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ChurchInfo (zip): ChurchInfo is a church database Web application to help churches track members, families, groups, pledges, and payments. ChurchInfo includes features to track pledges and payments by family, generate reminder and tax letters, automate donations by bank draft and credit card, create groups, schedule meetings in WebCalendar, generate maps, and facilitate...; Tags: payment, pledge, churchinfo open source team, taxes, free trade, operational accounting, web servers, financial planning, finance, internet; Software downloads 2008-06-11
Blackboard's Groundhog Day pledge to open source: Blackboard Inc. has issued an open source patent pledge that may not be worth the virtual paper its printed on.Here is what the companys general counsel, Matthew Small, told Inside Higher Ed:“The pledge covers anything anyone is realistically worried about in the e-learning community. Any school can look at this...; Tags: general, applications, software licensing, legal, patents, education, educational groupware, pledge, groupware, open source; Blog posts 2007-02-02
Bradley Kuhn rips Microsoft's patent pledge to shreds. But should we be surprised?: Yesterday, in reponse to Microsoft’s Patent Pledge for Non-Compensated Developers which was an integral part of last weeks pact between the software giant and Novell, Software Freedom Law Center CTO Bradley Kuhn issued a tersely worded warning to the Free and Open Source Software FOSS community that the pledge is...; Tags: general, open source, software infrastructure, legal, f/oss, opensuse.org; Blog posts 2006-11-10

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JavaFX Preview SDK to be released this week: Sun will release a preview version of the JavaFX Software Development Kit later this week, fulfilling a pledge made at JavaOne this year. Joshua Marinacci writes: I'm excited by what we've put together but also exhausted. We've done an incredible amount of work during the last year. Now...; Tags: adobe systems inc., sun microsystems inc., sdk, adobe illustrator, tool, joshua marinacci, productivity, programming languages, java, software development, software/web development, ed burnette; Blog posts 2008-07-29
Techie's green pet: IDC develops new report card for tech asset recyclers: Does your IT services company make the grade when it comes to retiring and disposing of technology assets in the greenest way possible? Researcher IDC has come up with a new certification and weighting system for IT assess disposal functions that it is calling the Green Recycling...; Tags: asset, card, international data corp., asset management, operational planning, business operations, heather clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-17

Voting For A McCain: SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons So, poor John McCain. At the start of the year, he gets bounced around because he is "not well versed" in economics. In summer, he gets beat up again, because he says he is "illiterate" about technology (and the way he expresses...; Tags: innovation, network, john mccain, obama, taxes, free trade, internet, leadership, financial planning, finance, management, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-16
News to know: iPhone 3G launch; Vista; Botnets; Dial-up diaries: Notable headlines: The iPhone 3G rollout: Assessing the wild cards Steve O'Hear: Gallery: 25+ social networking apps for iPhone and iPod touch. Gallery right. Analyst: Most iPhone 3G buyers will pay more than $199 GigaOm: I Can't...; Tags: apple iphone, microsoft windows vista, 3g, podcasts, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), cellular phones, wireless, consumer electronics, personal technology, internet, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Vodafone's Big(ish?) Adventure: It's fun to think of similes to categorise the headlong rush towards CO2 reductions or at least the pledges for such. I think of Vodafone's pledge of a 50% cut of the 2007 baseline by 2020 as a 'Big Adventure'. They have not yet clearly identified how they will get there yet...; Tags: vodafone group plc., carbon dioxide, climate situation, jonathon porritt, performance management, human resources, workforce management, james farrar; Blog posts 2008-06-19
Preliminary autopsy results on Mozilla's Download Day ...: Preliminary autopsy results on Mozilla's Download Day ...It was even betterThis morning it appeared in the repository and my machine just downloaded it automatically, no need to go to the Firefox website whatsoever....RE: Preliminary autopsy results on Mozilla's Download Day ..."Why is Firefox "so good""well its sleek and its got...; Tags: web browsers, download counter, download day, preliminary autopsy, autopsy, mozilla firefox, address bar, mozilla corp., mozilla firefox 3.0; Discussion threads 2008-06-18
Don't download Firefox 3 yet (updated): Firefox 3 download day is June 17th, so if it's June 17th in your time zone now should you download it? No! Ok, go ahead now if you can get in. In what I can only describe as a monumental screw-up,...; Tags: mozilla firefox 3.0, mozilla firefox, web browsers, internet, ed burnette; Blog posts 2008-06-17
