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Open-source voting: Secure over obscure?

At the OpenSource World event in San Francisco, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen says open-source software can help improve security in voting systems. Even with built-in security measures, though, potential human error among thousands of volunteers will put them at risk.

Tags: Security, Open Source, Open Source World

Videos 2009-08-13

Browser standards in an open source world

Browser standards in an open source worldHTML5IE will surely be the last to support HTML5, so hopefully Firefox, Chrome, Opera & Safari will continue to gain market share, so that web developers will begin to implement websites utilizing HTML5.Yes, FAT-OFF Ballmer:)Hammer/Sickle new mantra for MSMS needs to put up a...

Tags: Web browsers, Games, HTML5, Web browser, Browser Standard, OpenGL, open source, open source world, Chrome, 3D, Internet, DirectX, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-02

Managing PR in an open source world

Managing PR in an open source worldWhat's the point of reading someone's opinion?Additional information or a new perspective or both. That's especially worthwhile when erroneous information has been circulated or conventional wisdom is domineering.So if the PR staff can make your information more reliable or provide you with additional...

Tags: public relations, open source, open source world, Managing PR, social media

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Managing PR in an open source world

What's the right PR approach in an open source world? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Source, Open Source World, Friend-of-the-blog Joe Brockmeier, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-12-08

Ten leading platforms for creating online communities

Creating online communities of customers and workers has been one of the hotter topics in business and technology this year. Whether you're on the business side, in IT, or are just trying to build virtual teams around shared goals, online communities are rapidly becoming a popular way to organize people...

Tags: Community, Platform, List, Open Source World, Community Platform, Joomla, PHP-Nuke, KickApps, Pinax, Open Source, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Does open source mandate change in copyright law?

Does open source mandate change in copyright law?I don't see where open source fitsOpen source is just being able to see the source which is protected by copyright and sometimes patents as well. What license one uses to authorized use of the software really is irrelevant. It might be a...

Tags: open source world, open source, patent, copyright law

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Comcast Bill of Rights unnecessary in open source world

Comcast Bill of Rights unnecessary in open source worldIt is clear there are not adequate...alternatives in the broadband market. The capitalism principals we have in place are based on perfect economies. There is no such thing as a perfect economy. This is why the HAS to be government regulations to...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Regulations, Dana, Cell-modems, Comcast Corp., open source world, DSL, open source

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Should open source cheer Gates' swan song?

The Elvis of PC software has left the building. Bill Gates' announcement he will no longer do CES keynotes overshadowed anything else he said, and for good reason. (Picture from Engadget.) Although the venue felt wrong. Gates' milieu was Comdex,...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Bill Gates, Open Source World, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-07

de Icaza: .NET source code release a non-event for open source world

de Icaza: .NET source code release a non-event for open source worldI think he's correctClean room is still the best approach to open source development, which means that Mono's developers cannot allow themselves to be influenced by proprietary code in any way (their job is to implement the protocols, not...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Development tools, Microsoft .NET, Icaza, open source, open source world, Clean Room

Discussion threads 2007-10-05

Are sales pitches reality?

Groklaw has unleashed a blogstorm against Novell, based on a sales pitch being used to push clients toward Novell's SUSE Linux and away from Red Hat. (Picture from Repmanblog.) The claim is bogus on its face, and Matt Asay fisks it good. The idea that one Linux...

Tags: Credibility, Novell Inc., Groklaw, Open Source World, Linux, Sales Strategy, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-01

RSS feeds begin to bleed into enterprise applications

You've probably just gotten used to the idea of "mashups" for quickly bringing web services into applications and portals. Well, now get ready for making novel and powerful use of content via RSS feeds in a similar way. I don't call them mashups, though, I call them...

Tags: RSS Feed, Information Technology, RSS, Enterprise Application, IBM Corp., Mashup, Open Source World, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Case studies in an open source world

Case studies in an open source worldTruth without FUD or lies...Successes and pitfalls. How things were overcome, why certain selections were made for one option over another. Real cost both short term investment and long term upkeep. ]:)Case studies from the ebXML worldat http://www.ebXML.org and http://www.freebXML.org

Tags: ebXML, B2B, Case Studies, open source world, open source

Discussion threads 2007-06-16

Wikipedia co-founder wants open-source search engine

Wikipedia co-founder wants open-source search engineAwesome IdeaThe open source world is coming together.....http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39291You don't see Microsoft doing things like what is mentioned in the story above...kudos to the Frenchman..you won't see ZDNet posting this story.Very useful but one major faultI love the idea of having available a powerful search tool,...

Tags: Wiki, SEARCH, Engineering, open-source search engine, open source, Wikipedia, open source world

Discussion threads 2007-05-01

Scalix 11 joins the commercial open source world

Scalix 11 joins the commercial open source worldopen source is a way to goonly open source should be considered by development firms this way a value-added coloborations can be added to the product on the part of freelancers and other developer enthusiasts who do develop and make an improvements...

Tags: open source, Scalix 11, Scalix Corp., open source world

Discussion threads 2006-08-16

Additional Resources

Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

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

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

Survey: IT workers eyeing security certifications

No government healthcareIf the Gov goes with this socialist health_care scheme it will be the end of the free market.With Billions in waste from fraud in medicare/medicade and welfare running rampant with no checks in place.All we need is this community leader telling people we need to go TRILLIONS more...

Tags: security, security certification, survey

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Free Microsoft open-source content management app to get its debut next week

Very interestingStrange - Ballmer was all excited about how the SharePoint 2010 team focused on internet facing capabilities. Why play with Orchard if you can get all the features CMS and more with a hosted version of SP2010 at a fairly cheap investment?I guess for small businesses who just...

Tags: Content management, open source, Microsoft Corp., open-source content management app, Free Microsoft open-source content management app, FREE Microsoft, open-source content management, Microsoft Windows NT, content management system, OSS Projects

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04