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Broadcom goes open source and hell freezes over: Does this mean...that Broadcom hardware drivers are going to be open source? Great. Just great. If you thought Broadcom network drivers suck bad now, just wait until they get released to the community...Fail to seewhat mechanism would make them "suck more"?If all that changes is that Broadcom...; Tags: Telephony, Linux Mint, Broadcom Corp., wireless card, open source; Discussion threads 2009-11-12
Apple bans bobble head Congress app: There are few people in this country more desserving of ridicule......than politicians.A couple of observations from Rasmussen:"Only four percent (4%) of voters say most politicians keep their campaign promises. Forty-five percent (45%) believe they deliberately make false promises to get elected.""Voters by more than two-to-one think high congressional reelection rates...; Tags: Smart phones, U.S. Congress, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iDont; Discussion threads 2009-11-10
JumpBox for the PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System 1.1.5 (Mac): PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system that's been under active development for over 15 years. An enterprise class database, PostgreSQL boasts sophisticated features such as Multi-Version Concurrency Control MVCC, point in time recovery, tablespaces, asynchronous replication, nested transactions savepoints, online/hot backups, a sophisticated query planner/optimizer, and write...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Server, PostgreSQL, JumpBox, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2009-10-29
Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud: Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...; Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL; Discussion threads 2009-10-27
Why Mac open source gets no respect: "Since Macs generally cost less than PCs"THEY ARE? Since when? And that doesn't jive at all with "Macs are upscale"... and cheaper. Mmmm no.No counterpart to XBMC?There are a ton of Media Center applications for windows, including Windows Media Center, which is fairly adept at just about...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Mac people, Apple Macintosh, XBMC, MCE, Unix; Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Missing what open source cannot afford: FOSS needs some town hallsto get free air time on the news and to educate the users on the perils of closed source.I have to disagree ...I'm not sure how isolated you are, but my experience with open source through OpenNMS has been quite different.Sure, companies like mine that are...; Tags: open source, OpenNMS; Discussion threads 2009-09-30
Windows SMB2 exploit now public; Expect in-the-wild attacks soon: Another "researcher" makes a name for himself.So, just why was it necessary for for this Bozo to actually "create and release the code" for the exploit? Let me guess. His company makes money by hyping up the level of fear. See their web page where they say...; Tags: Firewalls, SECURITY, Network security, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Windows SMB2, attack, firewall, antivirus; Discussion threads 2009-09-29
SqueezeBox Server 7.4 (Mac): Logitech introduces SqueezeCenter 7.0, our powerful and free Open Source software. Not only will it power any Squeezebox or Transporter, but also any software MP3 player on your network. SqueezeCenter 7.0 runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Solaris. This robust Open Source software includes contributions from a worldwide community...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Open-source Software, Logitech, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Management, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2009-09-29
Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge: Here's something for the developers to do:Spend 100% of their time on the current windows, until it is bug-free, secure, and stable.Also for the next Win, don't change the UI again. Please.TLZTLZ must be TAR with LZMA. TGZ TAR with gzip would be more useful.hot air for a doomed productIf...; Tags: Operating systems, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, operating system; Discussion threads 2009-09-23
The best VoIP solution is ...: What about hosted?Wondering if you guys would be willing to discuss the most obvious omission... hosted. It's like choosing which car to buy when its cheaper to take a limo.RE: The best VoIP solution is ...Your article was only comprehensive if you consider just the IP-PBX and desktop telephone;...; Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Fax, Zultys, Voice Mail, VoIP Solution, AC power, SIP, VoIP; Discussion threads 2009-09-22
The 10 biggest moments in IT history: Despite its relatively short lifespan, IT has had some huge watershed moments. TechRepublic's Jack Wallen followed the tech timeline to identify the most pivotal events. Itâ€™s unlikely that everyone will ever agree on the most important dates in the history of IT. I...; Tags: ARPAnet, Information Technology, Operating System, Dot-com, Apple Inc., Wikipedia, COBOL, Napster Inc., Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Online Communications, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-09-21
Perforce 2009.1 (Mac): Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management SCM System, provides powerful version control and workspace management with a unique branching model. Perforce provides software developers with fast and reliable SCM to manage source, document and Web content. The client/server architecture scales to hundreds of users and millions of codelines. Perforce works...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Perforce Software Inc., Servers, Hardware; Software downloads 2009-08-17
VMware's vision: Clouds everywhere: While I was making my way out to San Francisco for OpenSource World/Next Generation Datacenter/Cloudworld, VMware issued a press release stating that they were acquiring Spring Source, a supplier of Platform as a Service offerings. This, I believe, opens the door for VMware to offer a nearly complete, end-to-end solution...; Tags: Solution, Data Center, Open Source, PaaS, Vision, Supplier, VMware Inc., Tool, SpringSource, Spring Framework, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2009-08-12
VMware's SpringSource purchase sparks head scratching; Still doesn't solve the Microsoft problem: VMware's purchase of SpringSource for $420 million has sparked a fair amount of head scratching among analysts who argue the virtualization software company paid too much and still failed to solve its Microsoft problem. Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry noted that SpringSource had roughly $10 million in...; Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., SpringSource, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-08-11
Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2: It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. Some of you may be aware that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 (Which is due...; Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux Distribution, Mouse, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, SLES, LinuxIC, OpenSUSE 11.1, ENTER, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2009-08-09
What Asus wants in a Linux: Linux needs a real mainstream distroLinux unfortunately is too fragmented to get the attention of consumers.Way too many distributions. We think Microsoft is bad with Windows! But just look at how many our out there of Linux! Hey Linux idiots! stop doing so many and concentrate on one well...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ASUS, Driver Problem, Linux, Nope; Discussion threads 2009-08-08
CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priority: The CentOS developers were ready to burn the place down if their AWOL project founder didn't show up and resolve several outstanding issues that put the popular Open Source project and Linux distribution at risk. For those of us in the "Inside Baseball'...; Tags: Developer, Project, Red Hat Inc., Domain, Founder, CentOS, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2009-08-02
Open-source bonuses for the big guys [video]: At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, panelists discuss benefits that huge companies like Google and Facebook could get from embracing open source, such as third-party developers integrating their products into new application versions and easier connectivity with emerging technologies. Panelists include Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura; Kim Polese, CEO...; Tags: Video, CEO, Strategic Planning, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-07-30
Open-source bonuses for the big guys: At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, panelists discuss benefits that huge companies like Google and Facebook could get from embracing open source, such as third-party developers integrating their products into new application versions and easier connectivity with emerging technologies. Panelists include Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura; Kim Polese, CEO...; Tags: CEO, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management, Stanford, Always On, open source, saas, software as a service, Facebook, Google; Videos 2009-07-30
Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?: Microsoft's decison to release 20,000 lines of device driver code under GPLv2 is viewed as a big deal but not that surprising given the context. After all, the only technology Microsoft fears more than Linux is VMware's bare-metal virtualization platform. The release of the three device drivers...; Tags: Device Driver, Microsoft Corp., GPL 2, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2009-07-21