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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

Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs

Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costsMessage has been deletedMessage has been deletedAnd let us not forget the costs of people refraining from performingnecessary tasks because of fear. And the costs the USB drive ban.Incalculable costs really.The care they put into the systemis the output they'd get,...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Servers, Conficker, FAA, server, Apple Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Saas? We're too busy making ERP work

It's sometimes good to be reminded that while the industry hype is around saas/cloud/on-demand that there is still another world out there where customers are wrestling with more traditional approaches to computing. The other evening I had a conversation with Erick Kimberling, CEO of Panorama Consulting. Panorama...

Tags: ERP, Panorama Consulting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Tailoring Web technology to a bespoke dress shirt business

It's not easy to mix up the monotony of putting on a shirt and a tie every day for work, but what if the shirt was made-to-order, with details of your own choosing? Fashion startup ShirtsMyWay allows you to spruce up your tired work uniform and customize...

Tags: Web Technology, Web, Women, Denmark, Gender And Diversity, AJAX, Human Resources, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey bill

Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey billEvidence for your assertions, pleaseWhile there is at least weak scientific evidence that man contributes to global warming (I do not trust it, but at least some studies try to make the point), there is none for climate change causing weather events like hurricanes. ...

Tags: Messiah, hurricane, global warming, Waxman-Markey, life saving, sea level, game, Katrina

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?

Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?Is this any different than Java?There are positive reasons to have someone hold the patent, mainly, that there is only one captain of the ship. I support open source, but the hitorical problem with it and UNIX has been forking. Some propeller head messes with...

Tags: .NET, Programming languages, C#, Stallman C#, Stallman, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Helping corporations leverage the Web, using open source and the cloud

What do open source and cloud computing have in common? For Navid Safabakhsh, principal at San Francisco and Philadelphia-based interactive web development agency Freshout, it's that both technologies are low-cost, high-yield solutions to help corporations leverage the customer data they collect on the Web. ...

Tags: Web, Service, Channel Management, Open Source, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-30

News to know: Windows 7, HD-DVD, Twitter, iPhone, SOA

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. Christopher Dawson: Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? Andrew Nusca: Quickfire Deal: Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, HD-DVD, Jason Perlow, SOA, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-06-29