Users as Innovators - Why Open Source Works
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Open-Source VS Team System Alternative
in the Works
Open-Source VS Team System Alternative
in the Works
04/12/2005 11:43 AMThe NTeam project (ironically hosted on Microsoft's GotDotNet
Workspaces) is working on an open-source alternative to Microsoft's
forthcoming Visual Studio Team System.
LinuxWorld to draw open-source users
LinuxWorld to draw open-source users
08/02/2004 06:44 AMSan Francisco Chronicle Aug 2 2004 10:23AM GMT
Open-Source Users Offered Insurance
Against SCO and Its Ilk
Open-Source Users Offered Insurance
Against SCO and Its Ilk
04/19/2004 04:32 PMAs the move to protect Linux users from copyright infringement claims
like those made by The SCO Group Inc. gains momentum, users of the
open-source operating system are now being offered insurance-like
protection against such claims.
Users laud open source VPN code
Users laud open source VPN code
04/14/2005 10:07 PMNote to innovators: translate technology
to users
Note to innovators: translate technology
to users
03/06/2004 01:51 AMWhen I heard about the XHTML Friends Network, I kind of filed
it away with FOAF and other
technology projects that sound interesting but entirely too academic,
since they often offer no immediate means to incorporate them into my
sites/tools. When I noticed that XFN was a blogroll thing and that I
recently started using some code to extract my blo.gs favorites into
a blogroll here on this site, I asked Jim if it was possible to
incorporate xfn into the blo.gs tool.
He launched it today and here's a screenshot of
the interface for one of my favorites. It's dead simple, letting you
click a few boxes and push a button to fill out your relationship info
and eventually the info will percolate into my blogroll here on my
site.
A lot of new technologies focus so much on the nitty gritty details
of RDF, XML, etc and I think developers forget that people won't or
can't use any technology until it's got an easy-to-use interface. I
know it's important at some level, but I couldn't care less about say,
which RDF vocabulary FOAF will use, I only care how easy it will be to
add FOAF stuff to my site (best is having something do it
automatically) and what cool apps people can build off it.
Open Source Users Unaffected by Sasser
Worm
Open Source Users Unaffected by Sasser
Worm
05/20/2004 04:15 AMSecurity fears push users to open source
Security fears push users to open source
12/05/2003 05:32 PMPersonal Computer World Dec 5 2003 4:19PM ET
What proprietary software can teach open
source developers about winning over new
users
What proprietary software can teach open
source developers about winning over new
users
04/12/2005 08:04 AMBeing the best doesn't always mean being the most popular. We all know
of many inferior products that are immensely, sometimes perplexingly,
popular. However, this does not mean that one must forsake the pursuit
of excellence when pursuing a broad market share. As proponents of
open source software, it should not be beneath us to pursue popularity
or to look to proprietary developers as examples. And by following the
right examples, we can help spread the usage of open source software
without sacrificing the goal of software excellence.
Users praise plan to make Ingres
database open source
Users praise plan to make Ingres
database open source
05/28/2004 04:54 PMLAS VEGAS -- Users of the Ingres enterprise relational database heaped
praise on Computer Associates International Inc.'s plan to release the
code for the database to the open-source community under a new
licensing scheme.
Users praise CA plan to make Ingres an
open-source database
Users praise CA plan to make Ingres an
open-source database
05/28/2004 04:55 PMThe Ingres database is going open-source under a new CA licensing
plan, a move cheered by users who find it mature and easy to use but
feel the company hasn't promoted it enough.
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 PMAs 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 PMA 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 PMhttp://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.
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.)...
Re: Apache Http Server Reveals Script
Source Code to Remote Users And Any
Users Can Access The Forbidden Directory
("/WEB-INF/")
Re: Apache Http Server Reveals Script
Source Code to Remote Users And Any
Users Can Access The Forbidden Directory
("/WEB-INF/")
02/16/2004 04:00 PMAxel Beckert - ecos gmbh (Feb 13 2004)
Re: Apache Http Server Reveals Script
Source Code to Remote Users And Any
Users Can Access The Forbidden Directory
("/WEB-INF/")
Re: Apache Http Server Reveals Script
Source Code to Remote Users And Any
Users Can Access The Forbidden Directory
("/WEB-INF/")
02/10/2004 06:47 PMDave Weis (Feb 09 2004)
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!)
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.
...Microsoft works to 'shield' users from
worms
Microsoft works to 'shield' users from
worms
06/10/2004 08:05 AMComputer Weekly Jun 10 2004 12:32PM GMT
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.
...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 AMTechWeb - 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 AMAbout 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 PMWhat 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).
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.
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 PMPi
ngtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With New Open Source Business
Model. Interesting.
Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware
Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware
12/19/2003 11:45 AMMSFT's apparent incapacity for patching MSIE vulnerabilities hasn't
deterred open-source hackers, who have released a free software patch
for a well-known Explorer vulnerability.
Update: Andrew sez, "...it contains buffer overflow exploits that are wide open for hax0r5 to take
advantage of. In addition, it redirects weird URL requests to -it's
own website-."
