September 28, 2009
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Microsoft really wants people to get excited about Windows 7 so they’re showing people how to put on Windows 7 parties with a video, that already become famous for being incredibly lame. It’s so out-of-touch that it’s funny. For an … Continue reading
September 24, 2009
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The big money software companies, like Microsoft, still rely on proprietary software for their profits. Things are changing though. While businesses like Microsoft and Sun are seeing their profits and growth decline, pure open-source play companies like Red Hat are … Continue reading
September 21, 2009
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Linux’s heart is open source. But, developers can pick and choose how much, if any, proprietary software they want to include in their distribution. Recently, the Free Software Foundation announced its latest additions to its listing of open-source purist distributions. … Continue reading
September 15, 2009
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Open-source medical software has been around for over 30 years. Unless you are in healthcare IT, however, chances are you’ve never even heard of it. But that’s poised to change. With the passage of ARRA (the American Recovery And Reinvestment … Continue reading
September 11, 2009
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Microsoft has founded a new foundation, the CodePlex Foundation which claims to be about bringing open-source and proprietary software companies together to participate side by side in open-source projects. Yeah. Right. There’s a folk tale that goes something like this, … Continue reading
September 7, 2009
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Last week, I argued that the European Commission, the European Union’s top competition authority, was wasting its time delaying Oracle’s acquisition of Sun. Since then, I’ve heard from Henrik Ingo, the COO (chief operating officer) for Monty Program Ab, the … Continue reading