Austin considering shift from Microsoft to free software
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Shift To Open-Source Software Ups Ante
For Microsoft, Oracle
Shift To Open-Source Software Ups Ante
For Microsoft, Oracle
12/11/2003 03:51 AMInvestors Business Daily Dec 11 2003 3:29AM ET
Free Austin
Free Austin
11/10/2003 10:53 PMThis Austin Statesman story ran last week; if you missed it, it's
worth checking out: Austin has a thriving Wi-Fi community, many of
whom believe that hot spots should be free. One group of volunteers
that will set up a hot spot for venue, sometimes using donated gear. I
talked to Rich MacKinnon, the founder of Less Networks and a driving
force behind Austin’s free networks movement, and was impressed by his
passion and drive. While this article points out that the free hot
spots in Austin are often more crowded then the cafes where you have
to pay to get online, I still think that ultimately there will be
space for both free and fee. The trick will be offering something
worth paying for in the fee sites, such as added security or
guaranteed bandwidth....
Free Wi-fi in Austin
Free Wi-fi in Austin
01/25/2004 09:52 PMFound this list:
Free Wireless Internet Access
Points in Austin, Texas
... and I figured everyone I knew needed to know where all the free
wi-fi spots were in Austin too.
Free and Easy in Austin
Free and Easy in Austin
11/03/2003 11:13 AMAustin's free hotspot locations grow: This article implies that Austin
is unique, and while it does have an interesting confluence of several
trends -- and Schlotzsky's and Wayport are both headquartered there --
there are dozens of free locations in other large cities as well. It
seems to be more of a coalescing community attitude, however, that
free hotspots make more sense than for-fee ones that's provoked this
and similar articles. The Schlotzsky's survey, by the way, is months
old, but the company keeps bringing it out. They have both free
computer access (via Apple iMacs) and free wireless at their test
stores, and their survey showed that six percent of visitors to the
stores during the survey came because of wireless access. At $7 for an
average customer purchase, that equates to $100,000 in gross
additional revenue per store, not overall, as the article implied. But
Schlotzsky's should really revamp those numbers given the massive
publicity they've received and the length of the experiment. [via
Smart Mobs]...
MIT Backs Brazil's Free Software over
Microsoft
MIT Backs Brazil's Free Software over
Microsoft
03/22/2005 03:21 PMMIT's Media Lab has recommended that Brazil install open-source
software instead of proprietary software offered by Microsoft on
thousands of computers that will be sold to the poor.
There's Life after Microsoft, Say Free
Software Advocates
There's Life after Microsoft, Say Free
Software Advocates
01/24/2004 05:01 PMVicente Ruiz, a Spanish advocate of the use of free software, feigned
displeasure as he sat down to help a journalist working at the World
Social Forum (WSF) in January. ''Aghh, Windows!'' he quipped.
''Working with Windows is like being in prison,'' fellow technical
expert and free software campaigner, Juan Carlos Gentile of the free
software group Hipatia, told IPS.
Big Blue takes on Microsoft in free
software push
Big Blue takes on Microsoft in free
software push
07/20/2004 09:25 AMCOMPUTING LEVIATHAN IBM is to offer free access to its software to US
universities, the Wall St Journal reports today. The newspaper said
that universities in the USA often teach the students to program for
Microsoft platforms, but that could be restricting. So IBM will help
universities by giving access to both its software and to developing
courses aimed at teaching about operating systems such as Linux,
languages like Java and database products such as DB2.
Microsoft rolls out free anti-spyware
software (AFP)
Microsoft rolls out free anti-spyware
software (AFP)
01/06/2005 04:39 PMAFP - Microsoft Corp. unveiled free software designed to help guard
against threats faced by computer users in the form of spyware and
other malicious programs.
Microsoft Proclaims Death of Free
Software Model
Microsoft Proclaims Death of Free
Software Model
11/12/2003 04:28 PMgeoff313 writes " As previously mentioned here, Microsoft's new wave
of FUD has begun to arrive. This time it is courtesy of Bradley Tipp,
Microsoft's UK ...
