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Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?
ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...
Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., GPL
Discussion threads 2009-11-10
News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2009-10-26
Red Hat gains operating system share at Sun's expense
Red Hat's fiscal second quarter results were solid across the board as the company continues to poach operating system market share even though server sales are weak. Simply put, you can't extrapolate Red Hat's results to other enterprise software vendors. Red Hat's continued growth is at the...
Tags: Red Hat Inc., Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2009-09-24
Ice, Swine, and Sun
The last third of BIT's introduction to the Unix and Open Source Culture ran on Friday, February 27th - and drew one comment, a click-by sneering unrelated to the thing's content: The bottom line is ... Sun's SPARC...
Tags: Ice, Sun Microsystems Inc., George, Sea Ice, Junknstuff, Blogging, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Internet, Software, Paul Murphy
Blog posts 2009-03-07
News to know: Google Apps; Vista UAC; Microsoft Echoes; Comcast; Dell
Notable headlines: Garett Rogers: Google App Engine pricing a disappointment Ed Bott: Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time Sunbelt Blog: Microsoft: What we got here is a failure to communicate Larry Dignan: Dell delivers: Is a...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Facebook, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Vista UAC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Service Bus, Telecom & Utilities, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2008-05-30
News to know: AMD; Google; Oracle worries; Eluma; Nuospace
Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processors Larry Dignan: Google paid click growth sluggish in February; More worries emerge. Techmeme. Oracle new license revenue raises IT spending worries Dennis Howlett: Nuospace: enterprise collaboration for the rest...
Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2008-03-27
Google Sites: A Sharepoint Killer?
The Google redesigned Jotspot Wiki, dubbed Google Sites, is being looked as a Sharepoint “killer”. With Sites, Google would like to think that Google Apps is ready take on Office and the rest of Microsoft suite, but is it?  Matthew Glotzbach, Google’s Management Director of Enterprise, called...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Collaboration, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., TechMeme, Google Sites, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield
Blog posts 2008-02-28
Attack journalism: an iPhone example
Here's a comment from cnet contributor ripragged in response to a Macalope blog entry responding to an article about DRM - but entirely applicable in a different context: the essentially unanimous rejection of the iPhone by the paid IT analyst community: I'm trying...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Attack, Gruber, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
Blog posts 2008-01-07
AskEraser takes on Google, Yahoo and Jason Bourne
So here we all are sharing all our latest news with everyone on MySpace and Facebook ("I just went to the loo!!!" "My baseball cap just fell off on the Golden Gate Bridge!!!") when along comes Ask.com and, appropriately, asks the question: "Hold on. Are our egos...
Tags: Google Inc., MLB, Search Engine, Ask.com, Yahoo! Inc., Server, AskEraser, Ask, Search, Investment, Finance, Chris Matyszczyk
Blog posts 2007-12-11
Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86
I ran into a little story on siliconrepblic.com last week which started like this: Cost drives firms from UNIX to Linux 28.11.2007 - Almost two thirds of Irish IT experts say the main motivation for...
Tags: Staffing, Performance, Intel X86, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, Lintel, FTE, Linux Thing, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Processors, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Paul Murphy
Blog posts 2007-12-06
Server to server: MacOS X vs. Linux
Server to server: MacOS X vs. LinuxRudy are you bitter??I love Apple products but OSX is nowhere near Linux as a server solution. With you it's always about how much better Solaris is than linux or in this case OSX. Linux has a proven track record from embedded devices to...
Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, virtualization, Apple Mac OS X, server, Apple Inc., Linux, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, LINUX IS, server market
Discussion threads 2007-11-15
Will Mozilla set Thunderbird free?
Will Mozilla set Thunderbird free?Sounds like a good idea to me. The two projects are not sufficientlyrelated to justify the management distraction. I say better let the important Thunderbird decisions be made by an independent entity.Like document standards, twoopen source browers aren't needed. ;-)There needs to be another...
Tags: E-mail clients, Web browsers, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., Web browser
Discussion threads 2007-07-26
Report: Apple executives faked stock-option documents
Report: Apple executives faked stock-option documentsMust beA slow news day. Then again, this is ZDNet. Any story that makes Microsoft look better is a good story.Lying is not a sin ... if you are an Apple CEO.[b]All his life[/b] he has mislead the public about Apple products – e.g. illusions...
Tags: Stock options, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, Strategy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., stock option
Discussion threads 2006-12-27
Is IT IS?
Is IT IS?Same story, different departments..I know I have said it many times before but I'll repeat it again. There is nothing special about computing and technical minded people need to learn to stop expecting it to be.What do I mean by that? Tech based people tend to...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, hardware, IS/IT, IS/IT distinction
Discussion threads 2006-09-05
As I was saying
When I met with Dan Farber last week to discuss closing InfoRouter down, we agreed I'd use a last post to both wind up the blog and detail my future plans. Although I'd intended to write this and release it tomorrow Monday it seems appropriate to work on it tonight...
Tags: InfoWorld, blog
Blog posts 2006-07-30
Unanswered questions: Bill Gates, programmer?
Unanswered questions: Bill Gates, programmer?Unanswered questions.....With the way you are trying to justify your comments it sems there is a little bit of Gates envy around!! Isn't opportunism the essence of capitalism? and arent those people who make the opportunities considered to be great businessmen?Winners write historyI have no first...
Tags: Development tools, Blogging, Desktops, Bill Gates, UnAnswered Questions, programming
Discussion threads 2006-07-17
Defending Linux against Wingots
Defending Linux against WingotsIf you want consistent and 'easy to use' then stick to one distribution.The Linux community has diverse interests. Specific distributions and vendors try to make things easy for those who don't specialize in running operating systems. I know you just said the same thing, I just don't...
Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, LSB, Linux
Discussion threads 2006-06-15
Most amazing spin on Mac vulnerabilities ever!
Most amazing spin on Mac vulnerabilities ever!This Endless...bleating about Mac vulnerabilities is gettting old and increasingly lame. For those of us who split our time equally between OSX and XP, we know that both platforms have vulnerabilities, and this won't change any time soon...that's why we take prudent steps to...
Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, SECURITY, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, OSX, Mac vulnerability, vulnerability
Discussion threads 2006-03-03
Exploring Mars will be a risky business
Are humans ready to stay on Mars for several months? Can we deal with all the risks that its environment may cause to astronauts and space missions? Red Nova says that some answers are contained in a report from NASA. According to this report, the #1 risk is Martian dust...
Tags: Mars
Blog posts 2005-10-31
Should more public agencies heed Massachusetts' OpenDoc policy?
Should more public agencies heed Massachusetts' OpenDoc policy?Credit where credit is dueI think you'll find that every point Mr. Kriss made was made, quite elegantly, several years earlier by [url="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.opensource.org/docs/peru_and_ms.php&ei=5BgeQ4e2IMmsYcSI0KwM"]DR. EDGAR DAVID VILLANUEVA NUÑEZ[/url]I'm told by native Spanish speakers, by the way, that the original is an utter marvel of...
Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, OPEN SOURCE, agency, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., Kriss, OpenOffice, OpenDoc
Discussion threads 2005-09-06
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