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Volantis still making money in mobile open source

Volantis still making money in mobile open sourceThis is an open source ERA!!This is an open source ERA!! Isn't it?Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comFundamental changeA fundamental change in business models is taking place, driven by Internet economics and the rising cost of developing complex software.

Tags: open source, Volantis, mobile open source, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-02-14

Celebration of mobile open source victory premature

Celebration of mobile open source victory prematureLiMo?Huh...does anyone still think that LiMo has a viable future anymore? But the point stands that we definitely will be dealing with massive device OS diversity aka fragmentation for some time to come. The mobile open source victory is in tools...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, mobile open source victory, mobile open source, mobile, open source

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

Chicken, egg and mobile open source

Chicken, egg and mobile open sourceExtrapolating from a pointDana, you're looking at this from a very parochial point of view. The carriers only have a say in one country on Earth: the United States, and the US is very very far from leading the mobile space. As in,...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, mobile, mobile open source, carrier, open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Chicken, egg and mobile open source

Mobile systems are not like server or client systems. The softare needs cooperation to work. The handset maker must load it, or allow it to be loaded. The network must, in most cases, approve the application. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Mobile, Network, Chicken, Mobile Open Source, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-07

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With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers

With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengersWith 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengersInternet Explorer and Firefox are always going to be the two main competing browsers. The rest I wouldn't call challengers against Firefox because they have severe drawbacks. Chrome is not a challenger since its still beta even though...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Opera Software, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, challenger, successful boycott, new challenger

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

News to know: Windows 7; Dell; IT salaries; Enterprise 2.0

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. Mary Jo Foley: One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different? Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Photograph, Salary, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Gatekeepers of open source innovation

There is enormous incentive in the mobile device market, where you can get paid for hardware with open source software embedded in it. So why are Android and Moblin still serving us leftover Apple slices? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Innovation, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-06-29

News to know: Windows 7, HD-DVD, Twitter, iPhone, SOA

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. Christopher Dawson: Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? Andrew Nusca: Quickfire Deal: Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, HD-DVD, Jason Perlow, SOA, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-06-29

News to know: Yahoo, Windows 7, Palm, AMD, Blackberry Tour, Netbook

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. Sam Diaz: Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google Yahoo: Showtime for shareholders this morning ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.0 beta 2 (Mac)

Zimbra Collaboration Suite ZCS is modern, innovative messaging and collaboration.-Zimbra is the leading open source solution for enterprise, service provider, academic, and government environments; offering administrators and their end-users unmatched benefits and TCO. Zimbra is popular choice for today's growing-Linux email server base. ZCS features an award-winning Ajax web client...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mobile, Zimbra, Mobile Device, Beta, Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Zimbra Collaboration Suite Network Edition, Microsoft Outlook, Wireless And Mobility, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-26

ZDNet Readers' Choice: Top 25 free, lightweight apps

In February, I asked ZDNet readers for the free, lightweight applications they simply can't live without. After tallying the suggestions in the comments and via e-mail -- and there were an awful lot of good suggestions, believe me -- here are the 25 most popular. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Open Source, Site, Evernote, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-25

At what stage of life is the open source industry?

At what stage of life is the open source industry?First, you must define "open source".My point is many think open source is the GPL and Linux, in my opinion that is not true and "open source" is what we passed around in the local computer clubs two or three decades...

Tags: open source, stage-of-life, open-source industry

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

News to know: Vizio; Apple-Psystar; Buffett; Facebook status; Palm Pre; AT&T

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. Sean Portnoy: Vizio spills the beans on its Internet TV plans Sam Diaz: Court allows Apple-Psystar case to resume...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., AT&T Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Chandler Quick Entry 0.1 (Mobile)

Chandler is an open source Note-to-Self organizer designed for personal use and small group collaboration. Chandler consists of a cross platform desktop application, sharing service, and a web application.

Tags: Desktop, Mobile, Open Source Applications Foundation, Chandler, Open Source

Software downloads 2009-06-25

HTC announces the Hero with HTC Sense and Adobe Flash Player 10

HTC announces the Hero with HTC Sense and Adobe Flash Player 10RE:If this phone is under $200 I will buy it without hesitation, but it needs to happen soon. I have a SE phone that I've had for years, no web, no email...no sanity. I'm very close to just buying...

Tags: Keyboards, HTC Lancaster, High Tech Computer Corp., keyboard, Apple iPhone, HTC Sense, Adobe Systems Inc., phone, Adobe Flash Player

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

News to know: Intel-Nokia; Netbooks; Security Essentials; Oracle; Win7

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. Dana Blankenhorn: Intel-Nokia deal boosts open source Jason Hiner: A Nokia, Intel partnership makes sense, but they...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Verizon, T-Mobile plan Android phones by year's end; boost for Motorola

A lot has changed in the smartphone game since last October. That's when Motorola first announced its intentions to tap Google's open-source approach toward smartphones with the Android OS - a move that was part of a larger strategy to turn around the troubled mobile handset division....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile, Apple iPhone 3G, Motorola Inc., Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-23

How much do desktops matter?

How much do desktops matter?The desktop/laptop will be around longer than that.Laptops continue to grow more prevalent than desktops, but a workstation computer will be a very long standing fixture in the lives of those in the developed world. No one is going to write term papers on a...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, mobile world, desktop, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-06-19

10 reasons why open source makes sense on smart phones

Open source brings a host of benefits to the mobile market, starting with cost savings. But as Jack Wallen explains, the advantages go much further - from better security to more customization options to more prolific application development. This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things...

Tags: Phone, Smart Phone, Jack Wallen, Smart Phones, Software Development, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software/Web Development

Download resources 2009-06-19

News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; Palm

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. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Search, Palm Inc., Text Messaging, Corporate Communications, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Branding, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18