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- New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns
- New GPL draft has olive branches, thornsThe old school of *nix continues to hamper Linux's adoptionWhen will the ball-and-chain that is the GPL finally disappear and die? When will the community see the FSF for what it really is - a bunch of 1960's throwbacks who believe that making any...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, PRETTY MUCH, GPL, Linux, New GPL draft, Microsoft Corp., olive branch
- Discussion threads 2007-03-29
- New GPL draft due Wednesday
- New GPL draft due WednesdaySilly StallmanNovell & MS"The most recent draft wouldn't have prohibited releasing GPL software under such conditions, but FSF founder Richard Stallman said the group would find a way to prohibit it."Heaven forbid that the end user be able to use both Windows and Open Source in...
- Tags: New GPL draft
- Discussion threads 2007-03-27
- New GPL draft takes second crack at DRM
- New GPL draft takes second crack at DRMGuess Linus winsI still think the GPL is overrated, so easy to write your own license.New GPL draft takes second crack at DRMAnd slowly the GPL crumbles under its own weight bringing linux down with it. Joyous days are coming.Another failed attempt...Like...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, GPL Draft, GPL V3, New GPL draft, Stallman, GPL, digital-rights management, software, media
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
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- Slicing up Sun
- Being employed by a large technology company and being a freelance technology writer has its pitfalls -- one of which is from a disclosure perspective, I'm not allowed to talk about strategy and forward-looking statements regarding the company I work for. The risk...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, Open Source, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- 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
- Talking is a good thing
- I had a great meeting with one of the elementary schools in my district today. The principal turned over most of a staff meeting to me today in part for some training and professional development, but largely for a discussion of technology in the district. I...
- Tags: District, Budgeting, Principal, Teacher, Financial Services, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Can Linux and Solaris be married?
- Can Linux and Solaris be married?Where Linux beats out other *nix competitors mostis in driver support. Just about any off-the-shelf hardware can be made to work and work well with Linux. That, plus the fact that you'd be dealing with another single entity if you chose Solaris, is why OEMs...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Dana, Sun Solaris, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., ZFS, Nexenta
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- How open should your open source business strategy be
- How open should your open source business strategy beCreate your own network effect ...... and you can grow and shrink as necessary.There's a huge market out there of people who just want their computer to f***ing work.If you're prepared to stick a second hard drive in peoples machines and dual...
- Tags: open-source business strategy, open source, strategy
- Discussion threads 2008-11-28
- Why engage in open source FUD?
- Why engage in open source FUD?WellWell with a screwed up patent system like you got in the USA where you can patent software code, you are bound to have problems.What FUD needs is a schoolto educate the public, in:What FUD isWho uses FUD past and presentHow to use FUDWho is/are/were...
- Tags: FUD, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-11-26
- Talking with Likewise on GPLv3 and community management
- I've been watching Palamida's tracking of GPLv3 (and LGPLv3) adoption over the last year with interest. It looks like adoption is moving at a reasonable, if not super-speedy, pace. However, not everyone is moving from version 2 to version 3. One company, Likewise, actually decided to move backwards from GPLv3...
- Tags: Community, Likewise Software, GPLv3, Q, Open, Fall Edition, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Black Friday deals on wireless networking gear
- Deals on routers aren't going to be drawing the early-morning crowds to stores on Black Friday, but that doesn't mean you can't find them. Now that everyone's ads have leaked to the Internet, here are some of the specials you can expect if you're looking to upgrade your network (or...
- Tags: Router, Network, IEEE 802.11g, Draft-N, Wireless Networking, NetGear, Routers & Switches, Home Networking, Network Technology, Networking, Wireless, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Microsoft releases Singularity under unapproved license
- Microsoft releases Singularity under unapproved licenseYou hit it on the head[i]It is true that some academics who like to play with Microsoft code, and support Microsoft technologies like .Net, will find value here.[/i]Which is who it was most likely intended for, not he general public.Not too unlike Google who keep...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., developer
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- HomePlug revival continues with new Netgear Powerline gear
- Remember when, not so long ago, home networking using power lines seemed down for the count due to slow throughput rates, especially as Draft N wireless devices entered the market? Thanks to improved technology, the HomePlug standard is staging a comeback, with big-name brands like Linksys...
- Tags: NetGear, Powerline, HDXB111, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Microsoft and Novell at two: Was the patent pact worth it?
- Microsoft and Novell at two: Was the patent pact worth it?Sheer brillianceNot that I'm going to start any wars or anything, but from a business perspective this deal was totally worth it. Microsoft got to wiggle its way into mixed source environments. Novell got a lifeline and became a bigger...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., openSUSE
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
- SuperSpeed USB 3.0 unleashed
- The final specification for so-called SuperSpeed USB, which is said to be 10 times faster than USB 2.0, has been published by the USB Implementers Forum. Version 3.0 of the universal serial bus specification has been released. Unveiled on Monday by the USB Implementers Forum,...
- Tags: Specification, USB, SuperSpeed USB, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, USB 3.0, data transfer
- News items 2008-11-17
- How much does Exchange really cost?
- How much does Exchange really cost?As you said, they have a vested interestin the cloud. It sounds as though the company may be willing to [b]way[/b] overstate the cost.How would it look to it's potential customers that while they're talking up their SaaS products, they're running all their own infrastructure...
- Tags: cloud computing, Bottomline, Google Inc., Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2008-11-15
- Free Software Foundation does the right thing for free culture
- The Free Software Foundation's latest version of the GNU Free Documentation License GFDL surprised me a little -- but in a very good way. The FSF has ceded some control and allowed for GFDL content to be re-licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. This is a major win...
- Tags: Free Software Foundation, Wikipedia, GNU Free Documentation License, BY-SA, Wiki, Online Communications, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Google fatal flaw revealed
- Google fatal flaw revealedThose patches could for example broke something else.Seriously, I wouldn't post an accusation like "google fatal flaw" based on the words of some vice president of marketing who's selling "products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source and third-party code" (the...
- Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., fatal flaw, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- Taking productivity lessons from open source
- Taking productivity lessons from open sourceOSS productivirty skyrocketsMillions of volunteers working for free keep OSS costs close to $0.00 and eventually M$ will colapse or GPL its code.And Open Source can learn......how to be successful from Closed Source.Ouch.RE:... You can learn..."If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If...
- Tags: productivity lesson, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- End the open source obsession with Microsoft
- End the open source obsession with MicrosoftM$ must GPL its codeand that will open communication with OSS.So Microsoft doesn't engage in this?[i]That scene did not happen. More likely some mid-level bureaucrat dealing with this particular show decided to show off his or her power.[/i]Most likely it did happen at the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source obsession, open source, Dana
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
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