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Adobe keeps Flash, Flex close to the vest

Adobe has announced that most of the Flex SDK will be open source starting with the "Moxie" version, due out later in 2007. Specifically, all of the components of the Flex SDK needed to create Flex applications, including the Java source code for the ActionScript and MXML compilers, the ActionScript...

Tags: Scripting, Programming, Licenses, Java, General, Eclipse, Community, Commercial, AJAX

Blog posts 2007-04-26

Intalio makes disingenuous claim that it has released code as open source

I just received a press release from Intalio who is engaging in what Id consider to be more slight of hand when it comes to vendors claiming that theyve released code under an open source license when that isnt the case, at least according to the people who have written...

Tags: Mozilla Public License, Legal, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, General

Blog posts 2006-12-12

Additional Resources

Komodo Edit (Windows) 5.2.1 (Windows)

Komodo Edit, based on the award-winning Komodo IDE, offers sophisticated support for all major scripting languages, including in-depth autocomplete and calltips, multi-language file support, syntax coloring and syntax checking, Vi emulation, Emacs key bindings. Komodo Edit is built on the Mozilla code base and is now licensed under the same...

Tags: GPL, ActiveState Tool Corp., Komodo Edit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-26

Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation

Thank You M.J.I just read this with extreme interest. Thank you for the post and sharing this information."My first thought..If you cannot beat them, join them"The power of Open SourceYears ago Bill Gates himself criticized Open Source and the GPL Gnu Public License. Yet, Microsoft has finally realized the...

Tags: software foundation, GPL, Microsoft Corp., open source, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclear

Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclearMakes you wonderStarOffice/OpenOffice is so far behind MS Office that it isn't even funny. They are lagging in performance, usability, innovation, features, programmability. It looks like Office 97. featurewise and quite literally.It is the cheapo free/cheap alternative you only accept because...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop, StarOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Alfresco agonistes

Alfresco agonistesThe race to zero is almost completeIt is getting harder and harder to see viable business plans for open source. The recession which were supposed to be so great for open source is having the opposite effect: Instead of customers rushing to the open source model with "paid support",...

Tags: COMPANIES, open source, Alfresco

Discussion threads 2009-05-17

Google Chrome and the extension conundrum

Google Chrome and the extension conundrumTask managerBeing able to see how much RAM/CPU/Network each extension uses up ought to help users decide which extensions they should remove to speed up their browser.Boy, Firefox must really suckI see no other reason why Google spends so much time and money in recreating...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Mozilla: We goofed on the EULA, let's talk

The Mozilla Foundation is making changes to its EULA display for Linux distros. After a bunch of complaints on Monday, Mozilla Foundation chairperson Mitchell Baker has indicated that the project will be making some changes both in the license and reconsidering the way the EULA is displayed. ...

Tags: EULA, Mozilla Corp., Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Google steals Microsoft code and you should cheer

Google steals Microsoft code and you should cheerWHAT??You created a misleading headline just to get us to read your article? Classy.A few thoughts"Chrome has introduced some key concepts to the Web. The idea of separating tabs as tasks. The idea of an address bar as an application.These are concepts Microsoft...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...

Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

fbOpen: Facebook open-sources its Platform

Facebook has gone ahead and open-sourced major parts of the Facebook Platform, the means by which third-party developers write applications for the site. "This release is just a first step in providing you a look into Facebook Platform, and we hope you'll help us iterate on and...

Tags: Developer, Facebook, Open Source, Facebook Open Platform, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-06-02

Could Yahoo's 'openness' be another anti-Microsoft poison pill?

Even though Microsoft and Yahoo allegedly are at the bargaining table, I can't help but wonder what Yahoo is doing behind the scenes to minimize Microsoft's impact when and if it acquires Yahoo. We already know that Yahoo CEO Yang created golden parachutes for Yahoo employees (along...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-14

Microsoft offers a Vista two-for deal

Microsoft offers a Vista two-for dealI should have kept my email.Why? It was French and not my language of English. At least the links were. :-) Did I take the offer? No, because I can get a better one elsewhere.sold 88 million copies of Vista at retail(to the channel, not...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-31

Adobe responds to Appcelerator with open source BlazeDS

Our own Martin Lamonica reports that Adobe has responded to the announcement of Appcelerator by open sourcing BlazeDS, the messaging software for its Flex development tool. Observant readers will recall how yesterday Appcelerator CEO Jeff Haynie told us his new GPL development system is aimed squarely at...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Curl version 6 goes public beta, lots of new features

Curl version 6 goes public beta, lots of new featuresPro licensing starts at 12k?I was going to ask "who would pay 12k for that?", when the Flex SDK starts at zero and Flexbuilder just came down in price from a very reasonable 399. Then I remembered people do stupid things...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Web browsers, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2007-11-12

Google's new mantra: Making the Web a better platform for all

"In the next year we will make a series of announcements and spend hundreds of millions on innovations and giving them away as open source," said Vic Gundotra, the new head of Google's developer programs. Google believes that innovation on the Web has been lacking. XML...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Idea, Goal, Microsoft Corp., Vic Gundotra, Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-26

Adobe slips out first alpha of Flex Builder Linux IDE

Adobe slips out first alpha of Flex Builder Linux IDEA few typos"Adobe has yet announced a date of availability or packaging plan for the Flex Builder IDE for Linux but details are expected in early 2008." => I suppose that ought to be "Adobe has yet to announce a data...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

DEMOfall 07: New players in Web conferencing and meeting management

The morning session at DEMOfall 07 featured companies trying to solve aspects of the meeting madness and collaboration with Web 2.0 goodness. Dimdim launched what CEO DD Ganguly called "the world’s first, free and open source Web meeting solution." He took a shot at the leader in...

Tags: Web, Collaboration, User, Integration, Dimdim, Tungle, Remote Access, Channel Management, Microsoft Outlook, Web Conferencing, Groupware, Marketing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Enterprise Software, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-26

BEA, Adobe flex their muscles in pushing toward RIAs on the enterprise desktop

BEA Systems Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. are teaming up to give enterprise customers a design environment for rich Internet application RIA development. The two companies announced Tuesday that BEA will bundle Adobe's Flex Builder 2 software with BEA Workshop Studio. This move will let developers build cross-platform RIAs that...

Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., BEA Systems Inc., Rich Internet Application, Genesis, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Middleware, Web Services, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-09-12

Sugar sweet for GPLv3

The big news today is that SugarCRM has bowed to community pressure and will release the next version of its CRM software under an OSI-approved license.The bigger news may be the identity of the license, GPLv3.Currently Sugar uses a version of the Mozilla Public License, adding a non-standard "attribution" requirement...

Tags: Strategy, Software Licensing, resellers, Legal, General, Enterprise Policy, Applications, GPL

Blog posts 2007-07-26