Date: 10/18/06     Keywords: no keywords

Open up more unlicensed frequencies, a lot more. That's the open source answer. But given the proprietary carriers' hold on Washington, that is not going to happen. Unless you demand it.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=818

Date: 10/17/06     Keywords: no keywords

Maybe I missed something but I am unaware of any case where an enterprise had to pay a copyright or patent holder because some open source program they were running contained patented or copyrighted material.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=817

Date: 10/16/06     Keywords: no keywords

What most frightens a business or consumer user? Being left without support when Murphy's Law comes calling.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=816

Date: 10/13/06     Keywords: software

Once the software is all installed, a pop-up console comes up when you click on a phishing link, showing not just the URL but the host server of the offending site. You can then report it by clicking a check box.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=815

Date: 10/13/06     Keywords: linux

If Linux re-sellers are going to move "down the stack" in terms of client size, they need to get a lot less geeky. Focus on provable savings. Use smaller words. The IT folks may be allies, but remember they're not the game.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=814

Date: 10/13/06     Keywords: software, linux

Portland, the software, is a set of common interfaces for GNOME and KDE, the leading desktop Linux GUIs. Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE. Red Flag and Xandros are all going to ship Portland with their next releases.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=813

Date: 10/12/06     Keywords: microsoft

It's true that Microsoft has, over the last few years, taken a few steps down the open source incline with its shared source license. Tom Jones raps, too. But I no more think that Jones will become the new third member of RunDMC than I believe that Ballmer will break the channel and go further down the open source incline.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=812

Date: 10/11/06     Keywords: linux

Is desktop Linux ready for the mass market now? What else do we need?

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=811

Date: 10/10/06     Keywords: no keywords

Novell's path is not unusual in the high tech space, nor should it be seen as such. Tech ain't beanbag, but it's not car-making, either. Just because you have a big lead today, and are working on improving your product, does not guarantee you a future.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=810

Date: 10/09/06     Keywords: security

That's one honest way you can spin a Business Week column, published Friday, written by Coverity CTO Benjamin Chelf. That's now how Business Week spun it, however. "Insecurity in Open Source" is their headline. The story is that Coverity ran 50 open source projects through its bug-checking system, as well as products from 100 proprietary makers. "On average, [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=809

Date: 10/07/06     Keywords: no keywords

A "PR campaign" can now be an e-mail. The credibility of the author determines the power of the campaign. The response of a proprietary vendor is limited. It is, in fact, a binary code -- they either give-in or stand firm.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=808

Date: 10/06/06     Keywords: no keywords

The idea is that folks calling on vertical markets would get their product through TechData.Their customers in turn would get operating system and middleware support through RedHat, while remaining the first customer call on application support.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=807

Date: 10/05/06     Keywords: linux

It is possible to build a credible office PC out of Linux, Open Office and Firefox, but only if you're a sophisticated user. You lose access to content on proprietary platforms, you may have (or fear you may have) trouble communicating with business partners. It's a big risk.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=806

Date: 10/03/06     Keywords: no keywords

Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation up in Ottawa, was kind enough to call today, with news that Eclipse is running all their code through Palamida and clearing copyright and patent violations from it. Eclipse began life as an IBM project, he noted, and "that tradition of high regard for Intellectual Property (IP) was part [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=805

Date: 10/03/06     Keywords: no keywords

It's one of my favorite Broadway satires. To the tune of "I've Never Been in Love Before" from the musical Guys & Dolls: I know I've seen this show before. In some old high school gym. On someone's basement floor. I know I've seen this show before. I think I know the book. I know I know [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=804

Date: 10/03/06     Keywords: linux

The great discussion we had on Open Office yesterday stimulated another question. Why isn't open source stronger in the mass market? There have been free programs that are strong in the mass market. Firefox is one. OpenOffice is another. Linux is a third. But in each case we're mainly talking about altruism motivating the provider, and we're [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=803

Date: 10/02/06     Keywords: no keywords

With $4 million in VC funding from Hummer Winblad and Morgenthaler Ventures Mule is now Mule. Dave Rosenberg, who blogs about open source at Infoworld, is the CEO of the new venture, and says he learned a lot of things along the way to this day they don't teach you in business school (or in journalism school for [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=802

Date: 10/02/06     Keywords: templates, software, microsoft

Open Office is one of the most popular open source projects around. It has about 50 million users, the software supports dozens of languages, and it replicates (free) all the major functions of Microsoft Office. But since announcing its contest for templates and clipart the reaction has been one of crickets chirping. Gerry Singleton, co-leader of [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=801

Date: 09/29/06     Keywords: microsoft

For over a decade I've been hearing the same hype. The way to IT productivity is to build applications out of components. For a time, the building of component models (like Microsoft's DCOM) was one of the computer media's best spectator sports. But has open source simply replaced the component model with simple instances? That's what Mark [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=800

Date: 09/29/06     Keywords: no keywords

Two weekends from now, in Austin, about 50 programmers are going to lock themselves into Tek Republik and see how many new features they can code into Drupal in 48 hours. It's called a Code-A-Thon. This particular Code-A-Thon is sponsored by a group called the League of Technical Voters, which aims to involve technical people in [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=799