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		<title><![CDATA[If open source were a monopoly]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How friendly is the Movable Type fork?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66010&messageID=1239380&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How friendly is the Movable Type fork?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4406]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For Movable Type to advance against WordPress, it needs this fork to succeed. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:02:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Twiki fork, a takeover opportunity?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3048]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It could be that, through its alliance with Sun, Thoeny has an exit strategy for Twiki.Net. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:55:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The scaling problem and open source]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2016]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:17:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[If+you+don%27t+like+it%2C+fork+it]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=43891&messageID=811244&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[If you don't like it, fork it]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1964]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:40:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Proprietary forks undermine open source' purpose]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On forking and contributor agreements]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12353-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=39850&messageID=733594&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On forking and contributor agreements]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=410]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:55:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OpenOffice won't fork -- for now]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1537]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In spite of a bitter battle between Novell and Sun developers, OpenOffice  wonâ€™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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:06:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle's fiduciary duty to stop the open-source movement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11474-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=17828&messageID=350880&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Day hearing for Microsoft]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=6704&messageID=134140&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:12:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is a fork inevitable?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=44]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2004 06:19:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Under The Hood 1.0b1 (Mac)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=448019]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[What Is Under The Hood?In a nutshell, it&apos;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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[fork ShadowIRC Plugins 1.1r3 (Mac)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=407377]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[fork is a collection of plugins I&apos;ve created for ShadowIRC. They&apos;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,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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