Date: 07/10/07     Keywords: no keywords

If the GPL has forked, which fork will prevail? There are, after all, many valid, OSI-approved BSD licenses out there.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/132389958/

Date: 07/10/07     Keywords: no keywords

The sharing of code and free distribution aren't just a business story, or a political one, or a social one. The metrics we use to measure it must probe more deeply, and more widely, to get the full picture.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/132311752/

Date: 07/10/07     Keywords: no keywords

The big fight yesterday between Michael Moore and Wolf Blitzer may have a message for tech. It involves the limit of spin and the responsibility of journalists. Tech journalists are uniquely susceptible to spin. Because our sources are also our advertisers, publishers have to strike a balance to survive in the market. Others may blame the price of [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/132302362/

Date: 07/09/07     Keywords: no keywords

Open source telephony takes a big step forward today as the OpenMoko neo1973 starts shipping to developers.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/131947332/

Date: 07/09/07     Keywords: no keywords

If you're reading this you might be a programmer. Would you want your kid to be one?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/131937959/

Date: 07/06/07     Keywords: no keywords

For open source to get a fair hearing in Washington, we need a new government. OK?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/131102214/

Date: 07/06/07     Keywords: software

VistA, the public domain software of the Veterans Administration on which OpenVista is based, is important stuff. Its Electronic Health Record format could, if it became a standard, begin the creation of a universal health records system.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/131097341/

Date: 07/05/07     Keywords: no keywords

I know I'm beginning to sound like a Republican here, for whom cutting taxes is the answer to all problems, but I really suspect open source will more than thrive in a talent-short world.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/130754234/

Date: 07/05/07     Keywords: security

Even with paid updates on signatures and code we're talking here about a security solution small businesses can finally afford, from which small VARs can finally profit.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/130744894/

Date: 07/03/07     Keywords: php

The Zend Framework for PHP has hit its 1.0.0 milestone and is available for download. Zend uses the New BSD license, which is OSI-approved.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/130112965/

Date: 07/03/07     Keywords: microsoft

Instead of complaining about Microsoft's tactics in maintaining Office's monopoly, it's past time the complainants got into the trenches and made Open Office a viable substitute.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/130096952/

Date: 07/02/07     Keywords: linux, google, apache

In addition to Linux, GPLv3 also faces threats from Google, which prefers Apache licenses that protect its commercial rights. So, are you making the switch?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/129755399/

Date: 07/01/07     Keywords: no keywords

But mass familiarity is not open source. The idea of mass hacking of life forms, as akin to the exchange of code within open source projects, is a non-starter.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/129507191/

Date: 07/01/07     Keywords: technology

Should the political questions involving technology have a higher priority? Or does government tech policy matter at all?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/129501385/

Date: 06/29/07     Keywords: linux

Red Hat is never going to be Mr. Pinstripe Suit, Mr. hi-dee-hi-dee-ho. They don't roll that way in Raleigh. But it's a solid Linux vendor, in the center of the enterprise space, it continues to grow, it does its bit for the open source movement, and maybe that's enough.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/128978163/

Date: 06/29/07     Keywords: no keywords

Eclipse proves the open source model, shared infrastructure which is used competitively. The predictability and regular updates demonstrate that cooperation works, across many large, competing organizations.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/128966715/

Date: 06/28/07     Keywords: microsoft

So Microsoft opens, and open source closes. Is that how it goes in your business, too?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/128705016/

Date: 06/28/07     Keywords: no keywords

OpenMFG builds its solutions using open source tools. But it has a hybrid license, one not approved by the OSI. So should I be talking with Ned Lilly at all?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/128698317/

Date: 06/27/07     Keywords: web

Candidates don't decide on Web site operating environments. I also think total operating costs depend far more on the Web host you use than the OS you run.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/128396461/

Date: 06/27/07     Keywords: technology

Could open source deliver the streaming technology the BBC needs, and allow the underlying content to be protected in the way the BBC demands? Why can't we have video which works on all 21st century computers?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/128388023/