Chandler, open source desktop information tool, wins grant

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Open Source group wins € 2.6m EC
grant for public sector push

Open Source group wins € 2.6m EC
grant for public sector push 04/16/2004 08:50 AM
'Local business ecosystems'

From open source to open services to
open information

From open source to open services to
open information 03/29/2005 12:00 PM
My March 21 entry about upcoming.org turned out to be an odd juxtaposition because, on the same day, a new events database called EVDB was announced and shown at PC Forum. It's due out shortly in public beta but I haven't seen it, so for now I only know what you can also learn from reading, among others: Dan Farber, Ross Mayfield, Om Malik, David Weinberger, and Paul Kedrosky (whose recent archive is missing this morning, yikes). The consensus seems to be that EVDB will be a Web-2.0-style, Wiki-style, RSS-friendly, Flickr-and-del.icio.us-like thingy. Sounds promising! I'll certainly check it out when it's public. ...

Key open-source tool due for overhaul

Key open-source tool due for overhaul 03/14/2005 06:23 PM
ZDNet Mar 14 2005 10:09PM GMT

Open Source Geographic Information
Systems

Open Source Geographic Information
Systems 07/10/2004 11:56 PM

Open source on the desktop: Hurry up and
wait

Open source on the desktop: Hurry up and
wait 06/14/2004 05:25 AM
We're a long way from Linux ever replacing Windows on the desktop. We're even further from open source software replacing commercial products for the average user. How do I know? The calendaring application I wanted to try required that WebDav be installed alongside my Apache server.

Open Source will *eventually* rule the
desktop.

Open Source will *eventually* rule the
desktop. 11/17/2002 10:47 PM
"Five years ago *nix was in the realm of the (excuse the phrase) "ultra geeks". Today, webmasters and SEOs commonly chose linux as their operating system of choice. What will it be five years from now? I think it is wide open. "

How to use open source as a power
marketing tool

How to use open source as a power
marketing tool 07/13/2004 06:57 AM

New holes found in open-source tool

New holes found in open-source tool 06/10/2004 04:10 PM
Flaws found in the Concurrent Versions System, which is used to manage code on open-source and proprietary software projects, could allow hackers to launch denial-of-service attacks or run malicious code on systems hosting the software.

An open-source directory management tool

An open-source directory management tool 06/11/2004 03:45 AM
For the developer - whether an in-house member of staff, a part-time coder, an independent one-man shop, or someone involved with writing applications and services for major vendors - the problem of finding a directory to hold identity information isn't difficult. In fact, it isn't a problem. All the major directory vendors have programs to supply free copies of their directories to developers. But even if you don't qualify for one of those programs you can still download, for free, the OpenLDAP directory. However there is a problem with some of these programs and services: How do you administer the directory outside of your own application?

Key open-source programming tool due for
overhaul

Key open-source programming tool due for
overhaul 03/14/2005 06:24 PM
ZDNet Mar 14 2005 7:15PM GMT

French government to test open source on
the desktop

French government to test open source on
the desktop 02/11/2004 08:17 PM
PARIS - The French government will install open source software on the desktop as part of Project ADELE, a plan to computerize much of the country's administration by 2007, a government official said Wednesday.

French government to test open-source on
the desktop

French government to test open-source on
the desktop 02/11/2004 05:52 PM
Introducing open-source software will give the government experience in managing competing suppliers and will help it evaluate the interoperability and life-cycle costs of different systems, a French official said.

BEA releases open-source WebLogic Java
tool

BEA releases open-source WebLogic Java
tool 05/20/2004 06:56 AM
Computer Weekly May 20 2004 11:18AM GMT

Search finds new holes in open source
tool

Search finds new holes in open source
tool 06/09/2004 05:35 PM
A close investigation of a common open source tool has uncovered more critical security holes in software used by developers to track and manage changes in computer code.

Open (Source|System) Monitoring and
Reporting Tool 0.1

Open (Source|System) Monitoring and
Reporting Tool 0.1 09/13/2004 04:37 PM
A monitoring tool with few dependencies, nice frontend, and easy extensibility.

