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Open source scores small victory at White House

Yeah Chinese, Russian, and Al Qaeda programmersand hackers world wide. Lets all hope against hope that the whitehouse is smart enough to isolate these servers from the rest and not put anything sensitive on them...RE: Open source scores small victory at White HouseWell this article is pretty uninformative with the...

Tags: White House, open source, Well this article

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Processing 1.0.8 (Mac)

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Proprietary Software, Programming, Development Tools, Productivity, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-18

On the future of Open Source thought leadership

It's time we recognized the advantages of bothIMHO it's time to recognize the advantages in both, and not to do silly things like pretend that somehow software is a moral agent.I can certainly see the advantage of software being open source. It helps the educational community, and gives tools to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Free Software, leadership, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, open source, proprietary software, Microsoft Corp., hardware, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Does Oracle matter to open source

only as long as Oracle fights M$the reason OSS is doing very well is because people hate M$ and proprietary software in general.As long as Oracle will fund this insurgency against the evil M$ empire everybody will be better off.Eventually M$ will collapse like the Soviet Union and great days...

Tags: open source, proprietary software, OSS, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Building a Geospatial Information System, Part 1: Understanding the Basics

Businesses and educational and governmental institutions are increasingly using Geospatial Information Systems GIS to solve real-world problems. GIS offers many new ways to visualize information, collaborate, and do business. In this paper, learn the basics of GIS. Explore open source and proprietary software considerations, a basic GIS architecture, and how...

Tags: Basics, Proprietary Software, IBM Corp., Geospatial Information System

White papers 2008-10-28

Open source and the bottom line

Open source and the bottom lineAnd the reduction in proprietary profits...... as a result of open source is? If you're going to assert that proprietary companies have suffered because of open source, you should estimate how many $ billions more revenue some of the most profitable, high margin corporations...

Tags: open source, proprietary software, revenue, software

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

Value, value and values in an open source world

Value, value and values in an open source worldWhy is it that many feel that companies should/mustshare software code, yet they draw the line at sharing anything which maintaines their own income?I do not see Boeing sharing design or manufacturing techniues with Airbus, KFC and Coca-Cola keep their recipies under...

Tags: proprietary software, software, open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Does HIMSS hate open source?

From what I saw in Orlando back in February, HIMSS is a Comdex for medical IT. You will notice that in mainstream computing, Comdex is dead. Hint, hint. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Proprietary Software, HIMSS, Fred, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-27

Does interoperability violate the GPL?

Does interoperability violate the GPL?Open source, development method or moral philosophy?I'm not certain that efforts to separate the two will always be successful. Many of the people who are supplying the work that allows reduced staff expenses are probably doing so because they believe to some degree in open...

Tags: Operating systems, Proprietary Developers, GPL, Linux, proprietary software, open source, interoperability, software

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Stallman hopes to save children from proprietary software

Stallman hopes to save children from proprietary softwareA comment and a typo to correctFirst the typo:[i]Sugar, even on Windows, always *was* and always will be open source. [/i]At least I think that's what you meant to say.[i]But let's not throw babies out with bathwaters. Just because Ferraris are fun cars...

Tags: Web browsers, open source, Stallman, Netscape Communications Corp., software, proprietary software

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'The "may"...?Please, just close your mouth and only open it again when you have actual proof of anything. [i]They "may" have an agenda...[/i]Nothing other than just more endless anti-MS crying. but Give me a break...motivationWhat's the motivation for Adobe to provide current versions...

Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Open Software, Microsoft Silverlight, government control, Adobe Systems Inc., open source, software, Proprietary Software, Socialism

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

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

Richard Stallman the creationist

Richard Stallman the creationistCustomers vs. vendorsIt's obvious why a professional programmer likes the proprietary model. It's the only model proven time and again to guarantee a return on investment, assuming of course the product is useful to enough people. The downside of this model is that it does place heavy...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, Benefits, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, programmer, software, proprietary software, Richard Stallman

Discussion threads 2007-09-13

Richard Stallman the creationist

I've taken issue with Stallman numerous times in the past (as an early example, care for a slice of cake). Stallman's latest musings merely add to the stack of ideological positions with which I differ. Some notable quotes from his latest musings:. Supporters of open source (which I am...

Tags: Software, Open Source, Richard Stallman, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Processing (no Java) 0125 beta (Windows)

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve...

Tags: Proprietary Software, Java, Microsoft Windows, Programming, Development Tools, Productivity, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2007-08-16

Processing 0125 beta (Windows)

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve...

Tags: Proprietary Software, Microsoft Windows, Programming, Development Tools, Productivity, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2007-08-15

Why I won't use GPLv3 software

I've discussed in the past some of the problems I have with the GPLv3. I still don't understand why the FSF insists that hardware vendors allow the software on their systems to be modified. Hardware companies, in my opinion, should have the right to control the design of...

Tags: Programming, Open Source

Blog posts 2007-06-01

Local software for local people

Local software for local peopleGreat reviewI have no doubt that many here will find plenty to umbrage about in your viewpoint. Personally I believe that commercial software is very important but lacks the important property of being "local" and therefore responsive to the needs of people using it. MS's own...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Development tools, Microsoft Corp., software, debacle, PC, proprietary software, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-02-08

The fabric of innovation and open source

In the Talkbacks to my previous post, titled "Why economic development leads to democracy, John Le'Brecage, a guy who has been in these Talkbacks so long that I can't remember a time when he wasn't around (and that's a long time), had this to say: Would be nice to see...

Tags: software, open source

Blog posts 2006-08-21

The swinging pendulum

The swinging pendulumI had a slightly different take.....Open source feeling attrition painshttp://jamessummerlin.blogspot.com/2005/10/open-source-feeling-attrition-pains.htmlJamesWhat if you can't afford it?The big problem is that the cost to get started for things like application servers is quite high if you're not going the free route.Think how far TiVo would have gotten if they had...

Tags: Development tools, Proprietary Software, Dana, Self-Interest, programmer, open source, software

Discussion threads 2005-10-12