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Code Red for XML open source

Code Red for XML open sourceOpen source is secure = Bullshit liesDespite the eyes of millions of altruistic losers, horrific security are streaming through every day. Or maybe all the losers are so focused on developing another replacement desktop, that they don't have time for security. Or most likely, they're...

Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, XML open source, open source, Code Red worm, XML

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

At what stage of life is the open source industry?

At what stage of life is the open source industry?First, you must define "open source".My point is many think open source is the GPL and Linux, in my opinion that is not true and "open source" is what we passed around in the local computer clubs two or three decades...

Tags: open source, stage-of-life, open-source industry

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Open source is not charity

Open source is not charityIt's the new economy.It used to be the software was the "end". In every application, there was a shrink wrapped offering that made money for the producer. Open source, however, is the "means to an end". The software is simply the commodity that allows...

Tags: Open Source IS, open source

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

What Microsoft still does not understand

What Microsoft still does not understandCan we please End this zero cost distribution myth already. Bits are electricity. It takes money to make them. It takes money to move them. It takes money to store them. I wouldn't compare IBM and Microsoft. Because...1. MS doesn't manufacture computerts2. MS is not...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, F/OSS, Microsoft Corp., software, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Open source is not all about the money

Open source is not all about the moneyI'm kind of sorry to see them go.I just happened to come across this site: http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/sun_microsystems.htmIt seems that the "vultures" are striking early. I didn't really care for Sun's seesaw affair with Open Source but I believe their presence helped to strengthen...

Tags: open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source IS

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Open source is about belief in code

Open source is about belief in codeAnd there is the power that cannot be overcome ]:)[B][/B]wow you hit it just where it neededyou so right when you explain that even of a open source company goes belly-up its code will survive .......that so true with this code will...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Open source is apolitical

Open source is apoliticalIs it?I suppose one can imagine anything, but the idea of a government at this point trying to outlaw the GPL seems incredible.After all, the GPL works in every country I'm aware of. Wouldn't that country risk an awful lot?Open Source is not a political entityAnyone can...

Tags: operating system, open source, Open Source IS

Discussion threads 2007-08-24

Open source is bad for vendors

Open source is bad for vendorsAny limitations?"Patents and copyrights were conceived as individual rights, not corporate goods. And open source proves that inventions can be even grander than before if rights to the work are held in common."But what about corporations such as IBM that use open source as a...

Tags: open source, Open Source IS, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-11

Open source is the software you own

Chris Tomlinson, a British computer consultant, offers a Lakoff-like re-framing of the open source issue in his latest column for the Birmingham Post. Open source is the software you own.Lakoff, a linguistics professor at the University of California in Berkeley, famously told Democrats a few years ago they had to...

Tags: Government, marketing, Software Licensing, Strategy, General

Blog posts 2007-02-28

Open source as a bargaining chip

The big moves by Oracle and Microsoft, along with the newly-announced decision by Adobe to open source some code, has customers of all sizes asking the same question.Is this real? Or is open source just being used as a bargaining chip? Is this a sea change in software company attitudes,...

Tags: General, Software Licensing, Enterprise Policy, Legal, Strategy, Standards, Distributions

Blog posts 2006-11-08

Open source is no guarantee

Open source is no guaranteeThere oughta be a lawThat's tragic, and it should be criminal. Congress needs to get off its fat backside and make sure that companies have a reasonable chance to make a profit. About 80% seems right. All of these no-name outfits getting into...

Tags: U.S. Congress, open source, Open Source IS

Discussion threads 2006-08-04

Like it or not, open source is a movement

Like it or not, open source is a movementMessage has been deleted.Damn those OSS Hippies!http://www.littlegeneva.com/images/Microsoft.jpg'Free Software' is a political movement but 'Open Source'...means whatever you want it to mean. From my perspective, I'm primarily interested in the business movement.Open Source is only an exampleOpen Source is only a single example...

Tags: Joe User, open source, OSS, Open Source IS

Discussion threads 2006-03-28

Additional Resources

What open source can teach medical practice

We are collecting the data. We need to unlock it. We are writing the code. We need to share it. This is what open source can teach the practice of medicine. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Practice, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Open Source's debt to corporations

fsdaThe Best Blu-Ray Video Converter is a comprehensive ripper and converter tool.

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2009-11-21

Open Search Server 1.1.2r665 (Mac)

Open Search Server OSS is a search engine software developed under the GPL v3 open source licence. Built using the best open source technologies available, Open Search Server is a stable, high-performance piece of software. It is both a modern search engine and a suite of high-powered full text search...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Full-text Search, Open Search Server, Document Format, XML, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-21

PeaZip 2.8 (Windows)

PeaZip is a free, open source file and archive manager for 32 and 64 bit Windows and Linux. It is available either as installable and portable application not needing installation. Full support: 7Z, 7Z-sfx, ARC/WRC, BZ2/TBZ2, Custom user defined, GZ/TGZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, split, TAR, UPX, ZIP. Open, browse, extract,...

Tags: Job, Giorgio Tani, PeaZip, Linux, Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, Recruitment & Selection, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Office Suites, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-11-21

Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?

MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...

Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Mozilla: Still too dependent on Google for revenue; Can it diversify?

well its in Google best interest ...that mozilla is healthy and and kicking .... anyone claiming monopole they point out that they support Mozilla foundation big time ...Google keep its competition alive they should do more invest in ubuntu ... so they...

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Operational accounting, revenue, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare download

Somebody will make it available in a more public area, I'm sure.Being that it's open source, somebody's going to make it available in a more public area, I'm sure. I'll wait until then.RE: Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare downloadthat's not the real release... that's a linux based...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, VMware Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

MeaMod Playme 0.9.6.3 (Windows)

MeaMod Playme is a open source media player for windows with the ability to most media formats. ID3 tag support with album art. Windows Live Messenger I'm listening to. Lyrics fetch support. VideoChoice music video lookup. Application add-ons. Application Options. Enhanced Audio Control. Notification Area Remote with minimize to notification...

Tags: Video, MeaMod Playme, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-20