Holes Found in Open Source Tool (PC
World)

Holes Found in Open Source Tool (PC
World) 06/09/2004 06:58 PM
PC World - Patches available, but exploits expected for CVS project vulnerability.

BEA tries open-source tack with Workshop
Java tool

BEA tries open-source tack with Workshop
Java tool 05/19/2004 04:21 PM
BEA Systems Inc. plans to release the source code for part of its WebLogic Workshop Java development environment, a move that it hopes will spur wider use of the product and eventually steer more customers toward its WebLogic family of Java server software, the company said Wednesday.

Microsoft adds tool kit to open-source
list

Microsoft adds tool kit to open-source
list 05/14/2004 04:30 PM
The second project to be turned over to SourceForge.net is used for developing lightweight Windows applications.

Open-Source Exploit Tool: 'Point, Click,
Root'

Open-Source Exploit Tool: 'Point, Click,
Root' 07/29/2004 11:46 AM
At Black Hat, Metasploit Framework developers demonstrate the latest version of the exploit tool designed to quickly take over a variety of target platforms.

Open source course management tool
version released: Sakai collaborative

Open source course management tool
version released: Sakai collaborative 07/16/2004 11:50 AM

The Sakai project , a multi-campus collaborative course management application development group, released a version of its Collaboration and Learning Environment . The CLE is available for downloading .

(thanks to Suzanne Bonefas )

The Economics of Open Source Hijacking
and Declining Quality of Digital
Information Resources

The Economics of Open Source Hijacking
and Declining Quality of Digital
Information Resources 05/13/2004 05:19 AM
The Economics of Open Source Hijacking and Declining Quality of Digital Information Resources: A Case for Copyleft by Andrea Ciffolilli
http://opensourc e.mit.edu/papers/ciffolili.pdf

Abstract:
The economics of information goods suggest the need of institutional intervention to address the problem of revenue extraction from investments in resources characterized by high fixed costs of production and low marginal costs of reproduction and distribution. Solutions to the appropriation issue, such as copyright, are supposed to guarantee an incentive for innovative activities at the price of few vices marring their rationale. In the case of digital information resources, apart from conventional inefficiencies, copyright shows an extra vice since it might be used perversely as a tool to hijack and privatise collectively provided open source and open content knowledge assemblages. Whilst the impact of hijacking on open source software development may be uncertain or uneven, some risks are clear in the case of open content works. The paper presents some evidence of malicious effects of hijacking in the Internet search market by discussing the case of The Open Directory Project. Furthermore, it calls for a wider use of novel institutional remedies such as copyleft and Creative Commons licensing, built upon the paradigm of copyright customisation.

Mozilla Firefox Wins Best of Show and
Best Open Source Solution at LinuxWorld

Mozilla Firefox Wins Best of Show and
Best Open Source Solution at LinuxWorld 08/03/2004 11:27 PM

Open-Source Exploit Tool: 'Point, Click,
Root' (Ziff Davis)

Open-Source Exploit Tool: 'Point, Click,
Root' (Ziff Davis) 07/29/2004 10:04 AM
Ziff Davis - At Black Hat, Metasploit Framework developers demonstrate the latest version of the exploit tool designed to quickly take over a variety of target platforms.

ExperimentalScene Announces Version 1.5
of Its Premier Windows XP Registry Tool,
RegCompact.net, Now Released as Open
Source, Free Software (GPL)

ExperimentalScene Announces Version 1.5
of Its Premier Windows XP Registry Tool,
RegCompact.net, Now Released as Open
Source, Free Software (GPL) 03/27/2005 03:20 AM
RegCompact.NET, a popular shareware utility for Windows is now free. It enables users to speed up their PC by optimizing the data storage of Windows XP's system registry, a critical and often sluggish part of the system. [PRWEB Mar 27, 2005]

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits." 02/17/2004 11:57 PM
As per a recent post, I love to see (and hope to one day do it myself) Open Source Software in Non-Profits. Seems http://www.nosi.net found my post: http://thelostolive.net/tlo/comments.php?id=1786_0_1_0_C And commented the release of its new guide "Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits." And now in their own words: ___snip____ -- From: Katrin Verclas Email: steering (a) nosi.net Hi, Kevin - NOSI actually just released a new...

