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Does open source need a trademark?
Date: 06/26/07
Keywords: no keywords
Right now, the trademark held by OSI is for "Open Source Definition," and for the logo itself, not the term open source.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/128074701/
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Copying Microsoft in a good way
Date: 06/25/07
Keywords: linux, microsoft
Aping a world class business process is never a bad thing. Even when it comes from Microsoft.
So it is that the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), which was created to build the Linux channel, has created a customer-level membership class. Redmayne-Bentley, a UK stock broker, is the first customer member.
Microsoft has brought customers into its own channel [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/127756124/
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Little red hens of open source CRM
Date: 06/23/07
Keywords: software
The value of business software comes out only when you work with it, when you tweak it, when you support it. All open source licenses, especially the GPL, protect a program creator's rights to extract this added value.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/127320377/
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Moore’s second law proves need for open source
Date: 06/22/07
Keywords: software
Without open source the software economic model would be broken, because software is so complex. In software development 80% of the money goes into maintenance. By doing what Eclipse enables, you can save a lot of that cost.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/127060136/
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Open access should not be a partisan question
Date: 06/22/07
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The new frequencies, being lower on the spectrum, will allow longer waves to disperse over a wider area. Management of the resource will be trickier. But does anyone doubt that the same amount of innovation won't result, the same economic boom in radios and other gear?
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/127036876/
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The meme that open source does not innovate
Date: 06/22/07
Keywords: web
Programs like BitTorrent which break new ground are an exception, not the rule. Ideas like the World Wide Web, which has depended on the free IP model since it started, are rare.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/127019368/
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OSI to defend open source definition aggressively
Date: 06/21/07
Keywords: no keywords
This flagrant abuse of labeling is not unlike sweetening a mild abrasive with ethylene glycol and calling the substance Toothpaste.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/126812585/
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The telecomm revolution will not be televised
Date: 06/21/07
Keywords: ebay
"It's smaller outfits which are coming up with the innovations, like systems to let people win eBay auctions by phone, pay parking tickets, or make international cellphone calls free.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/126745265/
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Open spectrum is why the iPhone will fail
Date: 06/20/07
Keywords: no keywords
Free the bits and we'll have progress. We'll have the iPhone, we'll have 10, 20, 50 megabit per second downloads, we'll have all the innovation you could ever want. Keep them imprisoned and we'll remain stuck in the past, while other nations go rocketing ahead of us on the wings of open source, and open spectrum.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/126464663/
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Distance makes the switch go quicker
Date: 06/20/07
Keywords: no keywords
The further removed a worker is from the operating system, the easier it is to make them switch.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/126396962/
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The power to fight Microsoft is IBM
Date: 06/19/07
Keywords: linux
Just because IBM is not pounding the table, or betting its entire future on Linux, does not mean it's not the key to open source's future. Without IBM's support and contributions, I don't think Linux would be in such good shape.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/126105736/
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No politics please, we’re Linux!
Date: 06/19/07
Keywords: linux
What the Linux Foundation should have given was a statement emphasizing value, cooperation among vendors, and a promise to make Linux desktops run as well as Windows. Thematic offense in place of programmatic defense.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/125955667/
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Harvard study illustrates Microsoft’s political problem
Date: 06/18/07
Keywords: microsoft
The point is that controversy and suspicion follow Microsoft wherever it goes in the open source world. This is a price it has chosen to pay. Perhaps it is unaware of how high this price is. Perhaps the company does not care. But every day the price rises.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/125807831/
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Jobs does Windows with open source
Date: 06/16/07
Keywords: microsoft
Think of Safari as Apple outreach. Apple is the most proprietary company in the computing universe, more proprietary even than Microsoft. It's tossing some open source code over the side, wondering what the so-called "community" will do with it.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/125344172/
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Case studies in an open source world
Date: 06/16/07
Keywords: no keywords
What do you want to see in an open source case study? And what is its value to you?
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/125339032/
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Novell reveals Microsoft’s open source strategy
Date: 06/15/07
Keywords: microsoft
While it's amusing to read that "Novell is gunning for a chunk of the office market share from Microsoft" that's not really the case. Through its November deal with Microsoft, Novell became part of the Microsoft "keiretsu."
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/125120292/
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Are Microsoft-funded studies worthless?
Date: 06/15/07
Keywords: no keywords
It takes years to bring an education contract through the bidding process, more time to install the gear, and by the time it's all done, the teachers trained, it's all obsolete. Think of it as Moore's Law in action.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/125114789/
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How far can open source CRM get?
Date: 06/14/07
Keywords: crm
Despite their support and even their own hosted solutions, there remains something roll-your-own about open source CRM. That's where Intel's money comes in. By scaling Centric, the hope is, a competitive market dynamic can be restored.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/124822212/
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The era of open source negotiation
Date: 06/14/07
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It is just possible the latest exchange of notes between Jonathan Schwartz and Linus Torvalds signals the start of a new era in business.
Call it the era of open source negotiation.
Taking the notes at face value, Linus has concerns about Sun’s strategy as well as GPL V. 3, and Schwartz wants to deal on them, [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/124811649/
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WiFi is the open source technology of the decade
Date: 06/13/07
Keywords: no keywords
Proprietary models mainly benefit the proprietors. They are inherently political -- anyone who thinks the FCC is a non-political body is drinking something much stronger than a caffe mocha (with whipped cream and chocolate sauce).
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/124500882/