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- Google makes Chrome OS open source today
- I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Can open source software stop IT failure?
- I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...
- Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- FSF launches "Windows 7 Sins" campaign
- Classic defensive strategyIf you can't defend your POV, pound the table! :)Seriously, this makes the FSF look desperate. It might also open them up for libel charges Of course MS has to weigh the martyr factor. On second thought, that might give the FSF too much credit...The fact they felt...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Patches, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Number 6, Total Cost, Free Software Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code
- Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux codeWSFU GPLWindows Services for UNIX has some GPL utilities in it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321712VMWARE Lower TCO, Higher ReliabilitySmart shops will skip virtualization from MS - garbage at its best. Resume generating event at its worst.RE: Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux Code
- Discussion threads 2009-07-20
- Activists push city endorsements of open source
- Activists push city endorsements of open sourcegreat for vancouver i hope that the rest of the country will follow ... neither fighting it nor joining it, yetbut rather, observing.A large-scale implementation should be interesting, see how it matures and what issues they face.Hopefully they have a good project manager that...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, DC Current, income, open source, goodbye, city endorsement, activist, OH WAIT, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-15
- Open source shrugs at EU liability plans
- Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI've said it beforeFOSS companies should not worry.Having liabilities for the free speach makes no sense and would violate the constitution.Only propietary companies need to worry about it.RE: Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI agree with Dana; the current "exemption" by many software...
- Tags: OSS Developer, liability plan, open source, precaution, OSS, F/OSS
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- CRIKEY! He can swallow whole companies! But not communities.
- CRIKEY! He can swallow whole companies! But not communities.Basic flaw of free software"If a project no longer meets their requirements, be it from a licensing or political perspective, they simply cease working on it and go onto other things that interrest them instead."Basically, there is no real tie to those...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft development tools, Crikey, software
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- Moore's second law and software
- Moore's second law and softwareThen why are Open Source clones generally behind?I don't get how OSS helps your 2nd Moore's law analogy the least little bit.My observation is that OSS based software is generally in the catchup position, which is made easier because a lot of it is just cloning...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, .NET, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, software, OSS, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-04-02
- Texas Democrats push ODF standard
- Texas Democrats push ODF standardMS view is anti-competitive when using an open standard Bet they would not say that if the bill supported their format.the bill is supported by smart TexansTexas gave us some of the best people in the nation.It is no surprise that astute people from there see...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, open standard, Microsoft Corp., ISO, docx
- Discussion threads 2009-03-19
- The open source value of responsibility
- The open source value of responsibilityAre you kidding"To those who take more, who feel more, the open source priests, rabbis, imams and lamas, I personally want to salute you. By taking this value seriously you drive the movement forward. And you make society better as well."Movement? Better society? It's fucking...
- Tags: Android Phone, open source, software
- Discussion threads 2009-02-12
- 7 reasons why Windows 7 will not wreck Ubuntu
- 7 reasons why Windows 7 will not wreck UbuntuYou forgot the most important one...Hardly anyone cares about Ubuntu in the first place.RE: 7 reasons why Windows 7 will not wreck UbuntuNot to mention that anymore we don't need a bloated, 'do everything' OS. Now 99% of the people need a...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-01-14
- What OpenOffice site crash means
- What OpenOffice site crash meansSo, I should pay for free software so I don't pay Microsoft?It's not for everyone. However, the reason Microsoft has more robust features is because they spend more money on it. That money is funded by higher prices for their software. If you or your company...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, object-oriented, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, free software, Open Office Writer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- MSE rises like a phoenix from the beta ashes
- MSE rises like a phoenix from the beta ashesMost students can't afford Microsoft's...products. So they turn to open source. This has MS worried. So they are doing whatever they can to keep the next generation of IT personnel using their products.My son graduated with a degree in computer science three...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-16
- Are India and China taking over open source?
- Are India and China taking over open source?Silly headlineYou can't take over open source. That's the whole point of open source - fork it and do your own thing.It should be more like "China and India embracing open source".But I guess that isn't provocative enough to run up your page...
- Tags: open source, F/OSS
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- 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
- Why does open source need a villain?
- Why does open source need a villain?It doesn't need a villianIt just needs competition. And Apple provides some, but they also leave the door open for F/OSS given their restrictive policies.villain or hero?Linus Torvalds"By giving away his software, the Finnish programmer earned a place in history""Some of Torvalds' supporters portray...
- Tags: open source, villain, open source need, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers
- Nokia Symbian deal winners and losersNokia Symbian - What's in a name?Heads up! It looks like Nokia's product naming consultants did not do their homework for similar names with other mental images and associations. Check out www.sybian.com. Or, how about the Symbionese Liberation Party that kidnapped Patty...
- Tags: Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout
- Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutI think M$ has something to do with this crimeWhen M$ FUD campaign failed, they might have contracted some mobsteres to frame Reiser.RE: Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutFrom the article: 'grinded to a halt'? WTF kind of grammar is that?...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, JFS, Reiser FS, open-source file system fallout, fallout
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Open Source Commandments II: Passover Penguins
- In my previous piece discussing the first four Open Source Commandments I talked a bit about the traditions of Passover, where Jewish families gather together to eat a festive meal and discuss our liberation from slavery in Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh (while the one in the...
- Tags: Console, OSS, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
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