Open source
The open source development model has paid off for many companies including Red Hat (Linux and JBoss), Google (Android) and Nokia (Symbian). Rally the developers, build an ecosystem and open source led companies are quite formidable.
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Bioinformatics is an area of growing need no one has managed to get their arms around. No one wants to pay for the software. So Microsoft is making the initial investment, open source.
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At some point the music stops, and at some point you have to look at what you've bought and ask, is there a strategy there?
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Nothing is going to happen, good or bad, with U.S. broadband for quite some time, in the wake of the FCC's rule change.
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Android is, indeed, open source, in a BSD sense rather than a GPL sense. It's a Protestant church, not a Catholic one.
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Whodat leading the open source bioinformatics movement?
Bioinformatics is an area of growing need no one has managed to get their arms around. No one wants to pay for the software. So Microsoft is making the initial investment, open source.
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Is VMWare becoming just an open source rollup?
At some point the music stops, and at some point you have to look at what you've bought and ask, is there a strategy there?
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Red Hat and Novell win patent fight
Software patents are increasingly a challenging subject. Red Hat and Novell recently won a court battle over alleged patent infringement over user interface patents. This served to invalidate...
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Black Duck survey sees open source strategy beating the squeeze
If these guys are ready to defect, even Baghdad Bob couldn't spin a proprietary victory. But all is not lost for Microsoft
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News to know: ZDNet, Adobe-Apple, HP-AMD, IE, Chrome
There's a new look for ZDNet, buzz about Apple, Adobe and antitrust investigation and nine new HP laptops -- all powered by AMD chips -- are the top headlines today. Get the day's rolling posts...
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Cloud.com launched as open source IaaS provider
Cloud.com was officially launched today as an open source cloud provider. The company's open source CloudStack, which is available today, is designed to reduce the complexity of building the...
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Red Hat's approach to making cloud ready for business
After a number of delays, I finally was able to speak with Mike Ferris, Red Hat's Director of Product Strategy for Red Hat's cloud computing initiatives. Red Hat has done its best to address the...
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News to know: HP-Palm, Droid Incredible, Linux patent suit
What's the impact of HP-Palm for mobile? Have you heard about the Droid Incredible? And it looks like tech's latest victim is the very department that took care of it: the IT department. Get the...
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Intensive Care 1.2 (Mobile)
Requires HanDBase (not included); The trial version is fully functional; Free to try, $5 if you decide to keep it. Please register (no unlock code required).It is possible to calculate the Glasgow...
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DST Panel 1.04 (Mobile)
is a system preference panel which automates time change at the begin and end of daylight saving time (aka summer time).This program is free software; you can redistribute it under the terms of...
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LinkUSB 0.2 (Mobile)
for the Handspring Visor initiates a PPPconnection to a host computer running a pppdaemon. The package includes a pppd script forLinux. LinkUSB is a modified version ofLinkDirect. Full source...
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URLTrack 1.3 (Mobile)
Track your favorite web sites with URLTrack. Store your user name and password for secured sites and enter in notes for the site. Supports standard Palm features such as Categories and Private...
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DiddleBug 2.10 (Mobile)
is like a small sketch pad on your Palm that you can easily set an alarm for. Just scribble something on the screen, then select a time from the popup list! Alarms can be shown as the alarm time...
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Diddle 1.22 (Mobile)
is a sketching program with many features and shortcuts. You can add lines, shapes and text to your sketches, lock your sketches, and save them with titles and keywords. There are many pen...
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NewsPilot 0.1 (Mobile)
grabs news-like web-pages, and converts these to iSilo format. Easy to use and uses multiple-page feature of iSilo. You can easyli add your own site-file, some site file (slashdot, freshmeat,...
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Reflect null (Mobile)
turns your Palm handheld into a mirror. It is packed with features and open source. The latest version includes: preferences that are saved between sessions, infrared beaming from within the...
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Ogg versus the world: don't fall for open-source FUD
Big corporations no longer have a monopoly on fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD). While researching the current battle over HTML5 media formats, I’ve discovered that open-source advocates are...
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Yanoff 1.4.2 (Mobile)
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Red Hat, Novell win verdict in Linux patent infringement case
More great news for Linux distributors Red Hat and Novell, which prevailed in a patent infringement case brought by IP Innovation. IP Innovation, a unit of Acacia Research and holder of multiple...
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Will open source IaaS platforms ever challenge Amazon, Microsoft, Google?
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