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Should we fight the proprietary open source power?: Should we fight the proprietary open source power?There's a huge difference between this and closed proprietaryUsing the example in your link, if Red Hat refuses support because I change the source code, I still have the source code, and I can still find a competitor who is more willing to...; Tags: GPL, XFree86, open source; Discussion threads 2008-01-31
Day 3: Stein: "In 5-10 years, most of the software you use will be free": (Greg Stein, chairman of the Apache Software Foundation, currently with Google, delivered this keynote on Wednesday morning at EclipseCon 2006. It was titled "Comparing Apache and Eclipse". -Ed) Jon Stevens is quoted as saying: "A license can ruin a perfectly good piece of software" One...; Tags: XFree86, GNU Public License; Blog posts 2006-03-22
Who is representing Mambo?: Who is representing Mambo?A bit confused here...""This is not the way to do it. The foundation needs to come from within the community, and it must be a consultative process, or people feel alienated."Ummm, why? Does this person think a committy is better at anything and everything? Isn't...; Tags: Team management, source code, Mambo, Miro, XFree86, open source, core developer; Discussion threads 2005-08-30

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Emerging tech from Microsoft could reduce costs in classrooms: Emerging tech from Microsoft could reduce costs in classroomsMicrosoftOn the leading edge of technology as usual. and driving technology into the future. demo Silverlight today! Get Vista today. Don't believe the anti-ms crowd. Vista is created from extremely good and robust codebase of server 2003. It's the OS of Now...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, NComputing, Microsoft Corp., monitor, operating system, MPX; Discussion threads 2007-05-09
Will Sun blow up the Microsoft/Novell deal to Red Hat's benefit?: Will Sun blow up the Microsoft/Novell deal to Red Hat's benefit?Arrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh![i]Apache can be shipped with Linux distros because it's license, even though it's not GPL-compatible, is a free software license.[/i]No, Apache can be shipped with Linux distributions for the same reason that Adobe's Acrobat Reader can: [b]the GPL places no...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., benefit, Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., linux distro, Red Hat Inc., distro, GPLed, Apache Software Foundation, GPL, Debian, Linux, Linux Distro; Discussion threads 2006-11-10

E-mail 'crucial' to future of desktop Linux: E-mail 'crucial' to future of desktop LinuxOne more worthless survey...The Linux community just don't get it...The reason Linux is not making it's way onto desktops by leaps and bounds is because the Distros and software are NOT USER FRIENDLY so that the Hundreds of Millions of people who are currently...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, e-mail, Microsoft Outlook 2003, Linux, desktop Linux, desktop, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2005-12-01
The right attitude to the job: The right attitude to the jobInstall / no installSome people make their entire living by JUST handling UNIX installs - they are called system administrators! Easy-to-install usually translates into a maintenance nightmare in an enterprise setting (not so much for single end-user machine). UNIX has NO standards save LSB for...; Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Debian, InstallShield Software, job, Unix, Microsoft Windows, window; Discussion threads 2005-10-26
Oracle buys open-source database firm: Oracle buys open-source database firmif you can't compete buy them!Just another example of how the big fish is eating the small one.If you expect Oracle to fund the open source data base rather that it's own cash kow, dream on!The buy is merely to take out somebody who was taking...; Tags: Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Innobase InnoDB, open source; Discussion threads 2005-10-10
Linux: The meaning of success: Linux: The meaning of successThe biggest barrierIMO the biggest barrier is the major computer supplierssuch as Dell, HP and Gateway continuing to protectMicrosoft's desktop monopoly.Here are some companies that offer a Linux Desktop.http://www.addonshop.com/http://www.emperorlinux.com/http://www.ibexpc.com/http://www.linare.com/http://www.linspire.com/http://www.linuxcertified.com/http://www.microtelpc.com/http://www.outpost.com/http://shoprcubed.com/http://www.sub300.com/http://www.systemax.com/divisions.htmhttp://www.walmart.com/http://www.xandros.com/http://tuxmobil.org/reseller.htmlhttp://www.us.debian.org/distrib/pre-installedhttp://www.linux.org/vendor/system/index.htmlhttp://tuxmobil.org/ general informationThis piece of ... journalism has to winthe award for most double talk and useless info...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Installing Apps, Linux, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2005-10-03
Linux development slows: Linux development slowsinux development slowsDefinitely a sign of things to come. It slows today, stops tomorrow. I see this as a trend performing over the next 5 years until all of linsux development has stopped. You can thank Microsoft and Apple for that.Its funny, I said that...; Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, open-source Linux, Developement, Linux, Torvalds, kernel, Morton, patch management; Discussion threads 2005-09-27
TinyPEAP stumbles over GPL problems: TinyPEAP stumbles over GPL problemsGPL"According to other interpretations, I am told that the entire product must comply with GPL and release all source code if any GPL code is used."Wasn't that Microsoft's point about the GPL being a "cancer"?Carl RapsonGPL problemsWhy don't they use LGPL code? A great deal...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Free Software Foundation, GPL, GPL'ed; Discussion threads 2005-06-17
Whom do you trust to maintain open source projects?: JavaWorld has a piece that asks the question, who should maintain open source projects? Obviously, this is looking beyond the many one-man open source projects that are part of the ecosystem and focusing on the big dogs of the open source space. The article looks at two models--the company-controlled project?and...; Tags: open source; Blog posts 2005-04-11
Will a new GPL cause project forks?: Will a new GPL cause project forks?Fork - Xxree86 vs X,.orgMajor project forks over license...Xfree86 vs X.org, although the license change was probably an excuse to fork and have a project that held to a faster development/release cycle.A fork is ok, but you mest be careful when they get...; Tags: GPL; Discussion threads 2005-03-28
Will a new GPL cause project forks?: ZDNet UK has a piece about concerns over the next version of the GNU General Public License. The article points to a thread on the Debian Legal mailing list, discussing the fact that the Linux kernel is distributed exclusively under the GPL version 2. Most GPL'ed software is distributed under...; Tags: GPL; Blog posts 2005-03-25
Security flaws force Linux kernel upgrade: Security flaws force Linux kernel upgrademust have been some MS developers involved :)OSS is flawless, unless...Sun watering down Linux integrity againAnything to prop up a lagging architecture.Non-remotely explotable flaws fixed within days, unlike MicrosoftThe flaws in the Linux kernel while serous in themselves, were only locally exploitable, meaning that the...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, OSS, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Corp., Linux, security, flaw, Linux kernel; Discussion threads 2004-01-05
Security: Let's remove the targets: Security: Let's remove the targetsIf applications are being load-balanced across multiple servers...If applications are being load-balanced across multiple servers, won't all the servers get the virus at the same time, too?This author hasn't studied his history.The fact of the matter is we had "centralized" thin client computing. Given the...; Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, OpenOffice.org, security, software, Microsoft Corp., server; Discussion threads 2003-12-10