Date: 09/27/06     Keywords: no keywords

Lawyers may not like ambiguity, but people do.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=798

Date: 09/26/06     Keywords: technology

By its nature, the Internet and open source challenge the economic assumptions behind this regime, namely that in its present extreme form (math patented, business methods patented, copyrights extending 100 years, technology controlled by lawyers) it is good for the economy as a whole.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=797

Date: 09/26/06     Keywords: no keywords

While most projects move at the pace of the slowest team member, open source projects proceed at the pace of the fastest one and that, when more people are added, things move even faster.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=796

Date: 09/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

Could an excess of altruism lead to open source failure? Or is this a business model which truly embraces it?

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=795

Date: 09/22/06     Keywords: no keywords

Even if your stuff is great, even if you have a clear development road map, open source is the way to go.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=794

Date: 09/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

So the biggest boost to open source in 2006 could come from a closed source operating system?

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=793

Date: 09/20/06     Keywords: no keywords

Groundwork is starting to look up-market, toward companies which have a network administrator separate from the system administrator.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=792

Date: 09/20/06     Keywords: no keywords

Just remember that this is a personal agreement first, and not a financial deal.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=791

Date: 09/19/06     Keywords: no keywords

Maybe the good old days really are gone for good. But is open source to blame for that? No more, I think, than the end of the gold rush can be blamed on mine automation.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=790

Date: 09/18/06     Keywords: no keywords

Iit's the channel that will make RedHat's acquisition of JBOSS work.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=789

Date: 09/15/06     Keywords: xml

XML support lets Zenoss turn user input and knowledge directly into new features. It's another step in closing the gap between community demand and open source supply.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=788

Date: 09/14/06     Keywords: no keywords

It seems obvious to me that monopoly rights to a writing or discovery are not property rights.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=787

Date: 09/14/06     Keywords: no keywords

The idea of open source within many enterprises remains a political issue. By using the term hacker, I'm afraid, Tiemann accidentally gave comfort to the other side.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=786

Date: 09/14/06     Keywords: no keywords

Going open source won't turn a bad product which is lagging the market into a market leader. And consider your license.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=785

Date: 09/13/06     Keywords: software

As an offensive weapon, something to be used in extracting rents from other big companies or the wider user community, software patents just don't work.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=784

Date: 09/12/06     Keywords: linux

Analysts may downplay the importance of events like the Ohio LinuxFest, which has its fourth run September 30 in Columbus. They would be making a mistake.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=783

Date: 09/11/06     Keywords: no keywords

I have no idea how the future will play out. But neither does anyone else.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=782

Date: 09/11/06     Keywords: no keywords

Blind obedience to any authority is dangerous. The only way to get the true story is by reading multiple sources, not just one. Assuming the wisdom of any single source -- whether Disney or ZDNet Open Source or Wikipedia -- is Clueless.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=781

Date: 09/08/06     Keywords: no keywords

We are fortunate in that today adaptation means learning, not surrendering our autonomy, and our craft, to the mechanical monsters.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=780

Date: 09/07/06     Keywords: technology

But in a way, an Electronic Patient Record is a Big Bang. With EPR technology in place, every department in a hospital suddenly has access to accurate patient records, and in time so do pharmacies and physicians serving that hospital. Money is saved, accuracy is assured, and (yes) lives are saved as well.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=779