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If open source were a monopoly

As always thoughtful, Dana. But there's a related problem..Open Source projects are notoriously bad a promoting the unpopular decisions. As such you can see open source as a form of populism.If someone wants to do a clean break - the sort of break which move technology forward - you will...

Tags: Open Source Project, open source, fork, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

How friendly is the Movable Type fork?

How friendly is the Movable Type fork?If Byrne Reese is behind it, it is worth serious considerationI know Bryne Reese has been a major contributor to the core features of open source MT.It may be as simple as Bryne not being happy with the direction in which MT is going.He...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Scripting languages, Movable Type, fork

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

How friendly is the Movable Type fork?

For Movable Type to advance against WordPress, it needs this fork to succeed. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Fork, Movable Type, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-06-23

The Twiki fork, a takeover opportunity?

It could be that, through its alliance with Sun, Thoeny has an exit strategy for Twiki.Net. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Fork, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Open Source

Blog posts 2008-10-31

The scaling problem and open source

Most trends in the open source market come down to one word. Scaling. (The picture is from a Cisco report on scaling VOIP, but the problem is general.) To stay worthwhile a project must grow. It must attract new developers, new community members, and...

Tags: Blog, Fork, Org, Blogging, Open Source, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-14

If+you+don%27t+like+it%2C+fork+it

If+you+don%27t+like+it%2C+fork+itAmicable forksDo keep in mind that some forks are made, not over disagreement, but over the need to move the project forward. Two that come to mind are the [i]egcc[/i] fork of [i]gcc[/i] and the recent fork of [i]Apache[/i]. IIRC Samba may have had one of these, too.In...

Tags: Mozilla Branch, Compiere, open source, If+you+don%27t+like+it%2C+fork+it, fork

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

If you don't like it, fork it

One of the big concerns arising from the pending Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo, and of proprietary open source in general, is the fear that a project's owner will abuse its power, even kill a worthwhile project. Well, fork that. (Picture from a YoLinux tutorial on the fork...

Tags: Project, Fork, Eclipse, Foundation, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-01

Proprietary forks undermine open source' purpose

Proprietary forks undermine open source' purposeChoose your license with careI would suspect that a GPL version of DTrace will be forthcoming.RE: Proprietary forks undermine open source' purposeDRM is breaking the law in most countries as it does NOT allows the 'fair use' that is part of copyright-laws.Be careful what you...

Tags: fork, open source

Discussion threads 2008-01-23

On forking and contributor agreements

On forking and contributor agreementsA brief history of wasting time.FireFox is an example of a successful fork. The story is indicative of both what makes for a successful fork and the underlying principles of open source.Once upon a time, Netscape was in severe financial difficulty, and could not afford...

Tags: Web browsers, fork, Web browser, Netscape Communications Corp., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2007-10-14

On forking and contributor agreements

Paula Rooney has written an excellent article on a dispute in the Open Office developer community that could possibly lead to a fork of the free office suite. A fork occurs when someone puts out their own version of a piece of software that is separate from the "mainline" or...

Tags: Fork, Agreement, Contributor Agreement, Paula Rooney, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-10-13

OpenOffice won't fork -- for now

In spite of a bitter battle between Novell and Sun developers, OpenOffice won’t fork â€" at least for now. That's the consensus among several OpenOffice developers who are locked in a bitter dispute with Sun over how the open source project is governed but who nevertheless...

Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Fork, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-10-12

Oracle's fiduciary duty to stop the open-source movement

Oracle's fiduciary duty to stop the open-source movementSounds too good to be true[i]An acquisition of MySQL, for example, would provide Oracle with an incredible return on its investment in just a matter of months because it would stop the loss of tens of millions of dollars in lost new business.[/i]I...

Tags: open source, Oracle Corp., MySQL, fork

Discussion threads 2006-02-17

Thanksgiving Day hearing for Microsoft

Thanksgiving Day hearing for MicrosoftStick a fork in it, this case is done.Ok, wait and see for yourselves and then come on back.This is GREAT !The EU can up the fine to 600 BILLION Euros instead of 600 million, now that Ballmer has threatened to falsely sue any Euro government...

Tags: Asset management, Microsoft Corp., Thanksgiving Day, Computer & Communications Industry Association, fork

Discussion threads 2004-11-23

Is a fork inevitable?

Regular readers of this space may remember Shelley Powers writing about doing a "fork" of Wordpress which runs this blog as part of her piece, No Ghost in the Machine. Forks happen all the time, she noted. " I can grab a snapshot of the code and go my own...

Tags: Linux, fork

Blog posts 2004-11-23

Under The Hood 1.0b1 (Mac)

What Is Under The Hood?In a nutshell, it's kind of like a Get- (and Set-) Info utility only much, much more powerful.Under The Hood is a Finder-specific contextual menu plugin that provides a multitude of options for changing attributes of files and folders or groups of files and folders. There...

Tags: Folder, Apple Macintosh, Fork, Regular Expression, File, Hood

Software downloads 2004-05-24

fork ShadowIRC Plugins 1.1r3 (Mac)

fork is a collection of plugins I've created for ShadowIRC. They've been under development for more than a year. fork provides more than 30 new commands and more than 10 new features.Including: Mass commands, voice commands, Netsplit Detection, cycle, reconnect, xdcc list/send, broadcast, BitchX style ignore levels and nickname regain,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Fork, Plug-in

Software downloads 2001-01-06

Additional Resources

BlueHarvest 3.0.5 (Mac)

BlueHarvest is a Mac OS X 10.4.x & 10.5 preference panel which allows users to: Automatically remove ".DS_Store" files. Automatically remove Resource fork (._) files. Remove .Trashes folders from removable disks. Use simple contextual menu Finder based cleaning of disks, folders and Zip archives.

Tags: Folder, Apple Macintosh, Disk, Ross Tulloch, BlueHarvest, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-16

insignia-ns-hd01

NS-HD01 great little productThe only reason I purchased this unit was a family member gave me a 50 dollar gift cert. for Best buy. And trying to find something other than parts or CD's at Best Buy for 50 dollars is next to impossible.Well, I was pleasantly surprised. ...

Tags: HD radio

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

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

Amazon's Kindle for PC app available; It's a handy download

Open formatYou say the Kindle is less open than the Sony or B&N readers. Are you saying that a Sony book can be read on the Nook? Or that a Nook book can be read on a Sony reader? I think you're pretty well mistaken on...

Tags: E-books, Cellular phones, iSlate, e-book, ebook reader, PC App, Amazon Kindle, handy download, Amazon.com Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-10