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Political and scientific values in health care debates: Many of our health policy choices come down to a conflict between scientific and political values. Science doesn't work through majorities. Even a consensus view can be readily overthrown, as we see today with CAT scans. Science also can lack simple, black-and-white answers. Take the...; Tags: Science, Politics, Health Care, Truth, Stem-cell, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-29
Does open source make business decisions political?: Of all the relationships changed by open source, perhaps the most nagging is that between business and politics.There's another taste of that in today's news, word the BBC is looking to make an open source version of its iPlayer.The BBC had made a business decision to work with Microsoft in...; Tags: politics, Microsoft, Legal, Government, General, Enterprise Policy, Applications; Blog posts 2007-07-16
The open source purpose of new spectrum: What is the purpose of frequency regulation?Is it to maximize returns for investors or to serve the public interest?Open source does not deliver as much software profit as the proprietary model, but it does deliver enormous value to customers. Thus the free market likes open source. If the purpose of "competition"...; Tags: business models, General, Google, Government, Hardware, Legal, mass market, mobile, politics, telecom, VOIP, wireless; Blog posts 2007-07-12
The open source way to truth: The big fight yesterday between Michael Moore and Wolf Blitzer may have a message for tech.It involves the limit of spin and the responsibility of journalists.Tech journalists are uniquely susceptible to spin. Because our sources are also our advertisers, publishers have to strike a balance to survive in the market.Others...; Tags: business models, content, General, Internet, marketing, mass market, politics, Strategy; Blog posts 2007-07-10
FCC fights the open source concept: With today's release of new rules for Software Defined Radios, it should be clear that the FCC under chairman Kevin Martin right is dedicated to proprietary models, and a determined foe of open source.The final FCC language shows disdain for the open source concept, fearing that anything which can be...; Tags: General, Government, Hardware, Infrastructure, Legal, politics, telecom, wireless; Blog posts 2007-07-06

Misusing open source in a good cause: The great scientist and futurist Freeman Dyson has an important essay today in the New York Times. (Picture from Wikipedia.)He writes about green technology, science built on biology, overtaking gray technology, science built on chemistry and physics. He writes about creating new forms of life to solve intractable problems, about...; Tags: politics, Government, General, education, Development; Blog posts 2007-07-01
Seeking political advantage in open source: John Edwards may be winning nothing more than Iowa and the netroots primary, but he is notable in being the first Presidential candidate to mention open source in his political campaign. (Picture from Hedgefunddomain.)His campaign told the Open Voting Consortium last week he supports requiring open source code in voting...; Tags: telecom, politics, Microsoft, Legal, Government, General; Blog posts 2007-07-01
Most Presidential candidates use open source: Douglas Karr at the Marketing Technology Blog decided to survey the Web sites of Presidential candidates, finding out what software they were running and where they were hosted.(Why is this fellow here? All will be revealed soon, grasshopper.)Karr's methodology was not rocket science. He used Netcraft. You can do it,...; Tags: politics, Microsoft, mass market, management, Linux Server OS, Linux, Internet, Implementations, Government, General; Blog posts 2007-06-27
Open access should not be a partisan question: The question of open access to the 700 MHz frequencies being abandoned in 2009 by TV should not be a partisan one.But it has become so. With Democratic FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein now speaking out on behalf of open access, in advance of final rules, the partisan nature of the...; Tags: wireless, telecom, politics, Network Standards/Protocols, mass market, Legal, Government, General, business models; Blog posts 2007-06-22
Open spectrum is why the iPhone will fail: Until Larry Dignan pointed it out, I had not realized just how busy we ZDNet bloggers had gotten in talking about the Apple iPhone.It's hardware, it's proprietary, so I really planned on keeping my mouth shut about it. But there is one point I have decided to make, one related...; Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, politics, mass market, Hardware, Government, business models, Applications, Apple; Blog posts 2007-06-20
No politics please, we're Linux!: The first, highly-anticipated Linux Collaboration Summit is history.Great! says Andy Oram for O'Reilly. A second wind, chimes in NetworkWorld. Linux going green, says InfoWorld.But what really happened? Development promises were made in areas like accessibility, printing, power management and device drivers. Welcome stuff, but in marketing terms it reads like an...; Tags: support, politics, Microsoft, mass market, Linux Desktop OS, Linux; Blog posts 2007-06-18
Novell reveals Microsoft's open source strategy: Novell today announced Open Workgroup, a basic Linux set-up for small-to-medium businesses.In doing this Novell also revealed Microsoft's open source strategy.It's a defensive game. Microsoft has channels covering all areas of the market. Now, when those channels need an open source solution, there's something they can point to.While it's amusing...; Tags: FOSS, General, Google, GPL, Legal, Linux, Microsoft, Patents, politics, Strategy; Blog posts 2007-06-15
Are Microsoft-funded studies worthless?: Our own Mary Jo Foley expresses skepticism today over a Microsoft-funded study which says European schools prefer Windows to open source.Skepticism is warranted. Cynicism is not.A personal disclosure. Some years ago I worked for a market research outfit which was in turn employed by Microsoft.The company has since gone out...; Tags: Applications, content, education, General, Google, Government, Hardware, Infrastructure, Internet, Microsoft, politics, publishing; Blog posts 2007-06-15
What is Microsoft really gaining from open source FUD?: In all the stories about Microsoft's attack on open source, I have seen little talk about what the company is gaining in all this.I don't think it's money. Despite press reports that companies like Xandros or LG are paying a "Linux tax" to Microsoft, on net dollars don't seem heading...; Tags: Strategy, politics, Patents, Microsoft, management, Legal, IBM, gaming, Development; Blog posts 2007-06-08
Fred Thompson for President: Who needs Law & Order?: Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 special series on what I am calling "User Generated Politics""Friends of Fred Thompson" is not the newest fan club for the actor known for playing NBC "Law & Order" head district attorney; It is a committee incorporated in papers filed last week with the Secretary...; Tags: User Generated Politics, Presidential Race, Politics, Political Campaign; Blog posts 2007-06-04
Google: John McCain's secret campaign weapon: Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 special series on what I am calling "User Generated Politics"John McCain succumbed to the "ultimate job interview for the top job in the U.S." earlier this month in his pilgrimage to the Googleplex.While McCain is no stranger to cross-fire, verbal or otherwise, even he experienced...; Tags: User Generated Politics, Presidential Race, Politics, Political Campaign, John McCain; Blog posts 2007-05-22
Hillary Clinton to sing a new tune: Hillary Clinton to prospective voters: "I need your advice."On Iraq? On health care? On raising the minimum wage? No, No, NO!Clinton is facing a momentous campaign decision: Choosing a campaign song!Hillary knows the politically savvy way to solve her dilemma: Make a YouTube, snack-sized, "irreverent" clip culture video to "humanize"...; Tags: Presidential Race, President Clinton, Politics, Political Campaign, Hillary Clinton; Blog posts 2007-05-20
Consensus is the real inconvenient truth: It is the movement of consensus from the worlds of science, engineering and business into the political world which is the great theme of our time.For a generation now American politics has been ruled by narrow majorities, winner take all. Most political reporters cannot conceive of any other way for our system...; Tags: Government, Internet, management, mass market, politics; Blog posts 2007-05-18
Google flexes political muscle in presidential campaign 2008: Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 special series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics”Google is determined to control all the world’s information, and to make sure “the presidential campaign trail winds though the Googleplex.” Not only is the Google top brass, led by Googler in Chief Eric...; Tags: Google, John McCain, Political Campaign, Politics, President Clinton, Presidential Race, User Generated Politics; Blog posts 2007-05-15
Moglen goes all Democratic on Microsoft: I erred earlier in saying there was no news at the Red Hat summit in San Diego last week. Eben Moglen was there. Moglen, who keynoted last years Nashville summit, was not supposed to be the main attraction this time. But Microsoft had just done its thing, Moglen is a...; Tags: FOSS, General, GPL, Legal, Microsoft, Patents, politics, Red Hat, Strategy; Blog posts 2007-05-15