsourcing, network, IT IS, information technology, standards, service provider
- Discussion threads 2005-02-25
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