Update: Yoz points out
that the patch has been patched.
Link
(via /.)
Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks
Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks
04/12/2005 08:07 PMAccessible through common Web browsers, the collaboration platform
lets users share e-mail, calendar, tasks, threaded discussions and
documents originating from both proprietary and open-source systems.
When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter
When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter
07/20/2004 11:14 AMOne frustration too many: time for a rant. When a bug in Mozilla
(keyboard focus is on the previously selected window) has remained
unfixed for at least 18 to 24 months, when XFree86 mouse interaction
with PS/2 or GPM remains hazardous and makes a system unusable and
that bug has been fobbed off to the kernel developers and not dealt
with for at least two years - when there are more examples like this
that make using Open Source software a pain, what do you do?
Are you one of the few people with the time and money and
expertise sufficient to delve into the source yourself to fix the
problem?
Do we have it "too good" and these niggles are, by comparison to
the rest of the world's computer users (Windows), absolute peanuts?
More Than Open Data at the 2004 O'Reilly
Open Source Convention
More Than Open Data at the 2004 O'Reilly
Open Source Convention
08/09/2004 12:52 AMWi-Fi Technology Forum Aug 9 2004 5:11AM GMT
Linux Sees Open Field for Open Source
(washingtonpost.com)
Linux Sees Open Field for Open Source
(washingtonpost.com)
08/03/2004 10:28 AMwashingtonpost.com - Plenty of tech experts have spent years trying to
convince the general public that the Linux operating system is
becoming more of a threat to Microsoft's Windows. With the LinuxWorld
conference underway this week in San Francisco, there is finally a
sure-fire sign that this may be the case: Microsoft won't be there.
Why open distribution is the real
promise of open source
Why open distribution is the real
promise of open source
06/16/2004 11:32 AM The White Rabbit has beckoned us down the wrong rabbit hole. Much has
been made about the open source revolution, and with good reason. The
open source development model produces superior software. But, in my
estimation, the real promise of open source lies not in open source,
but rather in open distribution. Here's why ...
Open source cracks publishing wide open
Open source cracks publishing wide open
06/17/2004 11:24 AMOnce upon a time, publishing was the domain of large corporations.
Then came desktop publishing and the tools to produce a book shrank
from the cost of an aircraft carrier to the price tag of a PT boat.
Now, small publishers on the bleeding edge of technology are fomenting
a revolution that may change the publishing market forever. Open
source publishing tools, long derided as not being ready for battle,
are proving themselves in the trenches of small publishing.
Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source
Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source
02/13/2004 02:37 PMANALYSIS: Redmond would be smart to make lemonade out of lemons by
releasing the rest of the Windows code and letting developers have at
it.
Open-Xchange Server goes open source
Open-Xchange Server goes open source
08/04/2004 09:46 AMLINUXWORLD -- Open-Xchange Server, the Microsoft Exchange Server
workalike, is being released under the GPL at the end of August.
Open-Xchange Server is the engine behind Novell/SUSE's Openexchange
Server, and is produced by Netline Internet Service. Netline CEO Frank
Hoberg will be in the Novell booth during most of the LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo, displaying what a company press release
describes as "the industry's top-selling Linux-based groupware,
collaboration, and messaging application."
Open Arms for Open-Source News
Open Arms for Open-Source News
07/22/2004 06:17 AMA California newspaper is turning over the news to the people: If you
think it's news, it probably is to somebody, so write it up. By Daniel
Terdiman.
Open source and visible source
Open source and visible source
06/08/2004 09:11 AM
Zope Corp.'s layered strategy of engagement with open source and
visible-source communities is a compelling blend of the strengths of
free and commercial software development. In two previous columns, Open
source citizenship and Giving
back to open source, I explored the tendency of enterprises to
fork open source projects rather than join them. Pedhazur suggests
that a commercial entity supporting both an open source base and a
visible-source layered product can reduce the need to fork. By
outsourcing code enhancements, the argument goes, an enterprise can
enjoy single-throat-to-choke control without seceding from a project's
community. It remains to be seen how broadly this model can apply, but
in cases where it does, what's not to like? [Full story at
InfoWorld.com]
In this
two-minute
clip, Zope Corp.'s Chairman Hadar Pedhazur describes the visible
source model as a middle-ground option between the few large open
source projects, whose direction an enterprise cannot easily
influence, and the many smaller ones that enterprises can influence,
but typically fork in order to do so.
...Microsoft open to open source
Microsoft open to open source
06/24/2004 12:49 PMMicrosoft Corp. says it is looking to turn over more of its programs
to open-source software developers, playing a greater role in a
process that the Redmond company has criticized strongly at times in
the past.
Money-makers like the company's Windows operating system and Office
productivity suite aren't on the table -- or anywhere near it.
But the company has so far released two software-development tools to
the open-source community, and it wants to continue the practice, a
Microsoft platform manager told an industry group this week.
Open season on open source
Open season on open source
05/21/2004 01:07 AMGrok Description matches for Users as Innovators - Why Open Source Works
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Users as Innovators - Why Open Source Works
