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Verizon Wireless to be as open as the iPhone
Date: 11/27/07
Keywords: google
This thing is not about Google, or open source at all. It's about Apple and the iPhone. Verizon is making its network as open as the iPhone is. Which is not very open at all.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/191453159/
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Mulberry open source code is now out
Date: 11/27/07
Keywords: apache
Fulfilling a promise made by developer Cyrus Daboo in April, Mulberry has placed the source code for its e-mail program online, under an Apache license.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/191409377/
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Open source opportunity on the road to Nairobi
Date: 11/27/07
Keywords: software
From above, the copyright police are forcing commercial users to recognize the costs of proprietary software. From below, hobbyists and entrepreneurs are building open source communities.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/191303772/
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Mozilla plans 2 more Firefox 3 betas, ~500,000 copies of beta 1 downloaded to date
Date: 11/26/07
Keywords: no keywords
The Mozilla Foundation reports that nearly 500,000 copies of Firefox 3 beta 1 have been downloaded since its release last week and two more beta test versions will follow before its final release next year.
During a brief meeting Monday, developers said Firefox 3 Beta 2 will be released by the end of the year and [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/190925143/
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JBoss, Apache founders engage in war of words on the web
Date: 11/26/07
Keywords: software, web, apache
JBoss founder Marc Fluery lashed out Sunday at a blog written by an Apache chief claiming he did not pay proper homage to the Apache Software Foundation after making his fortune.
In Maison Fleury’s latest blog, entitled, “The Brotherhood is Displeased,” Fleury takes issue with a web post authored by Apache Software Foundation co-founder and [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/190851750/
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There are two enterprise markets
Date: 11/26/07
Keywords: software
Right now this seems like the biggest untold software story of 2007, one that has been unfolding for several years, as open source has grown and the proprietary world has consolidated.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/190839658/
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The top 10 consumer open source projects
Date: 11/26/07
Keywords: web
Our Crave blog has compiled a list of the top 10 open source projects for consumers, and while their list covers 11 Web pages here's the whole thing, Letterman-style:
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/190742238/
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Internet issues in their political context
Date: 11/25/07
Keywords: microsoft, google
It will take serious institutional support to navigate all this on behalf of edge control and economic growth, support we can only get from tech companies such as Google, Intel, IBM, Apple, Sun and Microsoft, which stand to gain most from an open Internet. Will we get it?
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/190305811/
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The Internet must not be proprietary
Date: 11/24/07
Keywords: no keywords
A network defined by a single owner is not the Internet. Only choice and competition enable the Internet we've come to love for over a decade to function.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/189877389/
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Where’s the big money in open source?
Date: 11/23/07
Keywords: no keywords
Are there services you can make essential to people by adding-on to popular open source products?
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/189359942/
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Will the opened stay unbroken?
Date: 11/21/07
Keywords: no keywords
Even when proprietary standards are opened, the opening comes at a high price which most customers can't or won't meet. Most of the proprietary advantage remains. The proprietor remains free to close the door.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/188288568/
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Sun OpenSolaris makes nice with Windows
Date: 11/20/07
Keywords: no keywords
To remain viable as a platform, Sun wants to be the platform which supports all other platforms -- the essential go-between. Everybody's little friend.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187903867/
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Firefox 3 beta 1 shows polish, beta 2 aimed to be code complete by Dec 7
Date: 11/20/07
Keywords: no keywords
Depending on where you live, Firefox 3 beta 1 was released late last night or early today — as expected.
The code was released precisely at 11:11 pm Pacific time, or 2:11 a.m. Eastern time,, a Mozilla developer said.
According to the Mozilla Foundation, the ninth test release of the core code offers improved graphics, [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187845243/
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Can open source be applied to warfare?
Date: 11/20/07
Keywords: no keywords
Robb seems to be saying that central control doesn't work, whether that's the control of a government or an outside force. The resulting balance may not be to your liking, but it's something that can be lived with
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187775521/
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What should be proprietary in open source?
Date: 11/20/07
Keywords: no keywords
What we're seeing is a key unspoken advantage of open source, a massively-parallel development architecture. Break down the work into bite-sized chunks and the center becomes a a more manageable problem as well.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187748595/
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Firefox 3 Beta 1 to be released tonight or tomorrow
Date: 11/19/07
Keywords: no keywords
The much anticipated Firefox 3 beta 1 will be available tonight or tomorrow, Mozilla developers said.
“Beta one [has] Q & A sign-off and will be ready to ship tonight or tomorrow, ” one developer said during a Mozilla developers meeting on Monday. Beta 1 will be available in more than 20 localizations, developers also [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187353633/
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Mainsoft solves SharePoint trap
Date: 11/19/07
Keywords: security, web
The key to success was using the Web Services Interface of SharePoint to move data across to Websphere, while using the Websphere portal's security structure for a single sign-on, mapping the two credentials.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187338388/
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Final version of GPL Affero license is out
Date: 11/19/07
Keywords: software
You are supposed to have the same freedoms with SaaS as you do with client software. The GPV Affero V.3 license is designed to do this. Does it?
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187246689/
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Google does not need a carrier partner
Date: 11/19/07
Keywords: no keywords
Don't build. Enable.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187215076/
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Paglo asks, spider that network for you?
Date: 11/19/07
Keywords: no keywords
We want to provide IT understanding, and turn small IT shops into groups with the wisdom that large corporations have.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/187170043/