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Free and Open Source Journalism

Free and Open Source JournalismHow many bloggers are paid...... enough to consider blogging fulltime work? That's a reasonable wage for say 40 hours expended. Supplemental income and hobbyists not included.On business plans...The single great lesson for business plans coming out of the dot com bust was: "A...

Tags: Corporate communications, Closed-Source, blogging, Randy Cassingham, open source, dot-com bust, sourcer

Discussion threads 2006-07-31

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Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?

Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?Its open source!If it is open source code, why shouldn't a company try to use it and integrate it into their solutions? A contest like this is perfect for a company to be paid for their open source applications and try to get their...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., open source, boycott

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

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

Indian offshore call centers 'not doomed'

Indian offshore call centers 'not doomed'Outsourcing AmericaI know there are many, many arguments on both sides of this issue. But as an IT professional. I make a point to not speak with an offshore technical support staff and to not support their corporate sponsors. - The reversal of the outsourcing...

Tags: Call centers, Investment, stock market, Corporate America, outsourcing, American Corporation, help desk, call-center

Discussion threads 2007-03-08

What no-axe said

Poor Maisie, always getting invoked by indirection... -;) Here's a part of a comment made by "no-axe-to-grind" last week: To use my poor analogy again, if Joe Farmer takes his Chevy pickup in to have a towing package installed and the guys says, "you...

Tags: Chevy

Blog posts 2006-09-01

What port security, patents, and out-sourcing have in common

In March of 2000 "Patently Absurd", an article by James Glieck, appeared in the New York Times Magazine. Here's part of his description of the original rationale for the patent system: Patents long served as a fundamental cog in the American machine, cherished in our national...

Tags: inventor

Blog posts 2006-03-03

IT Commandment: Thou shalt not outsource mission-critical functions

My blog last Monday about moving messaging to the the Niagara based Sun pod resonated nicely with an expressed editorial interest in out-sourcing decisions with respect to messaging. Basically the issue came down to this: my blog suggested messaging consolidation on Sun using IBM's Domino software, Organizations ultimately exist as...

Tags: information technology, out-sourcer, messaging

Blog posts 2006-02-21

Is your open source project ready for the daylight savings time fix?

Is your open source project ready for the daylight savings time fix?Whether it's for the right reason or notOpen Sourcer's will make it a point to get their fixes in before Microsoft does. It's a point of pride with them to beat MS to the punch on stuff like this.My...

Tags: Patches, Tools & Techniques, Open Sourcer, open source, software, patch, Daylight Saving Time

Discussion threads 2005-10-07

Passport to nowhere?

Passport to nowhere?How dare the author complain of a few bugsWhy this application has a great track record, especially when compared to many of the past Microsoft applications.Waiting for Mike Cox to reply....Passport got sold hee hee ha ha haWhat a blow for them, they couldnt sell a service and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, SECURITY, Digital music, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-03-23

UltraProtect 1.05 (Windows)

Ultraprotect is an application that allows you to protect Windows executable files against piracy,using public keys encryption algorithms RSA to create and verify the registration keys and unlock some RSA key locked code,it has embedded cryptor against dump and unpacker.it also has many anti debug tricks.with specialized API system, mutual...

Tags: Application, RSA Security Inc., Risco Software, Ultraprotect, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2003-04-02