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Try Desktoptwo for a Web-based desktop

I was going to write about Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo and what that would do to open source...but that topic has already been beaten to death. And besides - we don't know if it's going to happen or not (we can certainly hope it doesn't.) Anyway......

Tags: Desktop, Web, F/OSS, Desktoptwo, Sapotek, Open Source, Jack Wallen

Blog posts 2008-02-04

2008 will be the year of the open source CMS

I still remember when the future of the content management system CMS dawned on me; I was reading A List Apart article titled, "CMS and the Single Web Designer." Until reading that, I had been plugging away in HTML making Web sites whose pages and designs had to be updated...

Tags: Web, Web Site, F/OSS, Content Management System, User, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Software, Barrie North

Blog posts 2008-02-04

Create a full-featured, database-driven Web application using free and open source software

Practical PHP and MySQL: Building Eight Dynamic Web Applications demonstrates that it's easy to build commercial-quality Web applications using free and open source software. The book walks you through the code for eight useful, dynamic Web applications, and includes diagrams and screenshots as well as simple, practical explanations...

Tags: Web Application, Prentice Hall Inc., F/OSS, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Book chapters 2007-05-03

And the French choose...

What a biased load of crockYou state opinion and not fact, and if you ask me, who gives a flying f**k about what the French do? Anything that is anti-American and reeks of socialism is OK with those cowardly fools.How to get the vote you wantWhat a well worded...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Tony Hopkinson, F/OSS, software, developer

Discussion threads 2007-03-12

Skill sets and company size

I am seeing a growing gap between the technology used by mega corporations and by small/medium/large companies. The latest evidence of this is Port 80's recent survey showing Microsoft IIS in complete domination of the Fortune 1000's public Web sites. My initial reaction was to be...

Tags: Job, Skill, Environment, Apache Software Foundation, Server, Microsoft IIS Server, F/OSS, Recruitment & Selection, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Hardware, Justin James

Blog posts 2006-10-16

FOSS is an alternative, not true freedom

Is Free/Open Source Software FOSS really all about "freedom of choice?" Or is it really about simply "having a choice?" I believe it is the latter. I really hate to say it, too. I like the LAMP stack as the main front of the FOSS movement, and there is a...

Tags: Perl, Choice, F/OSS, LAMP, Open Source, Justin James

Blog posts 2006-10-09

Thoughts on User Communities

No amount of money can bootstrap a "community". No amount of "free stuff" can generate a "community". Just because you open sourced it does not mean that they will come, either. This is a reality that too many dreamers and idealists and ambitious folks ignore. I keep hearing over and...

Tags: “community�, Community, F/OSS, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2003, Skyscrapr

Blog posts 2007-01-29

EU Commission Study Finds You'll Save Money Switching to FOSS

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070112025016466The article itself isn't very informative, but the report is quite interesting. all 289 pages of it.:Dediting to add:The url for the PDF format EU report:http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/studies/publications.htm

Tags: F/OSS, it management, Jaqui, linux, software

Discussion threads 2007-01-12

Managing the Risks of Open Source Software

The recent evolution of the telecommunications and IT markets has promoted the use of Free and Open Source Software FOSS in the telecommunications industry. Increased competition in the telecommunications industry leads to the need to reduce the cost of telecommunications solutions. The necessity to cut time to market requires the...

Tags: Software, Open-source Software, F/OSS, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Open Source, Networking

White papers 2005-12-01

Understanding Free/Open Source Software Development Processes

This paper introduces a special issue of Software Process - Improvement and Practice focusing on processes found in Free or Open Source Software Development (F/OSSD) projects. It seeks to provide a background review of research in this area through a review of selected empirical studies of F/OSSD processes. The results...