IEEE rejects free Microsoft software;
Linux "works better"
IEEE rejects free Microsoft software;
Linux "works better"
12/30/2003 01:31 AMNewsForge: "IEEE -- the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers -- was getting free Microsoft-based wireless (and wired)
networking products, but decided it was better to pay for Linux-based
networking because it worked better."...
Austin business sued in Microsoft
anti-counterfeiting case
Austin business sued in Microsoft
anti-counterfeiting case
04/11/2005 11:38 PMbizjournals.com Apr 12 2005 4:05AM GMT
Siemens to shift 10k software jobs to
Eastern Europe - report
Siemens to shift 10k software jobs to
Eastern Europe - report
12/12/2003 08:08 AMEastward ho!
Siemens plans shift of software
developers to lower-cost countries
Siemens plans shift of software
developers to lower-cost countries
12/12/2003 04:20 PMSiliconValley.com Dec 12 2003 2:53PM ET
India's Upcoming Free Software, Free
Society Conference
India's Upcoming Free Software, Free
Society Conference
06/05/2005 11:10 PMFree software advocates and IT delegates from around the world will be
in Kerala, India, this week in the hopes of building free software
collaborations for the future.
Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003
SP1The software vendor releases to
manufacturing and as a free download
Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003
SP1The software vendor releases to
manufacturing and as a free download
04/07/2005 07:09 AMeWeek Apr 7 2005 11:51AM GMT
Microsoft offers exchange program to
shift 64-bit OS
Microsoft offers exchange program to
shift 64-bit OS
08/04/2004 02:35 AMDirect and Related
Links for 'Microsoft offers exchange program to shift 64-bit
OS'
“Microsoft Corp. next week will issue a revision to the
latest beta of its Windows Server 2003 for 64-bit Extended Systems and
offer a license exchange program for users who buy 64-bit hardware
before the final version of the operating system ships next
year.”…
Microsoft courts governments in strategy
shift
Microsoft courts governments in strategy
shift
05/28/2004 12:34 PMHaving faced high-profile antitrust cases in both the U.S. and
European Union (E.U.), Microsoft Corp. may not immediately spring to
mind as governments' favored friend. So it is perhaps not surprising
that the software giant has waged a quiet campaign in recent months to
change its image from that of monopolist to "good corporate citizen."
Microsoft courts govts after strategy
shift
Microsoft courts govts after strategy
shift
06/01/2004 05:37 AMComputer Weekly Jun 1 2004 10:12AM GMT
Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices
Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices
06/12/2004 02:48 AMBarefoot Software Asia Limited (BSAL) is pleased to announce the
launch Australian Swimsuit Edition-Free (ASE), via the Barefoot
Software website (http://www.barefootsoft.com) for immediate download.
ASE is a Cardmate application for mobile phones which is being
launched for Free as a promotional application to end users who have a
Symbian based mobile phone. ASE, the first Australian swimsuit model
application for Smartphone devices in the World can initially be
downloaded by users who have a Nokia (6600/3650/7650), Sony Ericsson
P800/P900 and other compatible phones from the barefoot Web site.
[PRWEB Jun 12, 2004]
Microsoft counsel sees shift in problem
solving
Microsoft counsel sees shift in problem
solving
05/02/2004 05:50 AMSiliconValley.com May 2 2004 10:41AM GMT
EU Microsoft Ruling: Seismic Shift Or
Shaky Ground?
EU Microsoft Ruling: Seismic Shift Or
Shaky Ground?
12/30/2004 02:26 PMA court ruling last week gives European Union's trustbusters the upper
hand in their long battle with Microsoft.
The company reluctantly started dismantling the practice that has made
it the dominant player in the global software market. It will soon
sell a version of Windows without its popular music and video
applications. That was required after an European Union court decided
not to delay earlier sanctions.
