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Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Microsoft enters PC retail, sells Windows 7 systems on its website

no surprise herenone of those computers are running Linux or other FOSS software.....lame!And everyone rejoiced! I see a new laptop in my future with Microsoft Windows 7 loaded on it. :)DUH[i]no surprise here none of those computers are running Linux or other FOSS software.....lame! [/i]I'm not sure the word...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, PC, Microsoft Windows, Web site, Microsoft Corp., F/OSS, FOSS Software, ABMer, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Updegrove: Obama should give FOSS equal treatment

With all the President has on his plate ....... why would he ever waste one nueron on FOSS. The proper place for FOSS to be considered is the level it is being considered. The Executive Branch should never be involved.Obama should pony up some billions for FOSS from...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, F/OSS, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Updegrove: Obama should give FOSS equal treatment

ConsortiumInfo.org's Andy Updegrove urged President Obama to show more public support for free and open source software. In a blog featured on the site today, Updegrove said open source has made huge inroads in various government sectors, especially the Department of Defense,  but it's high time that...

Tags: Procurement, F/OSS, ConsortiumInfo.org, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-20

The original open source niche remains just that

the niche is expandingWhile M$ if on the ropes firing its employees, FOSS companies are hiring and getting infusions of capital from forward looking investors.Nopethe money is not there, and never will be.Yeah, and they are hiring and expandingJust look at the stewards of some of the most "successful" open...

Tags: open source, F/OSS, Sun Microsystems Inc., OH WAIT

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Open source is sold and FOSS is not

I'm confusedAre you advocating breaking the GPL license by selling GPL based products by 'open source' companies?We know NT Selling software is not a violation of the GPLSelling softare is not a violation of the GPL. Not in any way, shape or form. In the words of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, F/OSS, GPL, software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Open source is sold and FOSS is not

If someone comes to you wearing a suit, a smile, and their hand out, it matters little what license their wares may carry. They're still a salesman. They're open source. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: F/OSS, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-02

I for one welcome no overlords

GPLed software is not legally free.Only software distributed with no license at all is legally free. The GPL is admirably, artfully, and life-givingly crafted to compel specific downstream-of-distribution behaviors through legal encumbrance. Legally encumbered software is not legally free software. Period.We will know that the free software movement--where "GPLed" is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital rights management (DRM), OPEN SOURCE, Free Open-Source Software, GPLed software, Stallman, software, F/OSS, FLOSS

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Show me the innovation StallmanWhile Microsoft pushes forward software technology and produces modern software, open source continues to copy the trailing edge of the innovators. Want an Office97 copy? Want a media player that works on all platforms but just not as well as Windows Media Player, want...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Jason, F/OSS, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Will all the good open source companies be acquired?

So you think these vendors is all there is of FOSS?FOSS is not a bunch of companies selling goods, no, they are a lot of people developing software for anyone who cares to use it. Freedom and all that jazz, if you care at all about it.Visit the free software...

Tags: open source, OSS, F/OSS, OSS programmer, programmer

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo?

FOSS paysthis is a great example why FOSS is the way to go and how to monetize FOSS.RE: VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo?In case you are wondering, here?s a lengthy interview of SprinSource CEO Rod Johnson where he discusses the...

Tags: F/OSS, Buys SpringSource, VMware Inc., open source

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

ERP sales are falling: here's one reason

ERP sales are falling: here's one reasonRE: ERP sales are falling: here's one reasonI recently had to find several CRM case studies for a grad school project. I did not have any issues easily locating case studies on sap.com for specific industries. Is it a matter of poor site design...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Sales strategy, Enterprise software, ERP sale, ERP

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Microhoo lessons for open source

Microhoo lessons for open sourceThe truth is UGLY!... and it hurts!Sob, sniffle, wimper, wimper ....LOL....I think you summed it all up when you mentioned..."corporate open source backers"IMO thats NOT open source. Those are the companies striving to make money from the concept. Now you'll have all the NBM'er Microbrains running...

Tags: F/OSS, open source

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

The costs of free

The costs of freeSomr miscreant? How about some do-gooder?"some miscreant may come along and skew the market in ways your model doesn?t reflect."Like the way some "miscreants" destroyed the livelihoods of apothecaries by revealing to the public how to make simple home remedies themselves?Face it, if somebody can destroy your...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, mass market, F/OSS

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Calculating the fully loaded costs of corporate email: It's bigger than you think

Calculating the fully loaded costs of corporate email: It's bigger than you thinkOr just use FOSS.I run the FOSS version of Zimbra in my corp. I have the cost of the server hardware and the electricity to run the hardware. So that's $1,500 plus electricity. This is my fully loaded...

Tags: e-mail, F/OSS, corporate email, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Could you switch over to being 100% open source?

Whether it's down to the sagging economy or the slow but inevitable death of XP, I'm hearing from many people who are looking to jump off the Microsoft software bandwagon and pitch up with the FOSS Free and Open Source Software movement. But could you realistically move your home or...

Tags: Software, F/OSS, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Microsoft at JavaOne: Today's word is interoperability

Microsoft at JavaOne: Today's word is interoperabilitythis M$ guy should have been chased away with rotten eggsAllowing this M$ snake to talk and influence real developers is a big mistake.You can't mix java with M$ the same way you can't mix FOSS with windoze.Sun & Oracle should expect a lot...

Tags: Programming languages, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Java, F/OSS

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

Open source shrugs at EU liability plans

Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI've said it beforeFOSS companies should not worry.Having liabilities for the free speach makes no sense and would violate the constitution.Only propietary companies need to worry about it.RE: Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI agree with Dana; the current "exemption" by many software...

Tags: OSS Developer, liability plan, open source, precaution, OSS, F/OSS

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

What does open source community mean?

What does open source community mean?Too much thought on companies.......not enough on individual efforts. I think some folk get too caught up in the business aspect of it all and forget the root. I use plenty of FOSS tools that are backed by no large corporate entity. They may sometimes...

Tags: open source, F/OSS, developer, open-source community, joy

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

XBMC 9.04 beta 1 (Windows)

XBMC, recursive acronym for "XBMC Media Center", is an award winning free and open source software media-player and entertainment hub for all your digital media. XBMC is a cross-platform software available for Linux, Mac OS X (Leopard, Tiger, and Apple TV), Microsoft Windows operating-system, as well as the original Xbox...

Tags: Team, Beta, Entertainment, F/OSS, Team XBMC, Team Management, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Operating Systems, Management, Software, Apple Mac OS, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-24