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- Black Duck finds its business makes sense
- managing dual-use encryptionThe important lesson from the Jonathan Erickson (Dr. Dobbs) piece is that a simple application filing averted the panic that ensued when he received a "charging letter" from U.S. export enforcement officials. 88% of all export applications qualify for exceptions given to ?mass market? or ?unrestricted? retail...
- Tags: SECURITY, encryption
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Eurocrats killing open source softly, says Ellison
- Not so great......when you're on the receiving end, is it Larry? Seems to me all those who so joyfully cheered the EU on against Microsoft were warned about unintended consequences.Carl RapsonIt s blade with two side , becareful not to cut your hand Well its a 2 sided blade Mr...
- Tags: Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Google open source strategy not just a patent dodge
- Business and evil.The very first thing in Google's defense is that they make their money by providing advertising services, not by destroying the IT ecosystem with anti-competitiveness like a certain software vendor is hell-bent on doing.RE: Google open source strategy not just a patent dodge"Fact is Google has been a...
- Tags: Patent Reform, strategy, Google Inc., patent, Google open source strategy, Google open source
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- OpenSource success: Firefox approaching 1 billion downloads
- OpenSource success: Firefox approaching 1 billion downloadsRE: OpenSource success: Firefox approaching 1 billion downloadsdoes this means Firefox is catching on with IE? 50 share?? Paging Opera.... Paging Opera. ntntfirefox?just tell me when they solve the bug that stops copy/paste in their 3.5.1......I had-to drop back to an older version...
- Tags: Web browsers, Looks like Firefox, Mozilla Firefox, OpenSource, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-07-31
- What really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much!
- What really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much!Y'know, I disagreeI understand Adrian's need to attract eyeballs and taking a deflationist view of Win7 in a world of gushing praise will no doubt help attract a lot of hits. HOWEVER, I think the wrong questions were asked.Instead of judging...
- Tags: Operating systems, Well XP, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook
- 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. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD
- 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: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czar
- BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czarThere is no such thing as piracy...Piracy is what happens to ships on the high seas.Un-licensed software is NOT piracy! Useing the word "piracy" to denote un-licensed software is just a form of propaganda.With product activation, Draconian DRM and EULAs that...
- Tags: Well Let, Business Software Alliance, piracy, IP Czar, Cyber Mafia, IP
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Medieval secrets behind Microsoft research
- Medieval secrets behind Microsoft researchMicrosoft has not invented...anything. So their research is obviously nothing more than a money pit.While talking to two programmers last week the state of Microsoft's software came up. Mind you, both are Microsoft proponents and program for the Microsoft environment. What was interesting is at the...
- Tags: Research & Development, Linux, Operating systems, Directory services, Microsoft Corp., Medieval secret, Medieval, Microsoft Research
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- The Obama lesson to Rupert Murdoch
- The Obama lesson to Rupert Murdoch"I learn from criticism"There certainly is no shortage of that around here. I visit here often but it's not out of loyalty, more like a junkie getting his fix. I would really like to kick the habit and move on to looking and...
- Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Games, OPEN SOURCE, Planetside, Obama, Rupert Murdoch, Dana
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- CRM Playaz Episode #8: Kindle DX, XXX Rated, C-Level Smackdown RightNow's Greg G.; and Twibes?
- CRM Playaz Episode #8: Kindle DX, XXX Rated, C-Level Smackdown RightNow's Greg G.; and Twibes?Sex 2.0You guys sound like ignorant schoolboys. Too bad you are so repressed that just seeing the word sex makes you get stupid.CRM for Sex Workers at Sex 2.0Thanks for mentioning my session, although I'm not...
- Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Podcasts, Enterprise software, CRM, Sex 2.0, XXX-rated, Twibes, C-Level Smackdown RightNow, CRM Playaz Episode #8
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- Your next software buying decision: zero cost?
- My piece about SugarCRM contains a line from Vinnie Mirchandani that's been ringing in my ears: "They're tiny." What's tiny about: Free edition 400,000 users 50,000 systems Commercial customers 100,000 users 5,000...
- Tags: Software, Open Source, Margin, OSS, Jeff Nolan, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- Microsoft sends mixed patent message
- Microsoft sends mixed patent messagesame oldplain unsubstantiated M$ FUD.RE: Microsoft sends mixed patent messageThe message seems pretty clear. Its basically telling linux to watch its back and that their patents are not just a free for all. Microsoft has spent a lot for R&D on patents and its...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), UK Government, patent, Microsoft Corp., patent message, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., software patent, software
- Discussion threads 2009-04-30
- Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion
- Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billionWindows ROI vs. Open SourceThis makes me wonder how people think theywould be out of business UNLESS they useWindows.$9 BILLION DOLLARS, this puts companies OUTbusiness and customers who are furious withservices that are rendered unavailable dueto insecure software......Tell me again, how does running Windows bring...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Patches, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Conficker, economic cost, virus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, piracy
- Discussion threads 2009-04-23
- What Sun can do now - and why you should help.
- What Sun can do now - and why you should help.See where Open Source leads Sun to?The last decade marks the global failure to practice open source as a business model. The saddest part was that it happened despite people warned them not to go that route.Don't know what to...
- Tags: Sun Solaris, Research & Development, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-18
- Is adopting the cloud a money-losing mistake?
- Is adopting the cloud a money-losing mistake?The cloud is many steps backward...The loss of control over your applications, data, security, accessibility, accountability, and much more is seriously many many steps backward from where we are now. The cloud has very limited usefulness for very specific applications and the hype over...
- Tags: Service level management, Intellectual property, SECURITY, cloud system, money-losing mistake
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
- Perfectionists need not apply
- If you're a perfectionist, or prefer to solve problems alone, you're going to have some problems working with community projects. Individual contributors and companies need to get used to working in the open, and be willing to work towards perfection rather than trying to nail it the first time. ...
- Tags: Developer, Drupal, Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- Momentum building for government open source
- Momentum building for government open sourceProblem is.....That there is too much focus on Open Source in general and not specific open source products that are really good. To me its not good enough to say "well since it is open source it must be good". That just makes people...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- TomTom tells Ballmer tear down this wall
- TomTom tells Ballmer tear down this wallwell said!No it's time for OIN members to honor their agreement and counter sue M$ for patent violations.Just say..."I'm a doughnut". That's what the translation will be anyway.Microsoft will find inself increasingly isolated trying to preventcompetition and maintain the proprietary model. Companies all...
- Tags: Construction, TomTom, Steve Ballmer, wall, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
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