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Will Reddit open source decision change publishing?

What Reddit gets out of it, through CPAL, comes to seem fair. They get credit, a little bug on the page identifying what they have done. Possibly they can use code contributions, and the heft of everyone else's Reddit-like site, to scale and compete. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Reddit, C|Net, Voic.Us, Blogging, Purchasing & Procurement, Open Source, Internet, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-19

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Go with the generic

Go with the genericNever take statinsA multi-billion dollar industry based on mass-confusion of correlation with causation. What folly!I've been against statins from the outset. People look at me funny when I insist cholesterols are a good thing. Apparently no one educated them that cholesterol comprises about 99%...

Tags: Insurance, statin, Niacin, generic

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Will Acquia ruin Drupal?

Drupal is one of the most successful community-run projects out there. Will having a corporate sponsor ruin it? Dries Buytaert hopes not. He developed Drupal, and upon completing his doctoral thesis recently he's launched Acquia, a commercial version with all the bells and whistles,...

Tags: Drupal, Venture Capital, Content Management, Business Structures, Investment, Enterprise Software, Finance, Financing Startups, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-05

Wordpress all grown up, wins best CMS

Wordpress, which I had previously considered "just" a blogging engine, has been named the best open source Content Management System for social networking, beating Drupal and Elgg. (Picture from PhotoMatt.) The Judges commented on "WordPress’s ease of configuration, professional approach, usability and enthusiastic community," awarding the project...

Tags: Drupal, Wordpress, Content Management System, Content Management, Blogging, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Software, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-31

Wales riding the cost train toward zero

Jimmy Wales is at it again.Through his for-profit company, Wikia, the founder of Wikipedia has launched a free hosting service called OpenServing. "Its based on Wiki software and can be sponsored," he said. "The first package were offering is a modified version of MediaWiki, which we bought. We intend to...

Tags: management, business models, publishing, General, mass market, Wikipedia

Blog posts 2007-01-04

Is the telephone apocalypse now?

Chris Lyman is certain of it. He told me yesterday that Fonality's PBXtra is just that, the end not just of traditional telephony but of traditional telephony channels.Instead, he said, data VARs like All Covered are taking over the business phone market. "It's a lot harder for the interconnects to...

Tags: data VAR

Blog posts 2006-11-03

Sun's Phipps makes a scarecrow argument

Sun's Phipps makes a scarecrow argumentPhipps needs some cold water thrown on him.Perhaps you mean [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted_Forest_Chronicles]soapy water with a little lemon juice[/url]?Everybody is wrong, I know everything and I am right - thats your attitudeSimple question - if you know so much, what are you doing sitting and writing a...

Tags: Ubuntu LTS, F/OSS, Phipps, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, Even Microsoft

Discussion threads 2006-06-28

The most important value of open source

My work on a Drupal installation called Voic.Us has given me a window into something important. That is, what is the most important value you get from open source?My answer may surprise you.It's not seeing the source, because most of us don't look at the source. It's not the price...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2006-05-03

Linux-based handheld debuts in India

Linux-based handheld debuts in IndiaSimputer debutthe Amida Simputer looks like the kind of machine that will have tons of guys/companies writing all kinds of software applications for it. Am dying for that to happen!To expensive. Buy a real computer.For $500 there are a lot of real computers out...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Handhelds, Simputer, real computer, software, handheld, computer, Linux

Discussion threads 2004-03-29