Celerus Networks® Unveils All-In-One
Wi-Fi Management Software Suite in a
Free Software License Package – Offer
Makes Wi-Fi More Affordable than Ever
Celerus Networks® Unveils All-In-One
Wi-Fi Management Software Suite in a
Free Software License Package – Offer
Makes Wi-Fi More Affordable than Ever
06/22/2005 02:31 AMCelerus Networks ships its feature-rich Wi-Fi management software
suite with a no-cost software license delivering unprecedented savings
to network builders & managers. The wireless management package
offers unsurpassed affordability coupled with comprehensive support
services. [PRWEB Jun 20, 2005]
Mobilization of Software Developers: The
Free Software Movement
Mobilization of Software Developers: The
Free Software Movement
06/17/2004 05:32 AMMobilization of Software Developers: The Free Software
Movement by Margret S. Elliott and Walter Scacchihttp://ope
nsource.mit.edu/papers/elliottscacchi2.pdfAbstract by Author:Free/open source software
(F/OSS) development projects are growing at a rapid rate. Globally
dispersed virtual communities with large groups of software developers
contribute time and effort often without pay. One force behind this
phenomenon is the Free Software Movement (FSM), a 20 year-old social
movement whose purpose is to promote the use of free software instead
of proprietary software. We show how the ideology of the FSM
influences software development work practices in F/OSS communities
and how an occupational community of F/OSS developers has emerged from
this movement. We present results from an empirical study of a F/OSS
development community, GNUenterprise (GNUe) whose purpose is to build
an Enterprise Resource Planning system. We show how the beliefs in
freedom and freedom of choice, and the values of cooperative work and
community building are manifested in the GNUe norms of informal
self-management, immediate acceptance of fellow contributors, and open
disclosure.
From Printers to Printing: Free Lyra
Webcast Tracks Consumer Mind Shift -
Webcast Examines how Consumers are
Making Smarter Choices to Meet Unique
Needs
From Printers to Printing: Free Lyra
Webcast Tracks Consumer Mind Shift -
Webcast Examines how Consumers are
Making Smarter Choices to Meet Unique
Needs
06/22/2005 02:53 AMLyra Research's next Webcast on Wednesday, June 22, at 2 p.m. EDT will
explore changes in consumer attitudes toward home printing options.
"The Mind Shift from Printers to Printing" is presented by Larry
Jamieson, director of Lyra's Hard Copy Industry Advisory Service. The
free Webcast has already drawn attention from key printer and supplies
vendors and promises to provide insight and analysis of recent changes
in the home printer market. Participants may register for the free
Webcast at www.lyra.com. [PRWEB Jun 21, 2005]
Microsoft software partner finds
Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
Microsoft software partner finds
Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
06/24/2005 03:22 PMThe Register Jun 24 2005 5:11PM GMT
PHP: Free Software on Free Tools
PHP: Free Software on Free Tools
05/17/2004 10:25 AMOpen
Source: Open Source Scripting Made Easy: This is an article about
PHP scripting tools that makes an important point:
Commercial scripting languages have drawn success from
powerful and widely used development tools: ASP has Visual Studio,
ColdFusion has Macromedia's Dreamweaver, and JSP has a variety of
tools from commercial sources such as Borland and open source projects
such as Eclipse and NetBeans. PHP's enormous success, however, is not
tied to specific tools.
Some friends of mine have been working with Microsoft's .Net
platform. They tell me it's amazing ("fan-friggin'-tastic," one of
them called it). This is great, but I guess I don't like anything
where the barrier to entry is so high — first you have to have a
Windows server, then you have to have the Windows dev environment.
I code PHP in EditPlus,
which cost me all of $30, and that was an optional purchase because
there are so many other free alternatives. Maybe I'm just a snob.
Via PHP|Architect.
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Not just free software under threat
Not just free software under threat
06/01/2004 10:32 AMLetter Richard Stallman writes
You don't have to use free software
until you're ready
You don't have to use free software
until you're ready
08/02/2004 08:24 AMOne thing I try to drive home when speaking or giving an interview
about Linux and open source software is the concept that, unlike
commercial software, open source doesn't need more people to use it.
You can take your time and use what you want when you want.
help the British think about free
software?
help the British think about free
software?
09/03/2004 09:26 PMThe UK Parliamentary Office on Science and Technology is preparing a
POST note on 'Open Source'. (No, I didn't know what a POST note is
exactly either, but check it out
here.) The author is looking for helpful comments. I've created a
temporary email address
for David Berry. You can send him comments at that address for a week.
