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Show me how you beat Microsoft in patent fight

Show me how you beat Microsoft in patent fightDid ya see thishttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/bridge.microsoft/index.htmlI was told in another blog that the patent is long filenames in FAT. If that is the case then we need to sue the US Patent office for giving out false patents. If they can patent...

Tags: software movement, patent, Microsoft Corp., TomTom, GPLv2

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

Open source, altruism, and the business model problem

Open source, altruism, and the business model problemAltruism vs. CooperationCooperation isn't always altruistic. As the "gain" of a system increases [1], it takes less and less in the way of reciprocity to justify sharing.For instance, open source is often compared to barn raisings. The problem with the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software movement, open source, altruism, software

Discussion threads 2005-05-09

Additional Resources

Flipping Fantastic

Getting the most out of Flip video cameras The picture above a still from a Flip video is of my venerable old three chip Sony VX1000 video camera, Frezzi light and associated 10 pound battery belt. In the foreground is a Flip video...

Tags: Microphone, Video Camera, Video, Camera, Flip, Flip Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-21

'The Purpose of a Business is to Create a Customer' - Peter Drucker Centenary

This month marks the centenary of Management guru Peter Drucker's birth, and the Harvard Business Review - the Vogue magazine of management fashions - has a terrific section devoted to his legacy and ideas this month. The paper version is a keeper. Drucker's...

Tags: Performance, Knowledge, Drucker, John Hagel, Knowledge Stock, Lloyd, Strategy, Collaboration, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-16

NBL Inventory 1.3.1 (Windows)

NBL Inventory is a Windows database-driven software designed for soho, small and medium size company, to manage and monitor raw material warehouse or finished product stock quantity and movement Master Editor: Store Employee, Organization particular / contact and Material / Product information. Listing: Query, print or export master data and...

Tags: Monitor, Stock, NBL Inventory, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Monitors & Displays, Investment, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware, Components, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?

ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., GPL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

MB Black Moon Lilith Astrology 1.0 (Windows)

MB Black Moon Lilith Astrology calculates your Black Moon Lilith sign. Black Moon Lilith is a sign of sensuality, strength, independence and your need for rebellion. It stands for all the negative feelings that we feel towards people and circumstances. MB Black Moon Lilith Astrology Software is an extraordinary software...

Tags: Moon, Microsoft Windows, MysticBoard, MB Black Moon Lilith Astrology, Black Moon Lilith, MB Black Moon Lilith Astrology Software, Astrology Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Finanze 0.4.2 (Mac)

This software allows you to monitor all movements of your credit cards or your current accounts or deposits. From the possibility of including the movement and calculates the current balance. In the new software version has been added to the ToolBar to make easier and faster transactions and in...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Patrick, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-10

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

News to know: Ruiz, Moffat resign; Microsoft; Psystar; Smartphones

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.: Sam Diaz: Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal Moffat no longer with IBM as...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Servers, Hardware, Sales

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Kinemac 1.8.0 (Mac)

Kinemac is a 3D Real Time Animation & Presentation Software for Mac OS X. It allows you to create your own professional 3D Animations with the simplicity of a 2D presentation tool. Just drag your images, texts, movies, songs, SVG and 3D OBJ files onto the Kinemac stage to get...

Tags: 3D, Apple Macintosh, Animation, Image, Kinemac

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Blackboard embraces and extends into open source movement

Anyone seeking a case study of how a proprietary software company can "embrace and extend" itself into the open source world should stop thinking Microsoft and start thinking Blackboard. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Source Movement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-02

So about this SIF thing

The Systems Interoperability Framework SIF is something that people in ed tech talk a lot about and yet few understand its potential, its implications, and its hurdles. It just happens to be on my mind since we're about to undertake some pretty big SIF integration projects and I'm working...

Tags: System Interoperability, Systems Interoperability Framework, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Windows 7's latest fan: Linus Torvalds

This is great news! This picture is proof positive that Linus T. is ditching linux because it was so bloated and scarey that he is converting to Microsoft Windows 7. If the leader of linux is doing it then we can say it won't be long before the rest...

Tags: Operating systems, Happy Days, Linus Torvalds, Linus, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

SaaS: Shelfware as a service?

Think the conclusions are a bit flawedI think we can all agree that SaaS saves operational expenses, increases agility and improves the user experience. I don't think the fact that Salesforce.com has been successful can be held against the category.The shelfware point is a bit more subtle. The...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, shelfware

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Why the big Android bandwagon?

One minor nit to pickTo succeed, however, it will have to deliver products as good or better than the iPhone, at the same or less cost, with just as many apps.It needs just as many good apps. It doesn't need all the flashlights or fart apps or things like that....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Smart phones, Branding, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

What we may/may not hear @ Oracle Open World this week

Watch for movement on these matters Last night, Oracle’s annual mega event, Oracle Open World, opened. This event draws some 37,000 people to San Francisco to hear, see and speak all things Oracle. With the keynotes starting in mere minutes, I thought I’d offer up my thoughts...

Tags: Probability, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Open World, Software As A Service (SaaS), Databases, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Lock My PC 4.8.1 (Windows)

Lock My PC by FSPro Labs, is a unique one-click system locking software that ensures no one but you can access your private data when you leave your computer unattended. Just press the hotkey on your keyboard or double-click the TaskTray icon to lock down your PC. Once that is...

Tags: Mouse, PC, Microsoft Windows, Hotkey, FSPro Labs, Mice, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-10-12

Seeking a Stallman for open source

Stallman is for OSS what Washington was for USAWe need more people like Stallman to liberate us from the M$ tirany not Benedict Arnolds like Icaza!We need to speek louder about M$ dirty deeds not to seek peace with the devil.Stallman is a liberalJust thought LinuxGeek ought to know that....

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman, open source, Icaza, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09