Date: 10/12/05     Keywords: software

Open source, like most things, works on the 90-10 rule. That is 90% (or more) of the work is done by 10% (or less) of the people. In the case of software, these few are creating enormous economic value, and they can become an unhappy few.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=466&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 10/08/05     Keywords: security

Nessus is a good tool, but security professionals I've talked to say it's a poor substitute for the proprietary competition. The GPL security community deserves something better, and since Deraison is tired of people freeloading on his work, that means it's up to the rest of y'all.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=465&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 10/07/05     Keywords: no keywords

Based on what I've seen in this area so far, there is far more balancing, and far more hands-on psychology, involved in the open source world than in any commercial space.

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Date: 10/07/05     Keywords: no keywords

There are many open source operations that need to know the time in order to work properly. As open source moves into the enterprise, this number increases. And these projects must have patches in place, or their time-dependent applications won't work properly.

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Date: 10/06/05     Keywords: web, google

What I find most interesting is that big projects in this space are now being built based upon open source tools, with links to Web services such as Google Maps or Flickr.

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Date: 10/05/05     Keywords: no keywords

The idea of "do no evil" isn't just a good idea. It speaks volumes of the value which must be at the heart of an open source business model -- credibility.

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Date: 10/04/05     Keywords: microsoft, google

If Office revenues decline, a lot of fuel goes out of Microsoft's stock price, which makes it easier for both Google and Sun to take Microsoft on elsewhere. Google and Sun benefit hugely if Microsoft's revenues just don't go up as quickly.

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Date: 10/04/05     Keywords: microsoft, google

If Google pushed OpenOffice, and integrated with OpenOffice, it might hurt Microsoft, which would greatly please Sun.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=459&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 10/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

What is preventing the age of open source communication from happening is, in a word, regulation. Not just regulation that protects the prerogatives of private companies, either. But regulation in its broadest sense.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=458&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 10/02/05     Keywords: no keywords

"Once you make the basic investment it’s easy to extend into more projects. It’s happening now within categories, as we did with iReports. We won’t stop there."

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Date: 09/30/05     Keywords: no keywords

If you can cuddle up to CDDL you can have secure open source, right now.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=456&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 09/29/05     Keywords: linux

For a mass market in Linux to develop, such a market needs protection at consumer price points. And they need to see a variety of vendors offering this service.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=455&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 09/28/05     Keywords: security

Fedora users will have the security capabilities while the feds are still evaluating it, and their implementations could easily beat that of the feds to market, assuming code works as advertised.

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Date: 09/27/05     Keywords: no keywords

He gave me a t-shirt, inspired by the movie Napoleon Dynamite. "Vote for JBoss," it reads, then on the back, "and all your wildest dreams will come true."

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=453&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 09/26/05     Keywords: linux

Patching is far more complex in the Linux world than in Windows, because systems and what they run are far more diverse. But it's worth someone's business plan.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=452&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 09/25/05     Keywords: microsoft

Would an OSI which accepted what Microsoft, and other proprietary companies, want to deem "open" be stepping up or knuckling under?

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=451&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 09/23/05     Keywords: software

While the general public may just pirate software and movies, government must be more circumspect.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=450&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 09/22/05     Keywords: linux

If Laura DiDio really has come around on the advantages of Linux and open source, I thought, check for flying pigs.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=449&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 09/21/05     Keywords: virus

Windows problems are so common that even home-based users know they must pay a $50/year "user tax" in order to have an anti-virus company manage the delivery of patches to them. Is there a way to deliver that value to open source users without delivering that cost?

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=448&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 09/20/05     Keywords: linux

In order for desktop Linux to succeed, it needs a Killer App that does not exist in Windows, a compelling set of applications that will cause people to switch.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=447&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog