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Frugal Friday: Presto, Project Forks, Kindle DX, Star Trek, Sonatype

Frugal Friday: Presto, Project Forks, Kindle DX, Star Trek, SonatypeWoodstockAugust 1969, so, the answer would be no.

Tags: Project Forks, Sonatype, Frugal Friday, Kindle DX, Presto, Star Trek

Discussion threads 2009-05-10

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Is MySQL an "albatross" around the neck of Larry Ellison?

The EC is CLUELESSAbsolutely NOTHING changes about MySQL or its license open source with the buy out.infiltrated M$ agents are obfuscating this issueThe MySql should be a slam dunk, but M$ agents are feeding false information to the commision to harm OSS.Are you sure about that?MySql (and of course SUN...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Larry Ellison, Microsoft Corp., agent

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Making a foundation a real solution to the mySQL mess

Sounds good. Too good?This sounds like a great solution to a problem that is probably costing Oracle, destroying what little credibility Sun has as a brand, while ensuring that every website on the planet virtually retains access to a free, secure and efficient database. If we don't do something, the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Dana, MySQL, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Did Stallman fisk himself?

boogeyman?the most irritating thing about stallman is not his "political incorrectness" or his "shooting from the lip," but that is he is so often right. that really gets under your skin.I hate to agree...I've always felt that RMS is irritating, obnoxious and downright rude. However, anyone who dismisses what...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

If open source were a monopoly

As always thoughtful, Dana. But there's a related problem..Open Source projects are notoriously bad a promoting the unpopular decisions. As such you can see open source as a form of populism.If someone wants to do a clean break - the sort of break which move technology forward - you will...

Tags: Open Source Project, open source, fork, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

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

News to know: Windows 7; Google; Vizio; Treknology; Green tech

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy Sean Portnoy: Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Green Technology, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Frugal Friday: Presto, Project Forks, Kindle DX, Star Trek, Sonatype

Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the Presto instant boot environment for Windows, the Icinga fork of the Nagios project, Amazon's jumbo-sized Kindle DX, Star Trek technology that really made it, and talk with Mark De Visser, the CEO Of Sonatype, the Maven company. ...

Tags: Star Trek, Podcasts, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-10

Nagios fork warning to Oracle

Nagios fork warning to OracleIMHOI suspect that several of the Sun F/OSS projects are more than ready to strike out on their own. OO.o, for instance, has certainly benefited from the resources Sun has put into the project but has also suffered from Sun's dominance.Like when Netscape set Mozilla...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Is MySQL done under Oracle or is there a fork in its future?

With Oracle acquiring Sun Microsystems, it also acquires MySQL, the poster child for open-source applications. (Not to mention Solaris, which Sun says is a larger Linux distribution than Red Hat.) Vivek Ranadive, CEO of Tibco Software, says the term "Oracle and open source has always been an...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-04-23

Are any open source projects too big to lose

Are any open source projects too big to loseAn enemy of an enemy...It seems clear that these "crown jewels" are continuing sources of vexation to MS. So why would MS arch-enemy Oracle do anything to reduce this effect?On the other hand, might MS counter-move by buying some open source...

Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, UNIX, Oracle Corp., open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source project, MySQL, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

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

Using open source to reduce business risk

Using open source to reduce business riskWhat the bottom line?The bottom line is that with Suns failure the open source argument is in trouble. As is two of the products you mention a business should consider switching to:OpenOffice is maintained by Sun. It has been maintained is such a way...

Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-04-11

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yes

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yesGetting excited about a browser or an OS???? Why?Those should be just mature very reliable tools. The excitment should be in the things they allow you to do without getting in your way. I bet that at one time you were...

Tags: Web browsers, open source, Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox, open-source developer, punk, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Does dual-licensing limit community?

Stephen O'Grady has an interesting post about the past, present, and future of MySQL over on Redmonk, including how its dual-license strategy may limit its community: Generally, this model has served MySQL fairly well. By controlling the intellectual property, they retain the rights to relicense the code, thus protecting...

Tags: Strategy, MySQL, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Google fatal flaw revealed

Google fatal flaw revealedThose patches could for example broke something else.Seriously, I wouldn't post an accusation like "google fatal flaw" based on the words of some vice president of marketing who's selling "products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source and third-party code" (the...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., fatal flaw, open source

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

For+Shuttleworth+it+all+comes+down+to+trust

For+Shuttleworth+it+all+comes+down+to+trustForking vs "moving on"If someone's ideas are not being accepted in a project quickly enough or completely enough, is he more likely to fork the software or to lose interest. Mr. Blankenhorn has praised forks as saving projects while Mr. Shuttleworth believes potential contributors go elsewhere.There are obviously examples...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Proprietary Software, long tail, software, developer

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

The scaling problem and open source

Most trends in the open source market come down to one word. Scaling. (The picture is from a Cisco report on scaling VOIP, but the problem is general.) To stay worthwhile a project must grow. It must attract new developers, new community members, and...

Tags: Blog, Fork, Org, Blogging, Open Source, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-14

If+you+don%27t+like+it%2C+fork+it

If+you+don%27t+like+it%2C+fork+itAmicable forksDo keep in mind that some forks are made, not over disagreement, but over the need to move the project forward. Two that come to mind are the [i]egcc[/i] fork of [i]gcc[/i] and the recent fork of [i]Apache[/i]. IIRC Samba may have had one of these, too.In...

Tags: Mozilla Branch, Compiere, open source, If+you+don%27t+like+it%2C+fork+it, fork

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

Open source values: Consensus

Last week I wrote about transparency as an open source value. Today, in the second of this informal series, I want to discuss the value called consensus. Consensus is an essential open source value, and a value which distinguishes open source from the proprietary models which came...

Tags: Consensus, Internet, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-15