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Lies, damned lies, and browser market share statistics
Date: 03/01/05
Keywords: web
As a professional journalist, I find it frustrating when my brethren repeat press releases verbatim, without looking inside them. Such is the case with recent "reporting" on Firefox. Firefox Gains Share At Slower Pace, says MacWorld. This is based on data from WebSideStory, which provided the headline. But think, ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=170
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Lies, damned lies, and browser market share statistics
Date: 03/01/05
Keywords: web
As a professional journalist, I find it frustrating when my brethren repeat press releases verbatim, without looking inside them. Such is the case with recent "reporting" on Firefox. Firefox Gains Share At Slower Pace, says MacWorld. This is based on data from WebSideStory, which provided the headline. But think, ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=170&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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The European patent saga drags on
Date: 03/01/05
Keywords: software, web
The No Software Patents website has a report on the latest in the software patent saga. Long story short: The European Commission is thumbing its nose (figuratively, of course) at the European Parliament's request to restart the legislative process. As Foundation for a Free Information ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=169
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The European patent saga drags on
Date: 03/01/05
Keywords: software, web
The No Software Patents website has a report on the latest in the software patent saga. Long story short: The European Commission is thumbing its nose (figuratively, of course) at the European Parliament's request to restart the legislative process. As Foundation for a Free Information ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=169&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Infiniband in the kernel
Date: 02/27/05
Keywords: linux
The next version of the Linux kernel, dubbed 2.6.11 will include support for InfiniBand. This comes just as IBM adds InfiniBand switches to its Linux cluster solutions. At this point you are welcome to say: big deal. InfiniBand support has existed in a variety of Linux distros for some time. ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=168
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Infiniband in the kernel
Date: 02/27/05
Keywords: linux
The next version of the Linux kernel, dubbed 2.6.11 will include support for InfiniBand. This comes just as IBM adds InfiniBand switches to its Linux cluster solutions. At this point you are welcome to say: big deal. InfiniBand support has existed in a variety of Linux distros for some time. ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=168&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Open attack on Wine
Date: 02/26/05
Keywords: microsoft
Well, at least the folks at Microsoft are admitting that their "Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA)" is designed to deny Wine users updates through Windows Update. (I love the Orwellian names that Microsoft comes up with. If there were truth in advertising, WGA would be named "Microsoft License Enforcement" or ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=167
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Open attack on Wine
Date: 02/26/05
Keywords: microsoft
Well, at least the folks at Microsoft are admitting that their "Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA)" is designed to deny Wine users updates through Windows Update. (I love the Orwellian names that Microsoft comes up with. If there were truth in advertising, WGA would be named "Microsoft License Enforcement" or ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=167&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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How far does $100 million go?
Date: 02/25/05
Keywords: linux
All the way to India.When IBM announced recently it was putting $100 million into Linux development, I declined to get excited. IBM is a huge company, $100 million is like tipping the waiter.I forgot how well $100 million spends in the real world. Or what it can mean. As the ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=166
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How far does $100 million go?
Date: 02/25/05
Keywords: linux
All the way to India.When IBM announced recently it was putting $100 million into Linux development, I declined to get excited. IBM is a huge company, $100 million is like tipping the waiter.I forgot how well $100 million spends in the real world. Or what it can mean. As the ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=166&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Let the mergers begin
Date: 02/24/05
Keywords: linux
Today MandrakeSoft announced that it was acquiring Conectiva, which was hailed as a merger of second-tier Linux sellers. A bit uncharitable, perhaps, but an apt description. Second-tier doesn't describe their products, but even as a joint venture the two companies are much smaller than either Red Hat or SUSE. ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=165
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Let the mergers begin
Date: 02/24/05
Keywords: linux
Today MandrakeSoft announced that it was acquiring Conectiva, which was hailed as a merger of second-tier Linux sellers. A bit uncharitable, perhaps, but an apt description. Second-tier doesn't describe their products, but even as a joint venture the two companies are much smaller than either Red Hat or SUSE. ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=165&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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The great divide
Date: 02/24/05
Keywords: software
One of the great themes I've seen emerge in TalkBack has been a great divide on what should be the chief priority of open source.As we saw with Peter Brown, free is one priority. Tools should be free because it's work and what is done with software that carries the ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=164
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The great divide: open or free?
Date: 02/24/05
Keywords: software
One of the great themes I've seen emerge in TalkBack has been a great divide on what should be the chief priority of open source.As we saw with Peter Brown, free is one priority. Tools should be free because it's work and what is done with software that carries the ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=164&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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WGA side-effect aims at Linux
Date: 02/23/05
Keywords: linux, microsoft
WGA stands for the Windows Genuine Advantage program. It's pitched as an anti-piracy initiative. Only paid-up customers get updates.It's also a highly sophisticated swipe at Linux.Jeremy White of CodeWeavers, which sells Wine-based products, told ZDNet it's nothing to worry about, that Microsoft would face legal action if it tied Office ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=163
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WGA side-effect aims at Linux
Date: 02/23/05
Keywords: linux, microsoft
WGA stands for the Windows Genuine Advantage program. It's pitched as an anti-piracy initiative. Only paid-up customers get updates.It's also a highly sophisticated swipe at Linux.Jeremy White of CodeWeavers, which sells Wine-based products, told ZDNet it's nothing to worry about, that Microsoft would face legal action if it tied Office ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=163&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
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Dvorak’s cunning plan to kill Linux
Date: 02/23/05
Keywords: linux, microsoft
John Dvorak hosted a roast for the launch of Microsoft Windows 1.0, nearly two decades ago, and has always had a soft spot in his heart for Big Green.This month, he tells Bill Gates "how to kill Linux." Lop off its head, he says. Ship Linux under Windows, separated from ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=162
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Midnight at the OASIS
Date: 02/22/05
Keywords: technology
Boycott OASIS? Paul Festa has the story. The leading e-business standards body faces a boycott based on its new intellectual property policy, which endorses the inclusion of technology requiring payment of royalties to its standards. The new policy goes into effect in April.Festa notes that a who's who of open ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=161
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Crunch time
Date: 02/22/05
Keywords: software
We have a fascinating story today, from C|Net's Ed Frauenheim, saying software developers are suffering less "crunch time," and are volunteering open time to open source.Now I get the contradiction. Fewer hours on the books because you're working more off the books? Ed's article also says you're spending more time ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=160
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DRM and open source
Date: 02/22/05
Keywords: no keywords
There's an interesting discussion going on between KDE developers about putting DRM in open source applications -- in this case, KPDF, a PDF reader for KDE. On the one hand, KDE developers may not have a choice -- Adobe claims copyright over the PDF ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=159