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- OSDL says no to Microsoft
- The report of a meeting between OSDL and Microsoft has raised a few eyebrows this week. To recap, Microsoft's Martin Taylor and OSDL's CEO Stuart Cohen met at Linux World Conference & Expo. Taylor proposed that Microsoft and OSDL do a joint research project for a study...
- Tags: Open Source Development Labs
- Blog posts 2005-08-28
- Martin Taylor makes a political argument
- I planned to go after John Dvorak's Creative Commons humbug, but I got beat, and that's good.So let's instead take a look at the latest from Martin Taylor, Microsoft's general manager for platform strategy.For News.Com's Eileen Yu, Taylor recently went all Karl Rove on open source, saying things you...
- Tags: anecdote, Taylor, Martin Taylor
- Blog posts 2005-07-21
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- Martin drops porn filtering from broadband proposal
- FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin has dropped plans for porn filtering from his proposal for free broadband Internet, the chairman told Ars Technica writer Matthew Lasar. "I'm saying if this is a problem for people, let's take it away," Martin said. "A lot of public interest advocates...
- Tags: Commission, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Sales Force Management, Networking, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-30
- FCC commish: White Spaces could win 5-0
- All five FCC commissioners may vote for white spaces. From left: Tate, Copps, Martin, Adelstein, McDowell. Unless the FCC winds up delaying its vote on white space devices, scheduled for Nov. 4, it's extremely likely to pass. Obviously Republican chairman Kevin Martin backs the...
- Tags: Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- FCC slaps Comcast's wrist over network neutrality; Sets precedent
- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday ruled 3-2 that Comcast overstepped its network management authority by blocking BitTorrent peer to peer traffic, but stopped short of fining the cable company. The move clarifies the boundaries a bit for other carriers and sends the message that the FCC enforces network neutrality...
- Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Neutrality, Network Neutrality Rule, Deborah Taylor Tate, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- FCC set to slap Comcast's wrist
- It's almost official. In the latest step forward, a majority of FCC commissioners voted Friday to "affirm" a complaint against Comcast for blocking BitTorrent traffic, the Washington Post reports, although the punishment is likely to be a "slap on the wrist," according to one analyst. The final...
- Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Republican, Wrist, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- 12 predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2008
- 12 predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2008SAAS SilosI'd like to see more service providers that focus on one element of Enterprise and do that one thing real well.Make it real open, secure, scalable, ,and all the other important aspects of Enterprise 2.0.And make it so you can access this...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, Web 2.0, Enterprise Web 2.0, SOA governance, software-as-a-service, Interesting list Dion, Big SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-01-03
- Microsoft CIO Scott Stuart is out
- Microsoft CIO Scott Stuart is outAnd all the...ABM or at least the people who don't like Microsoft probably just maxed out the volume on their iPods or whatever makes a loud noise and started dancing to Queen's "Another one bites the dust."I want to see the big fish leave!I'm talking...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Desktops, stovepipe, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Outrage: Verizon Wireless wants to sell your personally identifiable data: here's how you can stop this
- Â Last week, it was revealed that Verizon Wireless is mailing a notice advising wireless subscribers that if they fail to Opt Out within 30 days, Verizon will begin SELLING their Customer Proprietary Network Information CPNI to "third parties and affiliates". CPNI information includes...
- Tags: FCC Commissioner, FCC, Chairman, Verizon Communications Inc., Network Instruments, Verizon Wireless, Customer Proprietary Network Information Information, Federal Government, E-mail, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Government, Online Communications, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- Holistically (including economics and environment), Moore's Law could be failing
- I'm at a panel discussion at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA, the purpose of which is to discuss the ever-widening gap between the physical success of Moore's Law, and its failings from an economic, environmental, and sustainability point of view. The session was opened by Uptime Institute...
- Tags: Data Center, SUV, Environment, Server, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- FCC: Build wireless emergency broadband network
- The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a national wireless, IP-based, broadband emergency network to be built by private companies, the BBC reports. "Earlier this year, I had an opportunity to hear local public safety personnel recount their experiences on the ground during the tragic events of...
- Tags: network, FCC, Government technology, Mobile/wireless, Emergency
- Blog posts 2006-12-22
- Acoustic Legends HD 1.0 (Mac)
- Presenting $40,000 of the finest acoustic guitars, sampled in glorious high definition 24-bit 96kHz stereo, now available in this premium three-DVD, 19 gigabyte collection. This broad collection of acoustic guitars is sampled in the finest detail in a variety of playing styles, including picked notes, finger picked notes, natural and...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Guitar, Vir2 Instruments
- Software downloads 2006-11-01
- Carnival of the Mobilists #46
- I discovered Carnival of the Mobilists several months ago after following the link from my friend Rafe's All About Symbian site. The Carnival of the Mobilists is a weekly collection of contributions from mobile enthusiast sites and is an excellent way to discover some new blogs and websites devoted...
- Tags: mobile marketing, Carnival, mobile
- Blog posts 2006-09-25
- What would a Microsoft fade mean for open source?
- What would a Microsoft fade mean for open source?What would it mean? Nothing really...No one really wants to use open source for getting real work done. The winner if there was one would be Apple.If there IS a Microsoft fade, it's BECAUSE of Open Source.Without alternatives it wouldn't...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open-source software, Microsoft Corp., Linux, open source
- Discussion threads 2006-07-13
- American Presidents - Illustrated History of American Presidency from MobileReference (Mobile)
- American Presidents from MobileReference describes early life, political career, significant events, legislation, programs, appointments, personal life, and post-presidential career of all American Presidents.Audience Audience: Intended for everyone interested in American History, including middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate students.Features Illustrated with images of all American Presidents. Concise description of...
- Tags: Democrat, Mobile, VP, Republican, D, Professional Development, Processors, Career, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2006-05-17
- If Linux is free, why isn't it cheaper?
- If Linux is free, why isn't it cheaper?Linux is cheaper, according to IBMOver on The Register there's an article about an IBM commissioned study which sees Linux thrash both Solaris and Windows for TCO. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/01/ibm_windowsvlinux/"An IBM-sponsored Robert Frances Group study found it is 40 per cent cheaper to buy, implement...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Right Now IT, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2005-09-01
- OSDL says no to Microsoft
- OSDL says no to Microsoftinteroperability big issue for meI would have to agree w/ Stuart Cohen regarding a Microsoft and OSDL joint research project is only a marketing tool for MS to spin anything in their favor.However, it would be nice that MS and OSDL did work together for security...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Open Source Development Labs, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-08-28
- Microsoft seeks joint Linux study
- Microsoft seeks joint Linux studyIt is hard to see Microsofts motive here other than to create more FUD.They surely do not expect OSDL to go along with them do they? I could imagine never ending negociations about how to define the study. Seems like they want to be able to...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source Development Labs, baseline, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-08-25
- The fox in the open source henhouse
- eWeek reports that Microsoft approached OSDL (Open Source Development Labs, where Linus Torvalds plies his trade) to do joint "fact-based," "independent" analysis and research on Linux and Windows. OSDL CEO Stuart Cohen left and Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy Martin Taylor right met at LinuxWorld earlier this month to...
- Tags: Open Source Development Labs
- Blog posts 2005-08-22
- Martin Taylor makes a political argument
- Martin Taylor makes a political argumentSorry!Didn't mean to steal your topic... of course, I got beat to the punch as well. So many people want to correct Dvorak...same goes to you"Taylor has some fine anecdotes, but anecdotes aren't proof"All your articles have anecdotes but you have nada to backup your...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source, Linux, Taylor, anecdote
- Discussion threads 2005-07-21
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