Apple Software: The End Of Free
Apple Software: The End Of Free
01/11/2004 09:23 PMI am not going to suggest that Apple reverse its path... On the other
hand, I do want to see Apple set as low a price point for its stuff as
possible. By Gene Steinberg (Mac Night Owl via MyAppleMenu)
Unmaintained Free Software
Unmaintained Free Software
04/07/2005 05:18 AMNew Wiki
New Papers at Opensource and Free
Software MIT
New Papers at Opensource and Free
Software MIT
01/01/2004 12:18 PMThe following papers have been recently posted to New Papers on:
http://freesoftware.mit.eduhttp://opensource.mit.eduPAPER 1Author:
Vadén
Tere
Title:
Intellectual Property, Open Source
and Free Softwarehttp://opensource.mi
t.edu/papers/vaden.pdfAbstract
The notion of
intellectual property is used in order to create digital commodities.
While the commodification of code is useful for certain kinds of
knowledge intesive work (the Taylorist forms), it severely disrupts
other types of knowledge creation. Applying Scott Lash's division of
knowledge creation into organisational and disorganisational types, we
also gain insight into the different positions towards IP held by
different wings of the FOSS community.
PAPER
2Authors:
Garzarelli, Giampaolo & Roberto
Galoppini
Title:
Capability Coordination in
Modular Organization: Voluntary FS/OSS Production and the Case of
Debian GNU/Linuxhttp:/
/opensource.mit.edu/papers/garzarelligaloppini.pdfAbstract:
The paper analyzes voluntary Free Software/Open
Source Software (FS/OSS) organization of work. The empirical setting
considered is the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. The paper finds
that the production process is hierarchical notwithstanding the
modular (nearly decomposable) architecture of software and of
voluntary FS/OSS organization. But voluntary FS/OSS project
organization is not hierarchical for the same reasons suggested by the
most familiar theories of economic organization: hierarchy is
justified for coordination of continuous change, rather than for the
direction of static production. Hierarchy is ultimately the overhead
attached to the benefits engendered by modular organization.
PAPER 3Author:
Modica,
Salvatore
Title:
Knowledge Transfer in R&D
Outsourcing (and Linux-Vs-Windows)http://opensource.m
it.edu/papers/modica.pdfAbstract:
Why did
Microsoft not hire all those smart programmers who ended up developing
Linux through the internet? Because, we answer, the value of the
information about its operating system that Microsoft should have
transferred to any of them to render her productive would have been
too high compared to her expected individual contribution, so that
after writing a contract with Microsoft the typical developer would
have run away to sell the acquired knowledge on the market. On the
other hand, knowledge transfer in R&D outsourcing is not always so
critical, and for example in the pharmaceutical and chemical
industries research contracts are extensively used, usually in the
context of a long term relationship between firm and innovator. We
analyze this kind of repeated interaction, and find that when the
knowledge-transfer problem is not blocking, the firm should transfer
to the innovator as much information as it is compatible with the
latter's incentive constraints.
PAPER 4Author
Dafermos, George
Title:
Blogging the Markethttp://opensourc
e.mit.edu/papers/dafermos3.pdfAbstract:
Weblogs
have been recently characterised as the "open source media". And in
much the same way that open source software is been deployed, marketed
and sold within both commercial and non-commercial contexts, weblogs
can advance both commercial and non-commercial objectives. However, in
this primary - research paper, the focus is on the benefits that
organisations can seize by embracing weblogs, and how weblogs are
bound to revitalise marketplace and workplace conversations. In
addition, several case studies are being analysed, ranging from
Slashdot and Openflows to Amazon, Macromedia, Groove Networks, and
Gizmodo.
PAPER 5Author:
McCormick, Chip
Title:
The Big Project That
Never Ends': Role and Task Negotiation Within an Emerging Occupational
Community (Dissertation in progress)http://opensourc
e.mit.edu/papers/mccormick.pdfAbstract:
This
dissertation involved in-depth interviews of over fifty open source
developers in two major open source projects. The primary areas of
interest were 1) conducting an ethnographic study of the work
practices and culture of 'post-burecratic' organizations to see what
lessons these groups may hold for managing intellectual labor and 2)
examining whether the open source movement represents a new
professional model for software engineering.
