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Microsoft gets the open-source licensing nod from the OSI

Microsoft gets the open-source licensing nod from the OSIOh mah gosh!Hell just froze over! ]:)It gets better for users and coders everyday.Keep up the good efforts Microsoft!wait and seeLet's not get too excited. Just because they hammered out the terms for two licenses doesn't mean that they will release anything...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, .NET, Shared Source, Impartiality, Microsoft Corp., OSI, software, open source, Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

Microsoft and open source: Frost sightings in hell

(This is a guest post by Stephen Walli, a software consultant specializing in open-source, and a former Microsoft program manager for the Shared Source implementation of the ECMA Common Language Infrastructure.)Bill Hilf, Microsoft General Manager of Platform Strategy, announced two things last week at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference in...

Tags: Shared Source, Linux, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Microsoft now wants its Shared Source licenses to qualify as open source

Microsoft has decided it wants its Shared Source license to get the official "open source" label, after all.Microsoft officials said at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference OSCON conference this week that they are going to seek Open Source Initiative OSI approval, but have not provided a specific timetable as to...

Tags: Shared Source, Linux

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Microsoft Tech Summit: The 'non-fanboys' descend on Redmond

Microsoft is big on inviting not just its customers and partners, but non-believers, too, to visit the Microsoft campus and discover for themselves that Softies are people, too. (And who better to ask than Java, PHP and Linux developers -- as Microsoft execs seemingly did several times during...

Tags: WPF/e, Windows server, Windows client, Web 2.0, Visual Studio Orcas, Shared Source, Linux, Development tools, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-03-30

Microsoft to release FoxPro 'Sedna' as Shared Source

At the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional MVP Summit in Seattle this week, Microsoft officials shared Shared Source news with the Visual FoxPro faithful and other attendees. The latest: Microsoft plans to release by the end of this summer the Foxpro "Sedna" bits as Shared Source on its CodePlex code-repository site....

Tags: Microsoft development tools, VFP, Sedna, Microsoft Corp., Shared Source

Blog posts 2007-03-13

Just how closely is Microsoft studying the open-source play book?

Its no secret that Microsoft has been analyzing the open-source world for a few years now from a competitive perspective. Microsoft is endeavoring to emulate some open-source best practices with projects like its officelabs incubator effort. But if you really want to understand the extent to which the Softies...

Tags: Shared Source, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-02-15

Microsoft floats a new Shared Source trial balloon

Microsoft floats a new Shared Source trial balloonYou are asking..."[i]Will including the CE kernel under Shared Source make it more attractive to device makers who've been working with or leaning toward working with Linux and other more liberally licensed operating systems?[/i]"You are asking that question here on ZDNet, thinking you...

Tags: Shared Source, trial balloon, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-11-01

Microsoft floats a new Shared Source trial balloon

Microsoft traditionally has used its ten-year-old Windows CE platform as a testing ground for source-code code-licensing strategy. On November 1, the company took another step in this arena by making all of its Windows CE 6.0 kernel available under a new element of Microsoft's Shared Source licensing program. "This...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows CE, Shared Source

Blog posts 2006-11-01

Microsoft objects

Microsoft objectsWho said they needed to "give" anything?Dana, your one side posts are BORING. Do us a favor, make a nice big post saying "MS evil, open sores good", and then go away.double standards"Fine enough. But how far is Microsoft going, really? How much is it giving, not just...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Shared Source, open source

Discussion threads 2006-06-13

Microsoft dips toe in shared source

Microsoft dips toe in shared sourceMicrosoft dips toe in shared sourceGood for Microsoft. They should want to share some code like this so their partners can make better products. Of course this isn't the first time they shared code, but still its good to see them do it...

Tags: shared source, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-11-02

Additional Resources

Which antivirus is best at removing malware?

Run a Linux distro or a MacIt is funny, when you 'weld' a web_browserinto an operating system and viruses/worms/malware/trojans and spyware come in from outside sources it is amazing how insecureit makes an Operating System.Say what you will, Linux distro's power theInternet with Bind dns, dhcp, routers/switchesand they do not...

Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, MSE, antivirus, operating system, malware, Linux Distro, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Berkeley UPC 2.10.0 (Mac)

Unified Parallel C UPC is an extension of the C programming language designed for high performance computing on large-scale parallel machines. The language provides a uniform programming model for both shared and distributed memory hardware. The programmer is presented with a single shared, partitioned address space, where variables may be...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Programming, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Unified Parallel C, Berkeley Unified Parallel C, Apple Mac OS X, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Apple Mac OS, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-11-03

GigaTribe 3.18 (Windows)

GigaTribe allows you develop and manage your own file-sharing (P2P) network. Use it so you can exchange large files with your friends. This software is ideal for those wish to share their information and files privately. Only the users you have invited will see the files and folders you share....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Exchange, Gigatribe, GigaTribe 3.18, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Simply Orders Open Source Edition 1.3.07 (Windows)

Simply Orders: Open Source Edition comes with all the benefits of having your own Access database, without having to spend months starting from a blank screen. Can be fully customized and shared on a network with no additional cost per user. Links with Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as...

Tags: Payment, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Synstral Business Software, E-mail, Operational Accounting, Online Communications, Finance

Software downloads 2009-10-30

VirtualBox 3.0.10 (Windows)

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Features: Modularity: VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design,Virtual machine descriptions in...

Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?

On October 26, Microsoft officials announced they were planning to open up the Outlook Personal Folders .PST file format and making it freely and safely licensable. What no one has said so far is why is Microsoft doing this now and who will likely benefit from the move. ...

Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., File Format, PST, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development

You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.0.2 (Mac)

Zimbra Collaboration Suite ZCS is modern, innovative messaging and collaboration.-Zimbra is the leading open source solution for enterprise, service provider, academic, and government environments; offering administrators and their end-users unmatched benefits and TCO. Zimbra is popular choice for today's growing-Linux email server base. ZCS features an award-winning Ajax web client...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zimbra, Mobile Device, Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Zimbra Collaboration Suite Network Edition, Microsoft Outlook, Open Source, Wireless And Mobility, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Asus Eee Top ET2002

Nvidia wants us to tell you that its GeForce 9400M graphics chip, aka Nvidia's Ion technology, pulls Asus' Eee Top ET2002 up from the depths of Nettop misery by imparting it with better-than-terrible graphics and video processing. We agree that the 9400 chip improves the ET2002's visual chops, but a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Semiconductors, Keyboards, Video cards, Game players, nettop, chip, game, HDMI, ASUS, graphics

Product reviews 2009-10-20

Oracle's big plan: Double revenue in five years

Oracle capped off its OpenWorld conference with a powwow with analysts where management was described as extremely confident about the company's prospects. Although I'm not sure you could ever describe Oracle management as timid---does Larry Ellison allow that?---analyst notes seem to portray executives as exceedingly confident. Judging...

Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Ross MacMillan, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-16