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- What would make you trust Microsoft?
- Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...
- Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Mono-mania: It's risky business
- M$ must give away its patentsIf M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.RE: Mono-mania:...
- Tags: .NET, C#, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Development tools, Operating systems, Programming languages, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Missing what open source cannot afford
- FOSS needs some town hallsto get free air time on the news and to educate the users on the perils of closed source.I have to disagree ...I'm not sure how isolated you are, but my experience with open source through OpenNMS has been quite different.Sure, companies like mine that are...
- Tags: open source, OpenNMS
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Google Wave hits developers; Bug hunt begins
- another nail in M$ coffinSome think that Google is the white knith killing the M$ dragon.This shows the synergies of Google and FOSS in creeating a better world.You mean that some[i]wish[/i] that Google was killing off Microsoft, but it is not to be.Though many wish you would get your trolling...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Build a high-performance gaming PC for under $650!
- Nice post but ..What about the Intel side of the house? I myself am not much of an AMD fan they run hot. Go $2 over budget...And get a WD Caviar Black 500GB HDD instead of the discontinued Samsung.Mostly good choices..but lately, Foxconn boards tend to have a really bad...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Games, PC, DDR2-1066, high-performance, Foxconn, ASUS, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Will Microsoft always be seen as open source Astroturf?
- Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., publically-traded company, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Microsoft retail store pitch: Whither PCTV?
- Microsoft retail store pitch: Whither PCTV?you won't see M$ stores in EUIf M$ opens a store in EU, the commision will force it to display Linux PCs too and that will be the best thing for FOSS.M$ should better save the $$$ for the lawyers.Guru barmary, you forgot to mention...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., BSOD, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- The Scarlet V: What's a Vista business user to do?
- The Scarlet V: What's a Vista business user to do?Vista a Proven Product - As strange as it soundsWith Vista approaching 3 years on the market this fall, its actually got a lot going for it. Corporations which are slow to do roll outs of new releases to begin with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- 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
- Red Hat announces strategy to "future-proof" Java
- Red Hat announces strategy to "future-proof" Javaanother nail in M$ coffinwith OSS backing red hat and java will prosper and M$ FUD machine is running out of fuel.Well I don't know about MS......but I definitely hope this is the beginning of FOSS playing nice with Java again. It would be...
- Tags: Programming languages, Red Hat Inc., strategy, Java, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-01
- What Obama can do for and to open source
- What Obama can do for and to open sourceSorry we let you down.It doesn't surprise me though. We are very focused on our agendas. The Obama Administration presents a large field of issues. The only thing I can say so far is that his choice to fill...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Obama, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-05-16
- Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?
- Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?Microsoft spend too much on R&D for the return, IBM spend right amountIBM has always been a set of collective businesses with a management that is without technology bias. This is a powerful formula for long term success.Microsoft by comparison...
- Tags: Research & Development, R&D, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- What would Larry Ellison do with Microsoft (it wouldn't be Vine)
- What would Larry Ellison do with Microsoft (it wouldn't be Vine)Well...Since Ballmer does not know what he is doing I suppose that explains the first dip in revenue in 23 years, an OS that will be just as big a failure as Vista (Win 7), a desktop office suite that...
- Tags: Digital music, Microsoft Corp., Vine, Larry Ellison
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Oracle acquiring Sun
- Oracle acquiring Sunthe Oracle logo hanging over MySqlIt will be surreal to see the mighty evil Oracle logo hanging above MySql.RE: Oracle acquiring SunMaybe this means we'll see Oracle 11g for Solaris X64 in the not-too-distant future? --DaveRE: Oracle acquiring Sunbye mysql!RE: Oracle acquiring SunI agree with the synergy......
- Tags: Sun Solaris, Leadership, UNIX, Operating systems, Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
- Open source gets hearing but no action at HIMSS
- Open source gets hearing but no action at HIMSSIt's a Time to DanceFor more than a decade I have been a strong proponent of open source in healthcare. If I were still an open source EMR vendor I would be dancing in the streets.The FOSS community made several attempts...
- Tags: F/OSS, CCHIT, compliance, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- How much legal trouble is Cisco in against the FSF?
- How much legal trouble is Cisco in against the FSF?damm that open source creeping!I guess this means that cisco doesnt employ strict version control and monitor what goes into their products?I guess that would mean they make good products but dont actually know whats in them and therefore could be...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., open source, open source license, Free Software Foundation
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?
- Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?I think we're all forgetting something here...I'm a strong supporter and user of both Ubuntu on the desktop and server and Android on the smartphone (and hopefully down-market as well). But this whole idea surrounding Android on netbooks (which is an 'Ubuntu area' IMO) falls apart...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Google Inc., netbook, Linux, Google Android
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- TomTom tells Ballmer tear down this wall
- By joining the Open Invention Network TomTom made its most important statement yet that it won't get pushed around in its patent litigation with Microsoft. OIN members include important players like IBM, Philips and Sony. On the other hand they also include Novell, whose original patent cross-license...
- Tags: TomTom, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Wall, Linux, Construction, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Reading the Oracle tea leaves
- Reading the Oracle tea leavesFree DatabasesThere are many free databases to choose from: Firebird, Ingres, Postgres, and MySQL to name most of them. Most of the "best" developers and the largest community are behind Postgres. MySQL came out of nowhere - and it seems destined to return there, after the...
- Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., Postgres, tea leave, database, Oracle Corp., BLOC, NDP
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
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