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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

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Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code

Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux codeWSFU GPLWindows Services for UNIX has some GPL utilities in it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321712VMWARE Lower TCO, Higher ReliabilitySmart shops will skip virtualization from MS - garbage at its best. Resume generating event at its worst.RE: Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux Code

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Breaking: SAP maintenance price hike: partial victory

In what many will see as a welcome change of heart, reports are emerging that SAP has relented on the forced march to higher maintenance prices. According to a German edition of the FT Online, SAP has agreed that its German and Austrian customers can retain their existing maintenance contracts...

Tags: SAP AG, Computerwoche, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-09

Ubuntu: I'm extremely impatient

Ubuntu: I'm extremely impatientFor the certificate problems, try this:http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/Download Firefox 2, and for the repo problems just pick a mirror to use, if only for next day or two.Lots of other people want it at the same timeand you're throwing a wobbly. Perhaps you should go to as many distro's...

Tags: Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Ubuntu: I'm extremely impatient

Okay, I admit, I am an impatient person. I hate waiting in lines. I have a superiority complex and a tremendous arrogance where I believe the world revolves around me. Hey, I'm a New Yorker, it comes with the territory. My wife, Rachel, is infuriated by this -- whenever we...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browsers, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-25

Can the Microsoft cathedral really do business with the open-source bazaar?

It sounds like the "show-down" between Senior Vice President and General Counsel Brad Smith and a panel of open-source backers at the Open Source Business Conference OSBC on March 25 didn't plow any new ground. Smith extended the same olive branch that Microsoft has been holding aloft,...

Tags: GPL, Patent, Brad Smith, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Michael Bay blames Microsoft for HD DVD/Blu-ray war

Michael Bay blames Microsoft for HD DVD/Blu-ray war$100 million dollar checksThere are two parts to the allegation:* $100 million checks* Mind-reading Microsoft's intentionsThe first is, arguably, verifiable. The second is pure speculation. Even if we accept the first, the latter doesn't follow.Sheesh -- I'm not sure that even...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, Michael Bay, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-06

How The RIAA and deep-pocketed Big Music got their way with a young, single mother of two

My colleague Declan McCullagh offers a list of causes why that jury in Duluth, Minnesota assessed a $222,000 fine against Jammie Thomas for copyright infringement on 24 illegally downloaded tracks. He argues that: The RIAA was able to match a...

Tags: RIAA, Music, Litigation, E-mail, Team Management, Leadership, Business Operations, Online Communications, Management, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-05

Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief

Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chiefYes, controversialThe idea of interoperability will indeed be verrry controversial, and downright blasphemous. How dare Microsoft recognize that they have to live with the existence of Linux in this world and thus make an effort to interoperate.Loverock, who seems to be absent these days, would...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

Chalk up another Linux patent deal for Microsoft

Chalk up another Linux patent deal for MicrosoftUp next, Red hat.A little bird told me they are already in negotiations. ;-)The big question is,how much did Microsoft pay LG to get them to pose as idiots?For all the negative comments from the good posters here...... did you ever stop...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-06-07

The benchmark war: AMD vs. Intel

The benchmark war: AMD vs. IntelChipsetsBeing an AMD fan one of the things that let's the AMD side downis a lack of really well intergrated motherboard chipsets.Intel has a big advantage here but I hope this trend will reverse somewhat over time.Here we go again...Turning another subject into a Microsoft...

Tags: Chipsets, Semiconductors, Operating systems, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., benchmark war

Discussion threads 2007-04-12

Podcast: HP pretexters get wrist-slaps, the mortally wounded copyright, Red Hat seeks threesome with Microsoft, and Tellme more

This week on the Dan & David Show, ZDNet executive editor Larry Dignan fills in for Dan Farber and we cover the four biggest news stories of the week so far. While the world looks for ways to bridge the digital divide, Microsofts attempts to close the gap between computer...

Tags: Novell, virtualization, YouTube, Hewlett-Packard, Red Hat, VMware, Microsoft, Google, Linux, Berlind, Hollywood on Demand, Entertainment, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, Dan &, David Show, General, Open Source

Blog posts 2007-03-14

Illegally downloading collegians, I hope you get what you deserve

Illegally downloading collegians, I hope you get what you deserveLables Over-charging for yearsI believe that piracy is wrong and that people should not be downloading copyrighted works without paying. However, the Big lables have been overcharging for music since the CD became ubiquitous. They make charge us for the...

Tags: music, CD, piracy

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

Given latest in OO-XML vs. ODF, Microsoft must reconsider its support for ODF

There has been a flurry of recent activity in the battle between Office Open XML (OO-XML) and the OpenDocument Format ODF that could be swinging the tide in the latters global favor. The two are competing formats for the storage and retrieval of the different documents created by word processors,...

Tags: General, Legal, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Office 2.0, OO-XML, OpenDocument Format

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Reality check: Microsoft isn't waving the white flag

Reality check: Microsoft isn't waving the white flagInteroperabilityYup,As far as interoperability there wasn't alot there that wasn't already. It was about the patents. While the mutual target was initially Red Hat, Oracle's recent decision includes them by default. Of course the long-term target for MS is enterprise Linux in general....

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, GPL 3, GPL, Linux, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., SuSE, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-11-02

Google, please take my gOffice

Kevin Warnock paid $500 to a guy in Russia to buy the goffice.com URL. He changed the name of his online office suite Silveroffice to gOffice, and officially rolled out a free version, with some ad support, in July of 2005. The gOffice name, catching some of the Google aura,...

Tags: gOffice, Google Inc., Kevin Warnock

Blog posts 2006-10-16

Apple Boot Camp Rife with problems

Apple Boot Camp Rife with problemsWell, it IS a beta programAs any computer user who's in the know, beta certainly does not mean bug-free yet. As for the Mac that committed suicide, that's "understandable" ;)Shocker!Wow, a beta with problems, who'da thunk it?Note that Apple is very clear that you absolutely...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Apple Boot Camp Rife, beta, Apple Boot Camp

Discussion threads 2006-04-06

Will the real C++ please stand up?

Apparently, devotees of the C++ programming language are putting their feet down when it comes to the naming conventions for a project that's been underway at Ecma. Yes, the same Ecma consortium that will eventually be putting its imprimatur on Microsoft's XML-based file formats as a competing standard to...

Tags: C++, CLI, ECMA

Blog posts 2006-02-08

iTunes lyrics fight ends in apology

iTunes lyrics fight ends in apologyDuh!Finally, a copyright holder recognizes his own stupidity and actually apologizes! Did hell freeze over?This happened courtesy of the involvement of the EFF, so we owe them thanks.First off, in the USA, the PearlLyrics application was perfectly legal, and, according to the EFF, such...

Tags: Apple iTunes, lyric, appology

Discussion threads 2005-12-16

Microsoft standard proposal turns spotlight to Ecma's process

A lot has happened since I last wrote about the OpenDocument vs. Microsoft file formats drama that is clearly turning out to be one of the most important beachheads in the computer industry. Shortly after Microsoft announced plans to submit its formats to Ecma International for ratification, and then...

Tags: imprimatur, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2005-12-09