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Ballmer may not win buying open source
Date: 10/19/07
Keywords: microsoft
If Microsoft wants to get value from open source investment it's going to have to do the changing, rather than insisting that its acquisitions do things the Microsoft way.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/172073659/
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Ubuntu 7.10 arrives, open for business
Date: 10/18/07
Keywords: web, linux
Canonical’s Ubuntu 7.10 hit the web today with substantial desktop and server improvements making it more suitable for businesses.
The UK Linux distributor is most known for its groovy consumer desktop and the latest rev, with 3-D effects, enhanced user interface and multi-monitor support, is no disappointment.
But the update also incorporates features of [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/171777694/
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IP firm sued, settled with Novell on different patent in August
Date: 10/18/07
Keywords: software, technology
The IP firm that filed patent litigation against Red Hat and Novell mounted legal threats against many other U.S. software companies in 2007 including Oracle, SAP, Computer Associates, EMC, Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, SPSS — and Novell.
That’s right. In late August, the Newport Beach, Calif. –based Acacia Technology Licensing’ subsidiary Disc Link Corp. [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/171698522/
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What the iPhone SDK means for open source
Date: 10/18/07
Keywords: no keywords
It means the absolute device control AT&T and the other U.S. carriers have exercised must give way. It means that the iPhone is not a phone, and that's what its competitors, such as the coming GPhone, will be as well.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/171598173/
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Skepticism on denial of a Microsoft-Linux suit connection
Date: 10/18/07
Keywords: microsoft
What Microsoft still has not learned, after all these years, is that credibility is not something you claim, it's something you earn. Actions speak louder than words, no matter how large the ad budget behind them.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/171391099/
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Microsoft claims it is not party to patent claims against Linux
Date: 10/17/07
Keywords: linux, microsoft
Contrary to speculation, Microsoft is not behind the patent litigation filed against Linux distributors last week, the company insists.
“Microsoft is not a party to Acacia’s lawsuit against Red Hat and Novell, nor are we involved in any way in this litigation,” according to an official statement from the company, released Tuesday by Microsoft spokesman Mark [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/171149879/
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The great fraud of our time
Date: 10/17/07
Keywords: no keywords
A fair, free and fast Internet will allow more open source innovation, especially in the consumer space.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/171121138/
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Was OSI right to let Microsoft licenses in?
Date: 10/17/07
Keywords: microsoft
Both clauses are meant mainly to protect Microsoft's interests, as opposed to the licensee's interests. Microsoft doesn't want you trying to make a profit by adding your stuff to its stuff. This ain't your daddy's BSD, in other words.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/170941435/
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Can OpenSolaris become an alternative to enterprise Linux?
Date: 10/16/07
Keywords: linux
Sun's "open source road map" is to make OpenSolaris a viable alternative to enterprise Linux through a simpler install package and alliances in the enterprise open source space.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/170688729/
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The real issue in the software patent fight
Date: 10/15/07
Keywords: software
Good software is complicated, and patent law has no way to deal with this complexity.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/170192439/
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The last Nobel winner goes open source
Date: 10/15/07
Keywords: no keywords
IBM's participation lends credibility to the project, and may expand the network's reach. Only five micro finance institutions (MFIs) now deploy Mifos. There are over 3,100 worldwide, and only half are computerized.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/170160150/
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Time to make a competitive Internet a priority
Date: 10/15/07
Keywords: security
What's good for Carlos Slim has been very, very bad for Mexico. And it is that model of Internet service that the FCC is importing to the U.S. It is far more dangerous to our security than all those illegal aliens put together.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/170153967/
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The state of play in patent reform
Date: 10/13/07
Keywords: no keywords
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California may prove pivotal. In committee she expressed concerns about provisions in the bill to expand the ability to challenge patents after they're granted, and to limit damages based on a patented invention's contribution to a final product.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/169417926/
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Did Microsoft send in the trolls?
Date: 10/13/07
Keywords: technology
Two patent trolls, Technology Licensing Corp. of Nevada and IP Innovation, a unit of Acacia Technologies, haved filed suit against Novell and Red Hat for alleged violations of U.S. Patent 5,072,412, which covers a "User interface with multiple workspaces for sharing display system objects."
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/169384457/
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What is Open Source?
Date: 10/12/07
Keywords: software
While it may be comfortable to think of open source merely in terms of software, that just won’t cut it. Open source is the term we apply to the impact of the Internet on the software business, but its lessons are valid across all industries, in both business and politics, and frankly, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/169030634/
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IBM forging developerWorks
Date: 10/12/07
Keywords: no keywords
IBM is quietly transforming its developerWorks site into something more like Sourceforge, with more public-facing features aimed at expanding its reach to all open source developers.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/169024757/
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OpenOffice won’t fork — for now
Date: 10/12/07
Keywords: no keywords
In spite of a bitter battle between Novell and Sun developers, OpenOffice won’t fork – at least for now.
That’s the consensus among several OpenOffice developers who are locked in a bitter dispute with Sun over how the open source project is governed but who nevertheless agree that a fork would be the worst outcome [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/168993177/
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Google looks like mobile Linux break-out
Date: 10/12/07
Keywords: web
While the iPhone has a great interface, but mainly offered Web 1.0 applications, the GPhone will focus on Web 2.0 applications from the start, integrating mapping, email, and search services in its design. The iPhone was a phone with data applications, the GPhone will be an Internet link with voice services.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/168943551/
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Fortify calls Apache tools insecure
Date: 10/11/07
Keywords: security
While the vulnerability at this point is theoretical -- the main fix so far is an update to security coding rulepacks -- the alert highlights just how sophisticated criminal gangs are becoming in their efforts to hijack PCs for use by botnets, which are now the major security threat on the Internet.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/168487082/
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Google mojo comes from open source management
Date: 10/11/07
Keywords: microsoft, google
Google is so large that its many small failures can't harm it, and its people remain empowered by its open source management style. Microsoft could still behave in a similar fashion, but will its corporate culture allow that?
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/168448816/