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- If not Google, which corporation best champions open source?
- If not Google, which corporation best champions open source?No one open source ecosystemI think open source has grown so big and diverse that there is no one open source ecosystem. There are many many ecosystems each with a center of gravity.You forgot ...The Apache Software Foundationhttp://www.apache.org/They seem to have...
- Tags: Operating systems, Development tools, open source, Linux Foundation, Linux, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-18
- Microsoft: It's time to consummate the marriage with Citrix already
- The relationship between Microsoft and Citrix is much like that of a man who has been serially dating the same woman for 15 years, but never seems to be able to consummate the deal. He's afraid of commitment, or perhaps like that old expression goes, why...
- Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-13
- The Importance of Dissent
- Word is going around that Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL, is parting ways with Sun. Matt Asay blogs about it and says it's a good thing Widenius is taking his dissent on the road: At this point, however, Monty has done the right thing with his dissent. He has...
- Tags: MySQL, Arjen, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google Chrome
- Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google ChromeLike it!I like Chrome and IŽll keep using treehoo.com (the Google-based site that plants trees) as my default hoempage!With more competition, the market share for alternative browsers will gonowhere but up, and as more and more are exposed to and become knowledgeable about alternative...
- Tags: Web browsers, Lilly, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Chrome (beta)
- Google has released the beta version of a new browser, Chrome. In its comic-book preannouncement, Google stated correctly that watching videos, chatting, and even playing Web-based games didn't exist when browsers were first invented. Google wants the browser to help users focus on the applications and pages they are...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Omnibox
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Will Google Chrome be the Android's mobile browser?
- The talk of the internet today is the launch and availability of the new Google Chrome web browser. As a mobile enthusiast, I immediately asked myself if it is possible that the Chrome browser would be coming to mobile platforms and after reading that the new Chrome browser is based...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- LIVE: Google Chrome Press Conference
- I'm here at the Googleplex for a press conference to announce the new Google browser, called Chrome. The service will go live at 12 Noon PT today and is available for Windows Vista and XP - for now. Mac and Linux versions are coming soon. It will launch in 122...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?
- Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster.Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster. IE8 is getting close to release, and having a Firefox/Chrome transition (or worse, battle) could kill their market share if IE8 is released during the transition.Could Google's Chome be death blow to...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, IE8, Chome, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Chrome, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder
- Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coderAll makes senseIf I was running a large open source project with thousands if not millions of people all over the world depending on me to get it right, I think I'd do things in much the same way.Certainly it makes sense to...
- Tags: Strategy, Torvalds, Linux, vision, Linux coder, open source, chef, picnic
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Wordcamp 2008
- In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...
- Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-16
- OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus
- A new open-source project called OpenVAS has emerged to take the place of Nessus, the popular vulnerability assessment system that closed its source a few years ago. The first stable version of OpenVAS, which is a fork of Nessus 2.2, was released this week featuring a server,...
- Tags: Network, Vulnerability Assessment, OpenVAS, OpenVAS-Client, Tests, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Open Health Tools gets first big donation
- Open Health Tools, the open source project launched this spring by Eclipse founder Skip McGaughey, has gotten its first big code donation. It's called Open HIE, or Open Health Information Exchange. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: collabnet inc., palamida, health care, vertical industries, open source, benefits, healthcare, enterprise software, software, human resources, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move
- Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing movehave to say it's goodSomebody finally gets it about actual security development in a shared mode.I Agree. Good Move, finally.This will allow the mfrs of network perimeter appliances and IPS to solidify their signatures beforehand.I'm not sure daring is the word...They should have been doing...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, OH GOD, vulnerability, open source, OSS
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?
- Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Aren't the Nokia N800/N810 devices dead simple web tablets?
- Aren't the Nokia N800/N810 devices dead simple web tablets?You're correct--This guy is 'reinventing the wheel'ntI suspect that the guy is talking about a free designThat makes the nokia the equivalent of solaris if someone said "we don't need linux, it's just another solaris".Of course these days, Solaris is no longer...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Nokia N800/N810, web tablet, Nokia Corp., Web
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Yahoo's open source bet is a long run thing
- Yahoo's open source bet is a long run thingYahoo's open source bet is a long run thingBad for Google, great for everyone else!"In the long run we're all dead......and for a long time."RE: Yahoo's open source bet is a long run thingIs there anything open source at all about what...
- Tags: MS API, Open sourcing, open source, Darwin, Apple Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Geek Sheet: Configuring Synergy2 to Share Keyboard, Video and Mouse
- It's time again for another Geek Sheet. This time, we're going to show you how to share keyboard, mouse, and video click for short demonstration between multiple desktop computers, using different Operating Systems with a free Open Source program called Synergy2. Are you geeky enough that you...
- Tags: Mouse, Video, Synergy2, Client, Screen, Mice, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled
- Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his "Linux's dirty little secret" column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro. It was either the Linux Geek rage originating from the knowing that he didn't Read the Fine...
- Tags: Ubuntu, PC, VMware Inc., Tool, Adrian, VMWare Tools, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- IBM Scale Out File Services: Reinventing Network-Attached Storage
- This paper focuses on the challenges of creating a scalable Network-Attached Storage NAS filer with hundreds of nodes on top of the IBM General Parallel File System GPFS. The filer is created as a multiheaded data exporter over Ethernet and uses the Common Internet File System CIFS as implemented by...
- Tags: NAS, IBM Corp., Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Nokia buys Symbian to form open-source Android killer
- Nokia buys Symbian to form open-source Android killerOpen sores are good, but when is it too many?It's about time Symbian went open sores. I guess, Nokia, Mot and others saw the writing on the wall. Never mind Android, the real fear is Apple iPhone. The juggernaut is unstoppable if...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, juggernaut, Open Sores, Symbian Inc., open source, Nokia Corp., Nokia Buys Symbian, killer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
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