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Free software is not really free
Date: 11/28/05
Keywords: no keywords
There is always a cost to site development, and no shortcuts, because development takes talent, not just bodies, and talent costs money.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=507&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Massachusetts open source fight becomes partisan
Date: 11/27/05
Keywords: microsoft
Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican, and his appointed CIO, Peter Quinn, are carrying the ball for open formats. So Microsoft has allied itself with their political opponents.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=506&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Where is open source innovation?
Date: 11/25/05
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Name an open source project whose work does not replicate what is available in the proprietary world, which is a real innovation.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=505&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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What if other things were open source?
Date: 11/23/05
Keywords: software
Think of something other than software that would benefit from open source ideas, and that could be organized to meet that challenge. Get back to me.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=504&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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The political meaning of open
Date: 11/22/05
Keywords: no keywords
Open source is not a political issue, but it sometimes plays one on TV.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=503&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Is Linux tougher to deal with than Windows?
Date: 11/21/05
Keywords: linux, microsoft
If you've got some technical chops Linux should work fine in a workgroup setting, and the upfront costs can go into your pocket. If you're Clueless about computing, if you want it done for you, then maybe Microsoft will work better for you.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=502&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Sony rootkit used open source
Date: 11/18/05
Keywords: no keywords
The pack of lawyers the industry once set on users is about to tear into one of its own, and the rest of us can only stand and watch in horrified fascination.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=501&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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How to make money from open source Apache
Date: 11/17/05
Keywords: no keywords
This is how you make money in open source. You become vital. You become a big open source company by becoming vital to big projects.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=500&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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The growing drumbeat for open source patch management
Date: 11/17/05
Keywords: security
What we need is for someone, or several someones, with solid development budgets to create an open source patch management project, and a clearinghouse for security alerts.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=499&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Don't steal the open source brand
Date: 11/16/05
Keywords: no keywords
What it all says to me is, we don't have to play by the rules of the Internet, we'll roll it. And that trick never works.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=498&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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The usual suspects are on a patent hunt
Date: 11/15/05
Keywords: linux
Had not SCO tried to shake down IBM on behalf of its claimed Linux rights, the community might never have seen the wisdom in standing-down and sharing patents.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=497&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Rhetoric vs. Reality at SAP
Date: 11/14/05
Keywords: technology
What matters in technology, as in business and as in politics, is not what you say, but what you do.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=496&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Who is fighting for network neutrality
Date: 11/11/05
Keywords: no keywords
While American opponents of WSIS are wrapping themselves in the flag, could it be the "evil foreigners" who are really on our side?
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=495&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Open source goes to Tunis
Date: 11/11/05
Keywords: no keywords
What is most important is to engage in a dialogue with other stakeholders, in an effort to promote greater understanding, and we are confident that this is what will come out of this summit."
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=494&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Who is threatened by open source now? SAP
Date: 11/10/05
Keywords: no keywords
Companies don't buy rhetoric, they don't install rhetoric. They buy and install solutions.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=493&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Open source intelligence?
Date: 11/09/05
Keywords: no keywords
As with many corporations, open source in this case is just a cute name for doing what should have been done already
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=492&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Cisco's rejection of open source success
Date: 11/09/05
Keywords: no keywords
Developers quickly launched open source projects that used the WRT54G as a bridge, as the heart of a mesh network, as a Virtual Private Network and Voice over IP server, even as a low power PC running what I like to call "Always On" applications, managing RFID tags, sensors, and actuators. What was Cisco's response to all this success?
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=491&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Open source database wars begin
Date: 11/07/05
Keywords: no keywords
By early next year Ingres will be physically separate from its old corporate parent, Computer Associates, and available under a popular OSI-approved license, rather than CA's.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=490&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Open source remote support
Date: 11/07/05
Keywords: software
There are many remote systems that use an intermediary server. You’re expecting that vendor to continue to exist. With our software there’s no intermediary – the support provider can bring the full solution to bear
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=489&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Need open source insurance?
Date: 11/05/05
Keywords: no keywords
In order to get a maximum of $10 million in coverage, with a $250,000 deductible, you first have to spend $25,000-$50,000 on a "risk assessment," essentially an audit to see if you're mixing open source and proprietary code in your current operations. Assuming you pass, you'll spend roughly $200,000
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=488&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog