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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
- WinGDB 1.1 (Windows)
- WinGDB is an extension for Visual Studio IDE allowing to debug processes on remote machines running Linux or other Unix systems or local machines built with use of MinGW tools, using native Visual Studio debugging user interface. Features: An Add-In for the Visual Studio IDE providing integration with the VS...
- Tags: Window, Microsoft Windows, WinGDB, Construction, Microsoft Visual Studio
- Software downloads 2009-12-01
- Open source is not about Wall Street
- only M$ ia about wall street greedand yet it failed to deliver because of its flawed business model.The answer to the Golden Rule"My way or the highway," may work for proprietary, closed code, but with Open Source there is always a FORK in the road.MySQL can easily become OurSQL. Larry...
- Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Samsung partners with NYT for Go netbook and digital subscription deal
- Samsung and The New York Times are partnering for a new deal on the Samsung Go netbook, just in time before the real holiday shopping begins. Doesn't really work for existing Go owners, but recent first-time subscribers can still take advantage of it until...
- Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Netbook, Subscription, Reader Subscription, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-11-25
- FrostWire 4.18.5 (Mac)
- FrostWire is a fork of the very popular LimeWire PRO Gnutella/Bittorrent client. The purpose of FrostWire is to keep and maintain the freedoms that LimeWire LLC may be forced to withdraw. Share any type of file on Gnutella and the Bittorrent network.
- Tags: LimeWire, Apple Macintosh, FrostWire
- Software downloads 2009-11-25
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