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Gatekeepers of open source innovation

Gatekeepers of open source innovationhuh???[i]By making the core of a product open source, then offering the secret sauce as a proprietary addition, companies can bring in the cash needed to create such teams.[/i]That is not freedom as in software!Releasing useless code for free without a key component is not FOSS,...

Tags: Strategy, open-source innovation, GateKeeper, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Vote for open source

Vote for open sourceTalk about FAIL...Why do you need these kinds of desperate measures just to get something accepted when it is supposed to be so much better to begin with? Can't it stand on its own?OSS, the ultimate FAIL.Pathetic, really...OSS needs some form of affirmative actionEU should learn...

Tags: Party Discipline, open source, OSS, Talk about FAIL

Discussion threads 2009-05-22

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

Your next software buying decision: zero cost?

My piece about SugarCRM contains a line from Vinnie Mirchandani that's been ringing in my ears: "They're tiny." What's tiny about: Free edition 400,000 users 50,000 systems Commercial customers 100,000 users 5,000...

Tags: Software, Open Source, Margin, OSS, Jeff Nolan, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-01

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

PC moment for open source may lack profit

PC moment for open source may lack profitSince fewer people have what it takes to give others this "profit"...Or so I've read.great line[i]But even before then, ask what you can do for open source.[/i]I love the quote above.I would paraphrase JFK: Ask not what OSS can do for you, but...

Tags: PC, TripleII, open source, OSS, PC Moment, Salvation Army

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

Interview: Guillaume Nodet and Adrian Trenaman on Apache ServiceMix and role of OSGi in OSS clouds

As SOA and open-source projects have already collided, and as OSGi is gaining favor as the container model de jour, it makes a great deal of sense to apply these software advances to the need for higher productivity and lower total costs on the business side. Open source on-premises enterprise...

Tags: Progress Software Corp., Provisioning, Apache Software Foundation, Health Care, SOA, OSS, Apache ServiceMix, OSGi, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus, Vertical Industries, Open Source, Benefits, Healthcare, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Will Pentagon take open source seriously?

Will Pentagon take open source seriously?Its going to happen...There is a tremendous surge within the DoD Services and DISA/OSD to not only consume OSS but to also learn how to leverage the OSS dev model within their agencies and throughout the DoD. These conversations are at the executive level now...no...

Tags: OSS, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, Pentagon

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

McNealy's back and Obama's got him

McNealy's back and Obama's got himSo government should go into the software business...... in order to reduce the number of jobs in the private sector, by making displacement products for its own use and that of others around the world.Which other large, essential, internationally successful business should the government compete...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, OSS, Obama, government, software

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

Gartner doles out sobering predictions for open source use in the enterprise for next 5 years

The economic slowdown should benefit open source software but whether open source software will benefit its owners is up in the air. That's according to Gartner Group predictions for 2009, which claims that over the next few years most enterprises using open source won't manage those assets correctly and most...

Tags: Open-source Software, Gartner Inc., OSS, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-01-05

How to get return BEFORE investment

How to get return BEFORE investmentInteresting Phil, but..You dismissed the biggest challenge to your "rBi" proposal without giving a real argument: the prospect of setup and switching costs, which I know OSS people aren't supposed to talk about, because then OSS is all of a sudden not as cheap as...

Tags: cloud computing, Managed hosting, OSS, OSS IS

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

No accounting software for Linux?

The key issue in evaluating the open versus closed source argument with respect to mid range financial software is organizational philosophy, not software features - if you've got the skills, the courage, and the organizational support, open source is simply the smarter choice - and if you don't, it isn't....

Tags: Accounting, OSS, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Which check to write? when open source means Jack

Which check to write? when open source means JackBut what if it actually costs less to use Windows?I don't know in reality. It seems like most of the analysts out there seem to think it just doesn't matter that much which OS you use - though I would say...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, open source, Microsoft Windows, OSS, WINDOWS BASED

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Open source valuations remain birdseed

Open source valuations remain birdseedYou'll never be Bill Gatesdoing anything short of inventing a time machine. Get over it and spend some time with your family, hiking, or something else worthwhile.Maybe it is time for some of thesecompanies that make a living supporting these open soure products to send...

Tags: OSS, open source, goodwill

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Changing open source terms bad move in a recession

Changing open source terms bad move in a recessionOpen Source flawed modelIf a car manufacture engineers a car, it does not release its blue-prints for free. If an architect designs a house he or she does not release his plans for free. The equivalent of an engineering blue...

Tags: open source, car, recession

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Dirty dozen: Firefox ships patch for 12 security flaws

Dirty dozen: Firefox ships patch for 12 security flawsAdobe Flash Beta 10 on Linux Stopped CrashingEvery since build version 3 of Firefox 3.0.2 Adobe 10 beta stopped crashing on Linux 32/64 bit systems. Flash now runs great on this release, except for some minor issues with accelerated graphics and nVidia...

Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Linux, Mozilla Firefox, keylogger, Dirty, Fox, security flaw, security

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Untangle changes the security game with open source

Untangle changes the security game with open sourceOpen source?Is it OSS? Not that I can see.I wonder..Yeah. After a quick check I couldn't find a link on their site to download the source. Or a mention of Re-Router being OSS for that matter.So. Is it OSS ? Sure doesn't look...

Tags: OSS, security game, open source, security

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Which Sun story is more important

Which Sun story is more importantSun is done...I really wish people would just forget this company. My rep said Microsoft only works with them so as to pretend that Microsoft cares about inter-operability. After the working sessions, Microsoft goes out and blasts Sun to all customers. My rep has the...

Tags: Sales strategy, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., OSS, xVM VirtualBox 2.0, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Dman 0.02b (Mobile)

This is a HTTP/1.1 download manager. Supports simple redirection, resume on error where possible, downloading to RAM and to VFS, automatic installing of *.prc and *.pdb databases to RAM, "Transfer-encoding: chunked" is supported, automatic filename rename if file exist. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Mobile, RAM, OSS, OSS Developer, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-09-10

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