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- Openness
- I've been privileged to be around some amazing people recently, first at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston and now this week at SuperNova, Wharton Business school's conference, which this year explored "how decentralization and pervasive connectivity are changing our world". My take away word of the...
- Tags: talent, mozilla firefox, collaboration, british telecommunications, openness, jp rangaswami, sam, web browsers, groupware, workforce management, leadership, security, internet, enterprise software, software, human resources, management, oliver marks
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Could Yahoo's 'openness' be another anti-Microsoft poison pill?
- Could Yahoo's 'openness' be another anti-Microsoft poison pill?Integration issuesThis merger is an integration disaster waiting to happen because of that reason. With Yahoo's reliance on open source, the opening of it's infrastructure and APIs, as well as it's own open source development including Zimbra, it seems any kind of...
- Tags: open source, mergers & acquisitions, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., openness
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Windows Server 2008's ode to open source
- Windows Server 2008's ode to open source..."[B]Many of its features, such as the ability to create UI-free scaled down versions of the operating system using Windows Server Core, are obvious nods to the Unix competition.[/B]"More than a nod, more like acceptance to the fact that the Unix way is the...
- Tags: servers, operating systems, microsoft windows server, microsoft corp., open source, microsoft windows, microsoft windows server 2008, openness, ode, server, unix
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Open source values: openness
- Open source values: opennessOpen Source value = honestyA most refreshing treat in todays corrupt greedy corporate Government mandated society.Openness should and will win.We should hold openness as an important value. Particularly the openness of ideas and software is just an expression of ideas. If Microsoft could keep Linux...
- Tags: openness, open source values, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Why Microsoft deserved to lose the OOXML standards vote
- Microsoft lost its bid to fast track its Office Open XML OOXML file-format specification. (It's next-to-impossible to tell from Microsoft's press release announcing "Strong Global Support for Open XML as It Enters Final Phase of ISO Standards Process," but it did lose.) As readers of this blog...
- Tags: iso, microsoft corp., standards, ooxml, openness, mary jo foley
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- Apple, Microsoft, and openness
- If you allow yourself to look at big corporations through the filter of conventional wisdom, all sorts of strange distortions emerge.Case in point: Tim OReilly approvingly quotes this snippet from a post by Michael Arrington about Apples new .mac webmail service:What users want is a rich internet interface for email....
- Tags: openness, apple computer inc., yahoo! inc.
- Blog posts 2006-10-02
- Today's Links: SEO your blog, Beer here, OpenCourseWare
- INTRODUCING “TODAY’S LINKS”Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Today’s Links,” a new regular feature presented by this Digital Micro-Markets Blog. “Today’s Links” is an eclectic round up pointing to noteworthy news and worthy analysis from all around the World Wide Web.Know of any other noteworthy news or worthy analysis? SHARE:...
- Tags: opencourseware, blog
- Blog posts 2006-09-07
- Arguing about arguing about China
- Harry Tsao, co-founder of a comparison shopping Web site with operations in China, says in a ZD Net editorial. "It is hard to see anything constructive that will come out of these public discussions." If companies do start spending time lobbying, rather...
- Tags: chinese, censorship
- Blog posts 2006-02-15
- The academy vs. open source
- The academy vs. open sourceIn a world......of specialists, the vast majority are uninformed. And Tyranny by the majority is still tyranny. I think the wikipedia issue is most thorny because of a lack of humility. On everyone's side. Wikifanatics and evangalists (a term that SHOULD BE...
- Tags: wiki, quality, openness, open source, quality control, wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2005-12-14
- Public discourse under way over definition of "open"
- I've been taking some time to digest the open vs. closed discussion (the context being Microsoft's new XML document format for Word, Excel and PowerPoint) that's taking place in various corners of the blogosphere. IBM's Bob Sutor, whose blog is entitled Open standards, open source, open minds, open opportunities,...
- Tags: ibm corp., blog, bob sutor
- Blog posts 2005-06-17
- Why do we need all this XML stuff?
- Why do we need all this XML stuff?Data ExchangeI believe 8 bit bytes was also supposed to eliminate problems with data exchange. Fat lot of good that did.And XML is proprietary? What about those recent MS XML patents? Patents are as proprietary as you get.Very simple answer, we don'tThe fact...
- Tags: patent, openness, xml
- Discussion threads 2005-06-06
Additional Resources
- Day 2: iPhone Dev Camp 2
- Yesterday I learned a few lessons about live blogging. Not many people are refreshing it as much as I was. I should list my posts with most recent at the top instead of the other way around. ...
- Tags: apple iphone, developer, app, melodies, medialets, games, personal technology, andrew mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- AT&T to FCC: We Ban P2P Traffic
- If blocking P2P traffic is bad, isn't banning it worse? It's now been reported not just once, but twice, that AT&T is banning P2P traffic by its wireless customers. That will not make iPhone 3G customers happy. So if the first item on the...
- Tags: fcc, p2p, traffic, at&t corp., peer to peer (p2p), federal government, internet, government, tom steinert-threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- News to know: 64-bit Windows; JavaFX; Net neutrality; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player? Larry Dignan: JavaFX SDK preview launches: Can Sun play the RIA game? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft launches new search...
- Tags: apple iphone, larry dignan, broadband, apple inc., net neutrality, microsoft windows, 64-bit, network technology, operating systems, software, processors, semiconductors, hardware, components, networking
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Network Neutrality & Google's Openness Before The FCC
- Google clearly wants the FCC to make sure that other private companies' networks are open equally to all Internet services. Now, it will be interesting to see if that applies to networks in which Google is involved. On Friday, the Commission takes up the question of whether...
- Tags: fcc, google inc., network, comcast corp., clearwire corp., network neutrality, internet, federal government, networking, government, tom steinert-threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Ultrasone HFI-2200 ULE
- The Ultrasone HFI-2200 headphones have a dark brown outer casing, while the earpads are colored with a golden-brown, velvet-covered cushion. At the top of the headband is another cushion that matches the same color combination. We think the look is a welcome alternative to the usual drab headphone color schemes....
- Tags: earcup, cord, hfi-2200, headphone, ultrasone hfi-2200, hfi-2200s
- Product reviews 2008-07-29
- Free the XBOX 360!!!
- Free the XBOX 360!!!"Microsoft-approved"Why shouldn't Microsoft be concerned with the performance of software on XBox?Quoting:Microsoft makes both the hardware and software, and the environment is tightly controlled - only Microsoft-approved software need apply. [End quote]Vista shows that a product's reputation can be affected by the uninterest or mistakes of third...
- Tags: game players, games, microsoft xbox, microsoft corp., game, console
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- 2009 Subaru Forester 2.5X Premium
- Photo gallery:2009 Subaru Forester 2.5X PremiumIn a major update, the 2009 Subaru Forester features a longer wheelbase and a modernized exterior design. And, for the first time, a navigation system is available. Unfortunately, our test vehicle was the low trim 2.5X Premium model, and navigation can only be had in...
- Tags: digital media, digital music, subaru forester, subaru
- Product reviews 2008-07-22
- Android losing it's mojo fast
- Android losing it's mojo fastForcing GTalk != do no evilYou can't get more lame than that...A note on iPhone apps.Apple would do well to remove the restriction where any non Apple application must exit not stay resident when another function is used like answering an incoming call. This will...
- Tags: microsoft windows, operating systems, advertising & promotion, handhelds, blogging, google inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-19
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom
- In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain. The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...
- Tags: phone, mr., data communications bill, internet, storage, databases, telecom & utilities, hardware, enterprise software, software, data management, nathan mcfeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
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