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- Dismissing the open source bear at the door
- Dismissing the open source bear at the doorRepercussionsI appreciate your clear and honest discussion of a personal view. Disagreement is impossible, because it is personal.Still, a couple of points to consider.The dot-bomb did lead to the loss of a number of companies reliant on open source.The lesson learned was...
- Tags: open source bear, open source, main product, bear
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
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- What open source can teach medical practice
- Great article, Dana.You did in such a short piece what CNN, MSNBC, FOX and other media journalists failed to do: tell the story as it really is. You didn't take what was news worthy and sensationalized it, nor played up a negative reading of it to frighten those possibly affected,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, open source, medical practice, CNN
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- mySQL founders fork on the post-Oracle future
- paranoia againi remember paranoia when sun bought openoffice and mysql...look they are still here!!!and oracle bought sun...people will be paranoid for some time, and than that story will go to oblivion just like any other paranoid story in open source world.Oracle must commit 1 billion for MySQLand also 5 billions...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- What Obama can do for and to open source
- What Obama can do for and to open sourceSorry we let you down.It doesn't surprise me though. We are very focused on our agendas. The Obama Administration presents a large field of issues. The only thing I can say so far is that his choice to fill...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Obama, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-05-16
- Open source shrugs at EU liability plans
- Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI've said it beforeFOSS companies should not worry.Having liabilities for the free speach makes no sense and would violate the constitution.Only propietary companies need to worry about it.RE: Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI agree with Dana; the current "exemption" by many software...
- Tags: OSS Developer, liability plan, open source, precaution, OSS, F/OSS
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- How much does open source cost schools?
- Obviously, there is money to be saved by using open source software in schools. Even merely substituting OpenOffice of Microsoft Office on student computers can save thousands in licensing costs. However, a Twitter comrade (I just can't bear to call him one of my Tweeps, but thanks to...
- Tags: Desktop, Open Source, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Europe gets its own GPL
- Europe now has its own version of the GPL. It's got copyleft, but it lacks the extra language found in GPLv3 meant to enforce that concept. The European Union Public License is an effort by EU government services to codify a Euro-centric view of copyleft,...
- Tags: GPL, OSI, License, European Union Public License, EUPL, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- News to know: March Madness, Chrome beta, Sony-Google, Android
- Larry Dignan: March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigs Matthew Miller: Follow all the March Madness action on your mobile phone Garett Rogers: Google releases new beta version of Chrome Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!! ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Beta, Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Open Source
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- Are we responsible for content filtering at home?
- Are we responsible for content filtering at home?Why?Sorry guys, but sending kids home with school-issued laptops is just *ASKING* for trouble. Seriously, do you guys not have enough headaches? Between supporting software issues (patches, viruses, and updates w/o losing kids' work), filtering internet, kids doing anything-but-work on them, and replacing...
- Tags: Content management, content filtering, OpenDNS
- Discussion threads 2009-03-19
- From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture
- This is the 40th excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: BIT: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Roots (1) Almost everything you really need to know about Unix or Unics as it was first known and the open source movement can be gleaned from...
- Tags: Open Source, Multics, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Bang the TomTom slowly
- Bang the TomTom slowlyBang the TomTom slowly but surely"TomTom's use of the Linux kernel in its products, ..."The fact of the matter is, the "Linux Kernel" was mentioned by name.^o^Still, if we let MS keep threatening, and demanding cross licensingagreements for invalid patents, it helps validate invalid patents. One at...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., Tom-Tom, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-02-27
- Is BI recession-proof, or are we just bracing for the next shoe to drop?
- The economic outlook isn't all gloom and doom. Bright spots remain in some substantial IT growth sectors--most important, in the sprawling business intelligence BI market. In the past month, we've seen solid financials--in some cases, record growth and profitability numbers--from leading BI vendors, including SAP Business Objects,...
- Tags: Analytics, MicroStrategy Inc., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, James Kobielus
- Blog posts 2009-02-06
- Should federal government go open source?
- Should federal government go open source?A resounding YES!Where is makes sense. There are some areas where Open Source may not be the best choice... can't think of any at the moment but YES!Thing is that would be the catalyst needed to push software vendors to port over to Linux. Which...
- Tags: open source, federal government
- Discussion threads 2009-01-24
- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureDo we take advantage of newer servers?It seems to me that no matter how much faster a new computer is, the total number of them remains the same. IOW if you had 100 servers 10 years ago, chances are you have 100 or more servers...
- Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows, server, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-23
- Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft
- Why Linux owes part of its success to MicrosoftFascinatingRMS was the one with the open source ideas. Not Torvalds.. Torvalds found nothing usefull for his brand new 80386. After approaching Tanenbaum and asking whether more features and support could be implemented in Minix. He came to write his own OS....
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, microkernel, RISC machine, Linux STILL, Linux, Unix, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-12-16
- Major Web browsers fail password protection tests
- Major Web browsers fail password protection testsRE: Major Web browsers fail password protection testsThat's why I use Norton Internet Security's saving function instead of the one built into Firefox. It's more secure, asks for a confirmation, and MAKES SURE YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT PAGE BEFORE SENDING THE PASSWORD TO...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, password protection test, open source, password, Major Web, password protection, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-12-15
- News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai’; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Dismissing the open source bear at the door
- The best advice I can offer, especially if you're short of money, is to keep working. Find important jobs which need doing. Find code that can help do them. So long as you have a laptop with WiFi on it, you are still in the game. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Bear, Dana Blankenhorn, Wireless LANs, Games, Recruitment & Selection, Wi-Fi, Notebooks, Wireless, Open Source, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Open-source Company, Movie, Internet
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- HP revs netbooks: Attempts custom Linux OS
- HP revs netbooks: Attempts custom Linux OSIs it really necessary?Don't get me wrong, I don't want to discourage them if they have something new and interesting up their sleeves. But if they don't, then there are plenty of other really good distros out there, including some designed specifically for the...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Hewlett-Packard Co., custom Linux OS, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- HP revs netbooks: Attempts custom Linux OS
- Hewlett Packard on Wednesday rolled out a netbook lineup designed to play catch up with Dell, Asus and others. But the real interesting play here is HP's move to develop a custom Linux operating system for one of its netbooks. First the news (statement, specs, Techmeme): HP...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating System, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
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