Got science?: Got science?Great article!I'd love to believe that a political regime change (that we'll hopefully see in November) can bring us some progress in this area. Hopefully not more business as usual if the Dems can be believed. We'll see.Chris DawsonLeading Nuclear Research is now done in...India.Remember when the...; Tags: nuclear research, ozone, thomas jefferson; Discussion threads 2008-05-30
Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?: I caught this article the other day on InfoWeek, where Nancy Gohring discussed Microsoft's new-ish open systems policy. As noted in the article, it's easy to view Microsoft's new stance with a certain amount of skepticism: But Microsoft may have a way to go to placate a market that...; Tags: steve jobs, antitrust, microsoft corp., corporate law, strategy, business operations, management, john carroll; Blog posts 2008-05-29
Microsoft's ODF support looks good ... but on paper only: Microsoft's pledge to support ODF as a native file format in Office 2007 SP2 is good news for OpenOffice – but on paper only. The devil is in the details – and Microsoft hasn't spelled out precisely how or if its ODF 1.1 implementation will support macros...; Tags: microsoft office, microsoft corp., opendocument format, opendocument format (odf), openoffice, emerging technologies, office suites, software, paula rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-22
Early draft of Microsoft XAML now online: An early draft of Microsoft's XAML specification has been brought online under its "open specification promise." This fulfills a promise made last week at OSBC. XAML stands roughly for eXtensible Application Markup Language, and enables the creation of object hierarchies for use online. The...; Tags: xaml, microsoft corp., open specification promise, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Comcast, BitTorrent kiss, make up in attempt to keep regulators away: Comcast and BitTorrent said Thursday that they will collaborate and figure out the best way to manage peer-to-peer traffic on the cable giant's network. Regulators began holding hearings after Comcast had used network shaping techniques to manage P2P traffic much to the chagrin of BitTorrent. But now...; Tags: regulator, bittorrent, network, comcast corp., productivity, networking, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-27
Change-Congress, an open source strategy for political reform: Lawrence Lessig, known for his leadership on IP reform and the illfated Eldred v. Ashcroft decision, launched his latest project, Change-Congress at the National Press Club on Thursday. Partnering with Joe Trippi formerly of the Dean and Edwards campaigns, Lessig's strategy will be a "bi-partisan, web-based effort to leverage and...; Tags: open source, candidate, change-congress, wiki, strategy, online communications, management, richard koman; Blog posts 2008-03-23
News to know: IE 8; eBay security; Microhoo; Favorite Windows programs; Apple: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 default. Microsoft's IE blog Microsoft, Nokia to port Silverlight to Symbian phones Nate McFeters: eBay Red Team Event - Creating Security Awareness and Sharing Strategies Ed Bott's 10 Favorite...; Tags: apple iphone, security, apple inc., microsoft internet explorer, microsoft corp., ebay inc., microsoft windows, web browsers, operating systems, software, internet, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-04
Presidential candidates: Take a data integrity and transparency pledge: Presidential candidates: Take a data integrity and transparency pledgeI predict an Egyptian presidentFor eight years---Executive Privilege and National Security.Are just two reasons why such pledges are ridiculous. While you may think you need to know everything that transpires in the Whitehouse it is not an unalienable right.RE: Presidential candidates:...; Tags: e-mail, vertical industries, transparency, presidential candidate, data integrity, government; Discussion threads 2008-03-03
Presidential candidates: Take a data integrity and transparency pledge: Whomever you support for president, I hope you'll consider joining me in asking the candidates for a pledge that they will enforce data integrity policies at least as rigorous as expected of publicly traded companies, and that they'll open their administration to public scrutiny of most public policy. ...; Tags: data integrity, president, administration, democracy, e-mail, workforce management, online communications, human resources, mitch ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-03-03
Should software be patented? This site would like the practice stopped: Should software be patented? This site would like the practice stoppedNo, no, a thousand times noLet's put it this way. I'm a small software innovator. And I do mean innovator: I'm on my fourth startup, and every one of them has been in the business of producing stuff that is...; Tags: tools & techniques, games, microsoft corp., patent, software, innovator, game; Discussion threads 2008-02-29