Tags: F/OSS, University Of California, Open Source

White papers 2005-11-01

Microsoft and Novell: the other shoe drops

Minor quibble"Development frameworks are plentiful, powerful and so easy to use 15 year olds can write world-class software"This is utter balderdash. I do not see many billion dollar companies or even that many FOSS projects (outside of the "roc

Tags: open source report, programming, windows, F/OSS, Justin James, Linux, developer, world class, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, operating system

Discussion threads 2006-11-17

Skill Sets and Company Size

Not AlwaysMy billion dollar division of a multi billion dollar corporation primarily uses Linux servers - both in onsite servers for customer and for our ASP implementation.We do use Windows for smaller implementations, primarily because we bought other vendors who had a windows platform.We use Linux for scalability. We can...

Tags: F/OSS, information technology, J.Ja, JamesRL, Java, linux, Linux server, Microsoft IIS Server, scalability, server, split, Web site

Discussion threads 2006-10-17

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Usage in Military Computing

Free and Open Source Software FOSS has been constantly growing in importance and expanding in many software architectures all over the world. This impressive growth has been supported by the numerous successes, the high-quality reputation of FOSS-based systems and significant cost savings. Moreover, many FOSS applications have achieved a level...

Tags: Computing, F/OSS, Open Source

White papers 2005-06-13

FOSS is an Alternative, not True Freedom

Freedom is out thereHave a look at the open for business project www.ofbiz.org you have the freedom to:- choose your database- choose your platform- choose your scripting language- choose your web serverThe freedom of FOSS is that you can change what your not happy with.misses the pointFOSS is about freedom...

Tags: F/OSS, info@...

Discussion threads 2006-10-12

Help wanted to identify 3D animation software

OK people, I'm seeking some recommendations on 3D animation software, for use with LINUX forget Whinedoze that'll work on a 64 bit system. I don't care if I have to pay for it, as long as it works.Please tell me of the programs that you know abou

Tags: 3D, 3d animation, 3D-animation, 64 bit, Blender, Deadly Ernest, F/OSS, Linux, Maya, off-topic, programming, software, tool

Discussion threads 2006-10-11

Software Freedom Day 2006

Link to the original post.As today in the US is LaborDay, I thought I would draw your attention to an event that celebratesthe free labor so many people give to free software. Software Freedom Day 2006 is September 16.Here's a blurb from the site:SoftwareFreedom Day SFD is a worldwide celebration...

Tags: Bradenton, F/OSS, site:Software Freedom Day, software

Blog posts 2006-09-08

Open Source Does Not Make Better Code. Better Programmers Make Better Code.

Every now and then, I will see a "dispelling the myths of open source" type of article, blog, discussion, or whatever come my way, and it always seems to come around to the "more eyeballs means less defects" idea. For whatever reason, many open source proponents seem to believe that...

Tags: F/OSS, open source, Project, Project B, source code

Blog posts 2006-05-01

Additional Resources

OSS Through Java APIs Enable Rapid Assembly of Business Components: End-to-End Carrier-Grade Solutions Now Attainable

By October 2000, fifteen companies that belonged to the Java Community Process JCP program formally agreed to participate in what is now called the OSS through Java (OSS/J) Initiative. The original core OSS/J companies were Sun, Cisco, Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nortel, and Telcordia. The OSS/J Initiative used the JCP...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, J2Ee, Programming Languages, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies

OSS Management Solution

This paper provides information about Operational Support System OSS integration gateways in CA's Network Fault Management solution SPECTRUM. The information contained within will provide the reader with insight into the new toolkits and gateways available which aid in the rapid deployment and integration of CA's software into OSS environments. This...

Tags: Computer Associates International Inc.

White papers 2005-01-01

The OSS Guide for Telecom Service Providers and ISPs

Operational Support Systems OSS are now key to the competitive strategy of modern service providers. ‘Big pipes’ are old news - customers know you can give them the bandwidth they expect. But can you give them the service they expect? If you can’t offer seamless integration and interoperability over a...

Tags: Telecommunications Service Provider, Service Provider, Business Services, Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecommunications, Internet

White papers 2002-02-02