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- Open source needs successful champions
- Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...
- Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap
- Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....
- Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Corporate open source is more vulnerable
- RE: Corporate open source is more vulnerableI feel so much better now that the government is moving toward open source.'Nuff said.RE: Corporate open source is more vulnerableI feel the title of this article is misleading. Vulnerable how? When discussing computing vulnerability usually refers to the security of the...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Corporate open source, Linux, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Brent Leary Expounds: The SMBs Rejoice
- Brent Leary, who is not only my bud, but one of the leading, no, the leading, small business consultant and analyst when it comes to small business (duh!), CRM, social CRM and social media, Ă‚Â is someone that I want to highlight on these pages. Ă‚Â Not that you need to come...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Leader, Small Business, Small And Medium Business, CRM, Brent Leary, Maximizer Needs, Price Point, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Linux group buys up 22 patents
- The Open Invention Network - an IP company created to protect Linux from patent lawsuits - has purchased 22 patents formerly owned by Microsoft and which appear to impact Linux, The Wall Street Journal reports. The group purchased the patents from Allied Security Trust - a consortium...
- Tags: Patent, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it
- It's not very often that Google makes an acquisition and the target inspires a collective "who?" But that's what happened when the search giant bought On2 Technologies, a penny stock trading in obscurity on the American Stock Exchange, for 60 cents a share. And unless you've followed the wonderful world...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Video, H.264, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Sorry Linux but the chicken came first
- In our association we operate as a consortium, like the open source consortium. They want to promote open source and Linux. But if you begin from the PC you are afraid of Microsoft. They try to go to the smart phone or PDA to start again. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Consortium, Linux, Smart Phones, PDAs, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Mr. Bezos, Tear Down This Wall
- Amazon is not-so-quietly building a wall between itself, its competitors, and open e-book formats. It's time to show them that those of us who seek e-book readers without boundaries will not stand for their market monopolization and Soviet-style platform containment. So while I...
- Tags: Device, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Wall, Stanza, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- News to know: Microsoft; Facebook; Acer; WiFi health scare
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers SQL Server 2008 SP1 Adrian...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Health Care, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Corp., Acer Inc., TechMeme, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- News to know: IBM-Sun; RIM, Web 2.0; CTIA; Facebook; iPhone
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting Sam Diaz: RIM delivers solid Q4 on BlackBerry...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, CTIA, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- Another open source health tools consortium
- Another open source health tools consortiumWhat about patients?Half of the value of patients having access to data,reports, images, etc. is that they can have them available to medical practitioners/professionals.I keep various information on my iPhone (ICE, Rx list, Glucose Buddy) and more on my notebook - like all images I've...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, open source health tools consortium, patient, open source, EMR
- Discussion threads 2009-04-02
- Another open source health tools consortium
- The hope is that Natural Language Processing techniques will allow non-programmers to consult unstructured data in EMR databases and extract clinically useful data. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Knowledge, Health Care, Tool, E-health, Open Source, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- News to know: Windows 7 RC; Cloud wars; Scareware; Facebook WWDC;
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and the return of the platform wars Microsoft fights the 'open' fight amid the clouds. Techmeme Mary Jo...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom case
- Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseWhat will happen next?Lawyers will make lots of money. Society will not benefit.RE: Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseMy TomTom 730 is a dream GPS unit. Glad I read about this Microsoft case. I would have never purchased a...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Perlow, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., patent
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
- Technology initiatives we should demand from the Obama administration
- As much as many of us would like to continue to revel in the day, the inauguration with all of its rock-concert fanfare, pomp and circumstance is over, and it is finally time for the new administration to get to work. The 44th President of the...
- Tags: Patient, Barack Obama, Administration, Broadband, Digital Television, TVs, Workforce Management, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Networking, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- Microsoft's "Don't Talk Like a Pirate" day
- Microsoft's "Don't Talk Like a Pirate" daySo this is code for"Love and Accept DRM Day"? Yes, please, give us more of the aphrodesiatic DRM we love so much!! MORE MORE MORE!!If they were serious, they could.Seriously, been over this with Ed. You could make the actual install activation...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Corp., piracy, digital-rights management, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- News to know: Microsoft Midori; Sub $600 PCs; Dell; Neosploit; SOA
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: More tech details emerge on Microsoft's 'Midori' What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'? Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Microsoft, In Search Of Itself Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The 'Mojave Experiment' - Just an exercise in guided clicking or does it...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Malware, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, BIOS, Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Components, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- When will textbook publishers get a clue?
- When will textbook publishers get a clue?I buy all my books onlineI mostly use half.com, which is part of eBay. But there's also:http://www.allbookstores.com/This is an aggregator, so it searches a bunch of sites.Here's how much you can save: My "Advanced Suse Linux" book retails for $146.95 at school...
- Tags: Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Office, textbook, Textbook Publishers
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- News to know: ICANN hacked; IE flaw; OpenSuse 11; Hyper-V; iPhone 3G
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Zero-day flaw haunts Internet Explorer Tech heavyweights launch security response consortium ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride Matthew...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, ICANN, Novell OpenSuse, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, 3G, Cellular Phones, Healthcare, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse
- Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refusewell can we trust Novell to anything now sincethey made deal with MS ......Don't think so. Well even if thay you be very nice to have a unix-fication under a mother distro .....im worry that MS goes up with dirty...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Virtualization, OPEN SOURCE, toughie, Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., NOVELL HAS
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
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