Date: 02/21/05     Keywords: software

The remarks of new Free Software Foundation executive director Peter Brown on free vs. open source software last week certainly struck a nerve in TalkBack.I interviewed him late Friday, and hope some of his other remarks can stimulate more high-quality dialogue.I opened by asking about my recent piece on Martin ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=158

Date: 02/18/05     Keywords: software

Peter Brown is the new executive director of the Free Software Foundation. In the first of what I hope will be many interviews with ZDNet, he asks that we change the name of this blog:Open Source is a term that was created to mask the ideals of Software Freedom established ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=157

Date: 02/17/05     Keywords: software

It doesn't look like 2005 is going to be a good year for SCO. The Salt Lake Tribune's Bob Mims reports that SCO may be delisted from the Nasdaq for missing filing deadlines. Under federal law, the Lindon-based software company - best known ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=156

Date: 02/17/05     Keywords: software, linux

The biggest headline from LinuxWorld didn't come from IBM, or Novell, or even the Free Software Foundation.In my opinion it came from the Open Source Initiative (OSI), which said it plans to whittle the number of "open source licenses" from 50 to 3 in the next two months. This is ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=155

Date: 02/17/05     Keywords: no keywords

If I now call Mr Chipperfield and say to him, 'look here, I've got a forty-five-year-old chartered accountant with me who wants to become a lion tamer', his first question is not going to be 'does he have his own hat?' I was reminded of Monty Python's Vocational Guidance Counselor ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=154

Date: 02/16/05     Keywords: software, linux

The most provocative comments at LinuxWorld this week were those of Martin Fink, vice president of Linux for Hewlett-Packard.Here is the short version. Don't like software patents? Tough. Well, I don't like software patents. They are, in fact, protections of mathematical expression. They're hows. Real inventions are whats. They should ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=153

Date: 02/16/05     Keywords: no keywords

I have a confession to make: I hate "groupware." Well, maybe "hate" is too strong a word, but lord knows I don't enjoy it. The Hula announcement is going to bring in lots of press for Novell, and discussion about how groupware is so necessary for the "enterprise" and so ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=152

Date: 02/16/05     Keywords: no keywords

Novell's donation of the Hula Project to the community reminds me of one of my favorite copyright stories, that of the movie It's a Wonderful Life (right, from Amazon.Com). The movie's great vogue came after its copyright expired. Every TV station with airtime around Christmas played it over-and-over. Then, seeing ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=151

Date: 02/16/05     Keywords: linux

Our reporters went to Boston for a nice quiet LinuxWorld and Comdex broke out. Just a few highlights:Novell CEO Jack Messman said he has convinced CIOs that "open source and Linux in particular is the center of the enterprise." Novell also called its new line-up of products "hardened for mission-critical ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=150

Date: 02/15/05     Keywords: no keywords

Dan Bricklin has been a hero to me for some time. Now, if you're trying to get open source into your enterprise, he can be a hero to you, too.Bricklin is producing a DVD, "Copyright, Open Source, and Why a Lawyer is a Developer's Friend." It should be out in ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=149

Date: 02/14/05     Keywords: software

Stephen Shankland writes about the forthcoming GPL version 3. One comment posted to Shankland's piece needs addressing. The poster writes, "The key point is: software has value, and the GPL is intended to negate that value." Obviously, this person, and many others, has a ...

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Date: 02/14/05     Keywords: software

Stephen Shankland writes about the forthcoming GPL version 3. One comment posted to Shankland's piece needs addressing. The poster writes, "The key point is: software has value, and the GPL is intended to negate that value." Obviously, this person, and many others, has a ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=148

Date: 02/14/05     Keywords: linux

I have a lot of great correspondents in our TalkBack section. Among the best, and most persistent, is Cho Ok-Hyeong.Cho often makes the same point. Cho makes this point regularly, powerfully, and with facts to back him up.Cho s point is that Linux will never make it on the desktop. ...

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Date: 02/14/05     Keywords: linux

I have a lot of great correspondents in our TalkBack section. Among the best, and most persistent, is Cho Ok-Hyeong.Cho often makes the same point. Cho makes this point regularly, powerfully, and with facts to back him up.Cho s point is that Linux will never make it on the desktop. ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=147

Date: 02/14/05     Keywords: software, linux

Following up on last week's announcement with Samsung, Montavista Software has begun banging the drum for a brand -- Mobilinux.They are not calling it that. They're calling it an ecosystem. But MontaVista VP of Marketing Peder Ulander admits the challenge Mobilinux addresses is a marketing one.I agree. Before Linux can ...

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Date: 02/14/05     Keywords: software, linux

Following up on last week's announcement with Samsung, Montavista Software has begun banging the drum for a brand -- Mobilinux.They are not calling it that. They're calling it an ecosystem. But MontaVista VP of Marketing Peder Ulander admits the challenge Mobilinux addresses is a marketing one.I agree. Before Linux can ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=146

Date: 02/11/05     Keywords: linux

Samsung has led a consortium to production of a reference design for a Linux-based broadband mobile phone. It's designed for UMTS/Edge networks and features a Samsung processor, an Infineon modem chip, and the Montavista Linux kernel. Trolltech and Emuzed also made major contributions. All it needs is carrier contracts, and ...

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Date: 02/11/05     Keywords: linux

Samsung has led a consortium to production of a reference design for a Linux-based broadband mobile phone. It's designed for UMTS/Edge networks and features a Samsung processor, an Infineon modem chip, and the Montavista Linux kernel. Trolltech and Emuzed also made major contributions. All it needs is carrier contracts, and ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=145

Date: 02/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

The SCO-IBM suit is not over, yet. But it may never get to trial.U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball refused to dismiss the case yesterday, but his statements from the bench indicated he will immediately following discovery unless SCO comes up with real evidence.The Salt Lake Tribune quoted him saying ...

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Date: 02/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

The SCO-IBM suit is not over, yet. But it may never get to trial.U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball refused to dismiss the case yesterday, but his statements from the bench indicated he will immediately following discovery unless SCO comes up with real evidence.The Salt Lake Tribune quoted him saying ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=144