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- Blackboard embraces and extends into open source movement
- Oh BlackboardHow I loathe the...
- Tags: open source movement, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Blackboard embraces and extends into open source movement
- Anyone seeking a case study of how a proprietary software company can "embrace and extend" itself into the open source world should stop thinking Microsoft and start thinking Blackboard. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source Movement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Qualcomm joins open source movement at head of parade
- Get it straight...Qualcomm is covering their Android bases to keep their fingers in the pie. Don't lose sight of their goal for a minute. They never do...RE: Qualcomm joins open source movement at head of paradeAre you sure about that? Qualcomm is the maker of BREW which is one of...
- Tags: Qualcomm Inc., open source, open source movement
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Qualcomm joins open source movement at head of parade
- Combining open source and proprietary technology in the way Qualcomm wants to do, while legitimate, does threaten to maintain the vendor lock-in that open source is meant to fight. Just because you draw a picture does not mean the pig is really flying. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source Movement, Qualcomm Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- Will Microsoft promise split the open source movement
- Will Microsoft promise split the open source movementCan't change the spots on a Leopard's back.Besides, I just checked my NYS Driver's License for my date of birth--I wasn't born yesterday.So Linux Folks, don't touch Mono with a barge pole!Sorry Miguel, you are a creative spirit, but you've made your bed.Sleep...
- Tags: .NET, Development tools, open source, Mono, Miguel, ECMA, open source movement, KDE, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Will Microsoft promise split the open source movement
- The split is over whether Microsoft's promise on C# and the CLI extends to Mono and whether the Mono version of .Net should be accepted as a standard part of Linux. If it is, then Microsoft may be embraced as an "open core" vendor like other enterprise open source companies....
- Tags: Mono, Open Source Movement, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Open Source, C#, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Countering the Microsoft cynics
- Microsoft announced today plans to expand its interoperability principles, committing itself to higher standards of openness and portability in pursuit of interoperability nirvana. Fellow blogger Mary Jo Foley was skeptical, noting that Microsoft has said as much in the past, and since then made noises about patents it...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Open Source Movement, Iso standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Corporate Law, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Apology by Novell, accepted or rejected?
- Miguel de Icaza's interview with Paula Rooney reads like an apology, but as in all those weepy romantic comedies that will come out in the next months, it comes too late. Novell is like the unfaithful lover who comes to your door while still engaged and begs...
- Tags: Google Inc., Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apology, Open Source Movement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-05
- Open source tells content owners adapt or die
- Open source offers a business model for software which gives consumers more control. They get the code, they can see the code, they can change the code, without ever paying you a dime. That they do pay you, that they pay you enough for you to make...
- Tags: New York Times Co., Radiohead, Open Source Movement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- Could more Eolas-like open source benefactors hurt Microsoft, others?
- Could more Eolas-like open source benefactors hurt Microsoft, others?OIN and other patent poolsOpen Source has Patents also. There are already several pools of patents pledged to Open Source and Linux. OIN aquired some more patents about a week or so ago http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/press_release.php . OIN is just...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Open Source Movement, Eolas Technologies Inc., Red Hat Inc., patent, software, open source, software patent, OIN, Microsoft Corp., GPL, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-30
- Where is the outrage as mainstream vendors acquire open source software firms
- I am glad that some of my fellow ZDnet bloggers have caught up with this issue of Oracle buying up the open source movement. George Ou points to my Feb 16 post and references Dana Blankenhorn's Feb 17 and Feb 21 post.George makes a good point that:"it doesn't seem to...
- Tags: open source
- Blog posts 2006-02-28
- Open Source Costs in Schools
- Open Source Costs in SchoolsHogwashOpen source DOES NOT work better. It may save you some money, that is if you have administrators and help desk staff that know open source operating systems and applications as well as they know proprietary products, but other than the Linux operating system, a few...
- Tags: Operating systems, OpenOffice, open source movement, open source, OSS, Linux, OSS alternative
- Discussion threads 2005-11-01
- Open source science
- Open source scienceIts just amazingthat the world's headlong dash to destruction can be thwarted by so few brilliant people. A million of P.T. Barnum's people have the same influence on the future as a single scientist. Makes me proud of my own natural science degree - I can hold off...
- Tags: open source movement, biology, open source, Rice, chemist, Closed-Source, knowledge
- Discussion threads 2005-10-31
- Open Polyphonica 1.0.2 (Mac)
- The Open Source movement that has taken place on the Internet as well as the legal issues associated with Peer-to-Peer file sharing influenced this piece. It is my hope that this work will function as a bridge between the illegalities of music piracy and the positive prospects of the Open...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Open Source Movement, Open Source, Music, Heath Fashina, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
- Software downloads 2004-03-31
- Open Polyphonica 1.0.2 (Windows)
- ARTIST' STATEMENT This artwork/computer program functions under the Copyleft law, a derivative of the Copyright law pioneered by Richard Stallman and other members of the GNU project read License agreement for more details. The Open Source movement that has taken place on the Internet as well as the legal...
- Tags: Open Source Movement, Microsoft Windows, Music, Heath Fashina, Peer To Peer (P2P), Open Source, Internet
- Software downloads 2004-03-31
Additional Resources
- What would make you trust Microsoft?
- Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...
- Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- PC Forum: Is open source a movement or a working model?
- fasd MKV Converter for Mac
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- News to know: Ruiz, Moffat resign; Microsoft; Psystar; Smartphones
- 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: Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal Moffat no longer with IBM as...
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Servers, Hardware, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals
- Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's ambitious push into cloud computing -- and the enterprise. Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop and there are several desktop improvements in this upgrade -- including a faster boot and login and enhanced audio and and 3G broadband connectivity. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- Windows 7's latest fan: Linus Torvalds
- This is great news! This picture is proof positive that Linus T. is ditching linux because it was so bloated and scarey that he is converting to Microsoft Windows 7. If the leader of linux is doing it then we can say it won't be long before the rest...
- Tags: Operating systems, Happy Days, Linus Torvalds, Linus, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
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