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The ripple effect of a GPL'd Java will reach far and wide

Its official. Despite some saying it couldnt be done, not only is Sun open sourcing Java, its doing it under version 2 of the Free Software Foundations GNU General Public License (GPLv2) using an FSF-endorsed footnote known as the "classpath exception." The FSFs classpath exception gives developers a bit...

Tags: GNU Classpath, GNU, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, IT Management, General

Blog posts 2006-11-13

The ripple effect of a GPL'd Java will reach far and wide

Its official. Despite some saying it couldnt be done, not only is Sun open sourcing Java, its doing it under version 2 of the Free Software Foundations GNU General Public License (GPLv2) using an FSF-endorsed footnote known as the "classpath exception." The FSFs classpath exception gives developers a bit more...

Tags: General, Open Source, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Legal, Berlind

Blog posts 2006-11-13

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Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?

Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?Its open source!If it is open source code, why shouldn't a company try to use it and integrate it into their solutions? A contest like this is perfect for a company to be paid for their open source applications and try to get their...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., open source, boycott

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

Report: PC makers to provide free Vista-to Win-7 upgrades starting July 1

Report: PC makers to provide free Vista-to Win-7 upgrades starting July 1Seems like you're setting them up for failureevery time you say it's going to be released 3Q-2009 even though they insist it's 1Q-2010.RE: Report: PC makers to provide free Vista-to Win-7 upgrades starting July 1Well heres one to everyone...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Vista-to Win-7 upgrade, Vista-to Win-7, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC company, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

VirtualDub 1.9.0 Beta (Windows)

VirtualDub is a video capture and processing utility licensed under the GNU General Public License GPL. It is designed to be a general utility that can trim and clean up video before exporting to tape or processing with another program. It does not possess the editing power of a general-purpose...

Tags: GPL, Microsoft Windows, Video, Beta, Avery Lee, VirtualDub, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-01-05

VirtualDub 1.8.8 (Windows)

VirtualDub is a video capture and processing utility licensed under the GNU General Public License GPL. It is designed to be a general utility that can trim and clean up video before exporting to tape or processing with another program. It does not possess the editing power of a general-purpose...

Tags: GPL, Microsoft Windows, Video, Avery Lee, VirtualDub, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-01-05

British police can now hack citizens' PCs

British police can now hack citizens' PCsDifferences...The only difference between Britain and the US... Britian is public with its plans and has government approval. The US has faced scrutiny of Congress but intelligence agencies pressed ahead anyway and already data mine all of your communications.Say hi to your Uncle...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Spyware, British Police, PC, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-01-04

Do you use the "Windows" Key?

Do you use the "Windows" Key?I use it for making the shutdown menu appear in GnomeSystem - Preferences - Shortcuts....and give that key it's new function.However, the Windows key on the left is essential for Compiz, so if you're into that bling-bling stuff, you'll need it for that purpose.Can't Live...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Average Joe User, WINDOWS+L, keyboard, Windows Key, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

GIMP 2.6.4 (Mac)

GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free software product. It can be used as a simple paint program,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, GIMP, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-01-02

DVDStyler 1.7.1 (Windows)

DVDStyler is a crossplatform DVD Authoring System. It is free software distributed under GNU General Public License GPL. Features: you can drag and drop MPEG files directly; you can import image file for background; you can create NTSC/PAL menus; you can place text and images anywhere on the menu screen...

Tags: GPL, Movie, Microsoft Windows, Alex Thüring, DVDStyler, Open Source

Software downloads 2009-01-01

AfterLogic XMail Server Lite for Windows 3.0 (Windows)

AfterLogic XMail Server Lite is free open source e-mail server for Linux and Windows platforms. Includes webmail and web administration panel with AJAX interface, supports TLS/SSL secure connections, SMTP authentication, ESMTP, unlimited number of domains, account and domain aliasing, anti-spam features (Bayesian filter, DomainKeys, black lists), mailing lists, logging, remote...

Tags: Web, DomainKeys, Bayesian, Bayesian Filter, iForum, AfterLogic XMail Server Lite, Microsoft Windows, Spam, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-12-29

NeoOffice 2.2.5 patch 6 (Mac)

NeoOffice is a fully-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, NeoOffice incorporates dozens of native Mac features and can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft Office....

Tags: GPL, Apple Macintosh, OpenOffice.org, NeoOffice.org, NeoOffice, OpenOffice, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-12-29

Aquamacs Emacs 1.6preview-4 (Mac)

Aquamacs is a Mac-like distribution of the powerful Emacs text editor. It looks and behaves like a Mac program - even though it's still GNU Emacs with all the extensibility that millions have come to appreciate.Emacs is a text editor of legendary power and configurability, but it also has an...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Text Editor, C, Apple Inc., David Reitter, Aquamacs, Programming Languages, C/C++, Scripting Languages, Desktops, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-12-28

FET - Free Timetabling Software 5.7.7 (Windows)

FET is free software open source. You can freely use, copy, modify and re-distribute it, as GNU/GPL permits. Localized to English, Arabic, Catalan, German, Greek, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish... Fully automatic generation algorithm, allowing also semi-automatic or manual allocation Powerful flexible modular...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Liviu Lalescu, FET, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2008-12-24

VirtualDub 1.8.7 (Windows)

VirtualDub is a video capture and processing utility licensed under the GNU General Public License GPL. It is designed to be a general utility that can trim and clean up video before exporting to tape or processing with another program. It does not possess the editing power of a general-purpose...

Tags: GPL, Microsoft Windows, Video, Avery Lee, VirtualDub, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-12-23

No such thing as a free Linux distro

A few Linux distributions emphasize license freedom as a goal, but Tom "Spot" Callaway says that there's no such thing as a free Linux distro. Callaway, Fedora's engineering manager, writes that "you'd need to do an incredibly thorough audit of every file in the system to be...

Tags: Audit, Free Software Foundation, Fedora Project, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Financial Accounting, Software, Finance, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-12-20

10 things Linux does better than OS X

10 things Linux does better than OS XGreat Blog entry. I submitted it to Digghttp://digg.com/apple/OS_X_is_buggy_unusable_and_not_as_good_as_Linux1 thimg?Apparently spell checker isn't one of them. ;)Get some help, dudeBefore you blow a gasket.Not sure what you are refuting but......article is about things that Linux does better than OS X, and not about which...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

CS-RCS Pro 5.1.285 (Windows)

ComponentSoftware RCS (CS-RCS) is a powerful, inexpensive version control system for Windows. Based on the widely used GNU RCS, it is fully integrated with the Windows Explorer, providing the most intuitive and easy-to-use configuration management and change control solution in the market. CS-RCS supports multi-platform workgroups, making it the ideal...

Tags: Change Control, ComponentSoftware, CS-RCS, CS-RCS Pro, Microsoft Windows, Terminal Services, WANs, Operating Systems, Networking, Open Source, Software

Software downloads 2008-12-18

VirtualBox 2.1.0 (Mac)

innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of...

Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Apple Macintosh, Innotek GmbH, Desktop Virtualization

Software downloads 2008-12-17

Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft

Why Linux owes part of its success to MicrosoftFascinatingRMS was the one with the open source ideas. Not Torvalds.. Torvalds found nothing usefull for his brand new 80386. After approaching Tanenbaum and asking whether more features and support could be implemented in Minix. He came to write his own OS....

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, microkernel, RISC machine, Linux STILL, Linux, Unix, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-12-16