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group 05/07/2004 04:33 PM
A key leader in the open-source software movement has been appointed to the board of Open Source Risk Management, which is defending the legal standing of open-source software.

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine 03/08/2004 11:20 PM
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/030104/open.html ASK A GROUP OF corporate IT leaders whether they'd rather stick their arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their sleeves. Not to do any downloading, either.

Office 2003 Tool: Local Installation
Source Tool

Office 2003 Tool: Local Installation
Source Tool 05/28/2004 01:48 AM
The Local Installation Source Tool is a wizard to help manage your Local Installation Source (LIS) on computers running Microsoft Office 2003. The LIS Tool allows you to enable or disable LIS, and to move the MsoCache folder to a new volume. This download is intended for use by customers and network administrators with LIS issues who contact Microsoft Product Support Services. Local Installation Source is a Setup feature. When a user installs Microsoft Office 2003 from a CD or a compressed CD image on the network, Setup copies any required installation files to a hidden folder on the local computer. Microsoft Windows Installer uses this local installation source to install Office, and the local source remains available for repairing, reinstalling or updating Office later on. Users can install features on demand or run Setup in maintenance mode to add new features without their original media.

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life 06/23/2004 08:27 PM
As Canada protects the patents on genes, Download Aborted wonders whether the genetic code should be considered Open Source. It's slashdotted here. And as atonement for saying something positive about the people at Microsoft — man, you folks are rough! — here's some slashdottism about the anti-Open Source think tanks that Microsoft is funding. (But I still like the Microsofties I've met. So there.)...

Open source opportunity, open source
risk

Open source opportunity, open source
risk 09/22/2004 10:44 AM
I've been traveling more than usual lately, and while on the road I've been working my way through the ITConversations audio archive. It's full of gems, and one of them is Doug Kaye's interview with Philip Greenspun. While discussing the ArsDigita flameout, Greenspun offers insightful perspectives on the opportunity, and the risk, of open source as a business model. ...

Open source process for open source
development

Open source process for open source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

Sun has given every possible indication that Open Solaris will be run as a true open source project. The latest indication is the make-up of the board of directors: Casper Dik, Roy Fielding, Al Hopper, Simon Phipps, and Rich Teer. (via Simon Phipps - congrats Simon!)

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb) 04/08/2005 04:56 AM
TechWeb - The software vendor will add to the 20 products it now offers for source-code inspection under its Shared Source Initiative.

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community 05/05/2004 04:06 AM
About a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification, addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and privileges that we associate with open source software.

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source 02/13/2004 02:37 PM
What should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the whole enchilada.

Open source process for closed source
development

Open source process for closed source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

IBM Adopts Open Development Internally: "Following on the success of its Eclipse open-source development platform, IBM has quietly been using a form of open-source development internally to create technology the company will sell commercially.

IBM calls its model Community Source, which it defines as a collaborative, internal, open-source-style environment for developing and testing new technology.

Danny Sabbah, vice president of strategy and technology for the IBM Software Group, in Armonk, N.Y., said IBM is using its Community Source model across 100 projects and 2,000 developers in the company. These projects span the IBM Software Group, Systems Group, Research and Global Services, he said."

Very interesting. I'd like to learn more about that. What parts of the so called open source development process have they built into the Community Source model? I've found that most developers have different definitions of the open source development process (via Ross Gardler).

Flaw in Google's New Desktop Tool

Flaw in Google's New Desktop Tool 12/22/2004 01:40 AM
Slashdot Dec 20 2004 6:39PM GMT

Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model.

Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model. 02/18/2004 10:41 PM
Pi ngtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With New Open Source Business Model. Interesting.

Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead.

Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead. 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
The meeting comprised four panels: Business, Technical, Legal, and Social and Ethical, each of which featured an introduction of the issues and follow-up with an interactive discussion between the speakers and the audience. The aim was to capture and publish the issues discussed in order to raise the industry awareness of the benefits of Open Source.

Java desktop wins has Sun seeing green

Java desktop wins has Sun seeing green 06/29/2004 03:41 PM
ZDNet Jun 29 2004 8:16PM GMT
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