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- Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.
- Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" for joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Free Software Foundation, GNOME, Microsoft Corp., Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Mono Framework, Genie, Linux, Open Source, C#, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
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- What Windows7 could mean for Linux
- Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...
- Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
- Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010
- Side-by-side installationYou said "Also unlike its predecessors, .Net 4 can be installed side-by-side with the previously released .Net 3.5"Notwithstanding the fact that .Net 4's predecessors actually was .Net 3.5, haven't all previous versions of .Net featured side-by-side installation?translations....[i]Microsoft is touting .Net 4 as being 81 percent smaller than its predecessors,...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- 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
- On the future of Open Source thought leadership
- After over a decade of being in the shadow of the Free Software movement and 30 years of its inflexible dogmatic principles, disruptive new Open Source thought leadership is emerging that is truly able to compromise with the realistic needs of business and end-users without carrying...
- Tags: Software, Leadership, Richard Stallman, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- openSUSE 11.2 M8: What a Fine Lookin' Lizard
- Ubuntu's Karmic Koala isn't the only hot Linux beta floating around. On October 1, the openSUSE project released Milestone 8 of openSUSE 11.2, which is slated for general release in November, just in time for the holiday season. Milestone 8 will precede two release candidates to be also released...
- Tags: Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, Object-oriented, KDE 4.3, openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?Is this any different than Java?There are positive reasons to have someone hold the patent, mainly, that there is only one captain of the ship. I support open source, but the hitorical problem with it and UNIX has been forking. Some propeller head messes with...
- Tags: .NET, Programming languages, C#, Stallman C#, Stallman, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010
- Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010Microsoft RIA MIAFlash/Flex is so far ahead that it is not even funny any more.RE: Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010Is this like Flex Data Services/Livecycle? This one's gonna be an important part of Azure then.Won't be for anything meaningfulDon't expect any meaningful...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Flash/Flex, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .Net RIA Services, Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2009-06-11
- Cucku 2.0: Be your own Internet backup service
- CUCKU Backup from Tech Broiler on Vimeo. Today, CUCKU updated its software to version 2.0, marking the first release of a paid-for version of its Social Backup product. As first I wrote about the product when the software was...
- Tags: Software, PC, CUCKU Backup, Backups, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Silverlight-to-Linux Moonlight 2.0 preview ready for testers
- Silverlight-to-Linux Moonlight 2.0 preview ready for testersCoolI can understand but not agree with why Microsoft may not want to produce its own Silverlight/.net framework on Linux I'm glad that they are at least working with the Mono team to make this happen.
- Tags: .NET, OPEN SOURCE, Development tools, Silverlight-to-Linux Moonlight 2.0
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?
- A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?No.No.RE: A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?I think many people underestimate the significance of Android. Either Android, or a derivative or similar offering based on Linux, will likely run all cell phones...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, netbook, phone, single Windows platform, microphone, Microsoft Windows, Windows Platform, Microsoft Corp., PC, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Linux Silverlight implementation goes live
- Linux Silverlight implementation goes liveThis is the point where all ....... the Linux Fanboys should say "Thank you Microsoft".Interesting statements from Miguel de Icaza's bloghttp://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Feb-11.html"Microsoft has continued to help us all along in creating an open source implementation of Silverlight. They have open sourced the Microsoft DLR, the Microsoft MEF...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux Silverlight, Linux Silverlight implementation, Microsoft Silverlight, MS HAS
- Discussion threads 2009-02-12
- Sun releases VirtualBox 2.1
- Sun releases VirtualBox 2.1Interesting. Please follow upI have o agree with you. I personally use virtual box because it combines the easiness of Vmware, while being free and even open source at least there is an open source version. So I can't speak for the server market, but at least...
- Tags: desktop virtualization, Operating systems, Microsoft development tools, innotek VirtualBox, VirtualBox 2.1, Sun Microsystems Inc., openSUSE, Microsoft Windows, server
- Discussion threads 2008-12-22
- Move over, Ajax. Here comes Microsoft's 'Kojax'
- Move over, Ajax. Here comes Microsoft's 'Kojax'is that accurate?[i]using a combination of Visual Studio tools and JavaScript, on Java-based mobile phones.[/i].Is M$ embracing Java?...Or may be it is getting ready to buy Sun at a firesale price.Silverlight Lite ?Could it be Silverlight Lite ?Some possible connectionsLive Mesh / Live Framework,...
- Tags: Microsoft Just, Kojax, Microsoft Corp., AJAX, Microsoft Silverlight, Here Come
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7
- Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7In the next 12 months . . .WM7 is way more important than Azure and W7 combined. M$ has to right this sinking WM ship. Apple is eating their lunch, and now Google has entered the fray with their very compelling G1...
- Tags: Operating systems, enterprise market, Microsoft Corp., Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, WM7
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Ubuntu 8.10 desktop, server to ship Oct 30
- Ubuntu 8.10 desktop, server to ship Oct 30Typo"included" is mispelt in the 4th-to-last paragraph the one which talks about OOo.It has issuesIntel 4965 wireless users:- install linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic to avoid kernel panics on 802.11g- you're SOL if you use 802.11n...you'll just kernel panicNvidia & ATI users:- probably can't resume from suspendEeePC...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, .NET, cloud computing, OPEN SOURCE, desktop, Ubuntu, EEEPC, Oct 30, wireless, server, Ubuntu 8.10
- Discussion threads 2008-10-26
- Mono 2.0...why not Microsoft?
- Mono 2.0...why not Microsoft?Mono is an IP trap. Don't touch it with a barge pole.ntStrategic options[i]What I sometimes wonder, however, is why Microsoft has no interest in doing such a thing themselves.[/i]According to Scoble, MS management is reserving the option of suing non-MS versions into oblivion, as discussed at...
- Tags: .NET, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Other Software, Mono, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- Mono 2.0...why not Microsoft?
- The release of Mono version 2.0, the open source implementation of .NET that is available for use on Mac, Linux and Windows platforms, is an achievement in itself. I often wonder, however, why Microsoft has no interest in releasing a cross-platform, fully-supported version of the .NET framework themselves. by...
- Tags: Mono, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Development Tools, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- October promises to be hot month for Drupal, Mono, OpenOffice, Ubuntu
- October is promising to be a big month for open source releases. As the page on the calendar turned, Acquia launched of its commercially supported version of the popular Drupal open source social publishing system. And over the weekend, Novell-sponsored Mono project announced the...
- Tags: .Net, Development Tools, Drupal, Linux, Mono, Office Suites, Open Source, OpenOffice, Operating Systems, Paula Rooney, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ubuntu
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- I'm Cookoo about Cucku Backup
- I recently discovered this great application, Cucku Backup at the Pepcom Holiday Spectacular party a few weeks ago. Cucku differs from other network-based personal backup solutions such as Carbonite or Iron Mountain SOHO in that the software is free and leverages existing peer-to peer technology from the Skype VOIP network....
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Cucku, Backups, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
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