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- Open Source
- Refers to software that is distributed with its source code so that end user organizations and vendors can modify it for their own purposes. Most open source licenses allow...
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- My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbook
- The Asus EeePC is silent, it's easy to use, it runs Mozilla, Open Office and wireless networking expertly. No one needs to know it's Linux. It's light as a feather. But if you're a touch typist this is going to hurt. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: ASUS, Linux Laptop, Laptop Computer, Asus EeePC, Linux, Keyboards, Mice, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- 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
- Red Hat acquires Qumranet
- I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Linux netbook buyers are cheap and plentiful
- Linux is taking advantage of the netbook trend and disillusion with Windows Vista approaching Bush-like proportions. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Laptop Computer, Netbook, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Ten key differences between Linux and Windows
- Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License
- News items 2008-09-04
- On stupid mascots and closed source browser plugins
- Everyone's been harping on Google this week with the release of Chrome, so I thought I would be different -- today I'm going to give Adobe some love. Because I bet they feel left out. Adobe's Flash and Acrobat Reader plugins are some...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web Browser Plug-in, Adobe Acrobat, Web Browser, Plug-in, Flash, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Sanmaxi Database Converter (MS SQL to MYSQL) (exe)
- MSSQL database Converter tool convert MS SQL server database into MySQL databases format. Database migration tool support Unicode architecture. MS SQL to MySQL database conversion software is the most convenient solution to convert large database. Convert only five records for each database table. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: MySQL, SQL, Microsoft Corp., Sanmaxi, Databases, Storage, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- Sanmaxi Database Converter(MySQL to MS SQL) (zip)
- Database Converter MySQL to MSSQL conversion software accurately converts My SQL database records attributes into MS SQL server records. Database conversion utility easley convert whole MySQL database or selected table records from MySQL to MSSQL. Convert only five records for each database table. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: MySQL, SQL, Microsoft Corp., Sanmaxi, Databases, Open Source, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- Google's new Chrome browser based on WebKit (updated 3x)
- One of the biggest tech news story coming out of the Labor Day holiday here in the U.S. is that Google is going to be releasing an open source operating system in the form of a Web browser. Google's new Web browser – Named "Chrome" – is...
- Tags: Google Inc., Open Source, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Is Cuil killing the Internet?
- While the world gets excited over Google's new open-source browser, Chrome, a new story is emerging about one of the Web's next-generation utilities: Cuil, the search engine heralded as a "Google killer," might just be taking out the entire Internet, one site at a time. As...
- Tags: Site, Cuil, Internet, Robots, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Code is law
- Carl Malamud has posted a whole bunch of state codes on PublicResource.org. Need the Alaska Fire Code? The Denver Mechanical Code? How about the Michigan Plumbing Code? If we are so interested in open source computer code, what about open source law? Public...
- Tags: Code, Standards, Carl Malamud, Quality, Open Source, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Google Chrome is complementary to Firefox
- Over the last few years it has become obvious that, given Google's size, it would "take over" any project it contributed to. The Chrome project is an explicit acknowledgement of that reality. But it's not a threat to open source. It is open source. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Open Source, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Could Google's Chrome be death blow to Firefox?
- No doubt, Google's forthcoming open source browser -- known as Chrome -- is going to challenge other open source browsers, most notably Firefox. It could be a devastating blow to Firefox, which has amassed and taken roughly 18 percent of browser market share away from Internet Explorer in a short...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Web Application, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Chrome, V8 Javascript Virtual Machine, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Dell repair adventure, day 3
- As in my last adventure with Dell, the "next day onsite" service has turned out not to be as advertised. If you don't remember that visit with Alice in Dell Land, here's a pointer to that string of posts. Although my initial Email discussions with Dell's technical...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Linux, E-mail, Team Management, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- iChm (zip)
- iChm is a CHM file reader for Mac OS X. It is fully built with cocoa and support search, index, find in page, tag based bookmark, text encoding detection and switching, and printing. iChm is an open source software. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Robinlu, iChm, Apple Mac OS, Document Management, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- Ruminating on Chrome
- On an otherwise non news day, the comic book launch of Chrome by Google has got the digital ether all aglow with excitement. I can only shrug. Despite the thinking this is 'big news' and garnering mainstream media attention at both the WSJ and the UK's Guardian, I can't see...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Chrome, Web Browsers, Open Source, Internet, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Community, Incorporated
- If open source is going to succeed, that is long-haul succeed as a business and development model, companies and open source projects need to be a lot better at finding ways to work with one another. Without commercial partners, open source projects have a hard time progressing beyond the "nice,...
- Tags: Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Is open source labor or management?
- Is open source labor or management?WOW, do you really understand open source?Open source is neither, at best it flattens the cost of operations, and creates a stable IT software environment that benefits workers more productivity and management lowers costs. Like any other IT function, bad decisions, bad management, bad out...
- Tags: Big Corps, open source, OSS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- Is open source labor or management?
- Is open source good for ordinary people, bad for ordinary people, or does it make no difference at all? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Where the Linux laptops live
- Almost one-third of the 25 top-selling laptops at Amazon.com are sold with Linux. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: ASUS, Linux Laptop, Dell Computer Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, Linux, Notebooks, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
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