PAPER
6Updated Paper
Author:
Chiao,
Benjamin Hak-Fung
Title:
An Economic Theory of
Free and Open Source Software: A Tour from Lighthouse to Chinese-Style
Socialism (revised version)http://opensource.mi
t.edu/papers/chiao.pdfAbstract
The theory is that
free and open source software is private property under the guise of
common property. Such software is distributed mostly under the GNU
General Public License. The intents in The GNU Manifesto suggest
striking similarities between this license and communism. The
resulting economic properties, however, are similar to those of
Chinese-style socialism: both resulted from an increased separation of
legal and economic ownership. The phenomenal growth of China in the
last twenty five years and of such software in the past few years
could be attributed to such separation.
PAPER
7Abstract Submission
Author:
Muffatto, Moreno & Matteo Faldani
Title:
Open Source as a Complex Adaptive System - Published in
Emergence 5 (3)http://www.emergence.org/Abstract:
The Open Source community and its
activities can be considered to have the characteristics of a system.
The Open Source system is distinctive because it is neither controlled
by a central authority that defines strategy and organization nor
totally chaotic. It can be placed at a middle position between a
planned system and a chaotic one. In this sort of position there are
non-formal rules which allow the system to produce significant
results. The Complex Adaptive System theory can be used to better
understand and analyze the Open Source system. This work presents a
description of the main characteristics of the functioning of the Open
Source community regarding its organizational structure and
development process. The concept of complex adaptive system is then
introduced and its functioning mechanisms briefly described. Finally,
we will interpret the characteristics of the Open Source community in
the context of complex adaptive systems theory.
Commentary: Free software on Windows
Commentary: Free software on Windows
07/17/2004 08:16 AMI haven't used Windows very often in the past seven or eight years. I
declared my independence on July 4, 1998, and I've never looked back.
Recently I was issued a company laptop. It came with Windows XP
preinstalled, of course, since it is an IBM ThinkPad and only
Microsoft operating systems are available preloaded on IBM (and HP,
and Dell) desktops and laptops destined for North American consumers.
I decided for various reasons to make the ThinkPad a dual-boot
machine. Color me surprised at what I've learned about the Windows
platform since. Who knew there is so much free -- as in speech --
software available for Windows these days?
Help introduce charities to free
software
Help introduce charities to free
software
12/20/2003 03:56 AMWhen I recently searched for organisations that were trying to help
introduce charities to free software, and I found practically no
information. I find this particularly surprising, as charities are, in
many ways, the most worthy organisations to use free software. If you
can go to a charity and propose a solution that is more stable and
secure, free from vendor lock-in, and free to use and maintain, you
can help the organization plough the savings into the work it is there
to do.
Replacing FileMaker with Free Software?
Replacing FileMaker with Free Software?
08/31/2004 01:44 PMGetting Help the Free Software (and Open
Source) Way
Getting Help the Free Software (and Open
Source) Way
10/28/2003 11:06 PM
What happens when the effectiveness of your favorite search
engine turns against you, when it becomes almost too effective to be
useful, giving you so much information that you're not sure where to
start?... Well, my overworked friend, you're in luck. Today, I'll be
covering the holy grail of information gathering: asking people... In
the process, I will also show you some of the better locations to
begin your searches and give you a few pointers in getting the most
out of your queries.
Free software Java platforms
Free software Java platforms
01/14/2003 02:28 PM
Richard Stallman is interested whether XSLT-process,
my XSLT processor and debugger Emacs interface for the Saxon and Xalan XSLT processors runs
on top of a free
software JDK.
As far as I know Kaffe is one
such free-software implementation of a Java virtual machine. There are
many other implementations listed at Kaffe's Web site.
Does anybody have any experience with any of these in a real
project? How much of the JVM functionality and the associated class
libraries in JDK 1.3 are implemented? Can one run an XML parser and an
XSLT processor like Saxon or Xalan on top of them?
CA revives free AV software offer
CA revives free AV software offer
11/18/2003 05:30 PMMicrosoft supplies 'kiss of life'
CA offers free antivirus software
CA offers free antivirus software
11/18/2003 07:50 PMComputer Associates is giving away security software to consumers to
stop them from spreading computer viruses--but the deal could
undermine the strength of its competitors.
Grok Description matches for Austin considering shift from Microsoft to free software
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