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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “OSS”

• Students line up for new free software master at open universities

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  osor.eu: Two of Europes open universities, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Spain and Open Universiteit in the Netherlands, are about to start the first courses of what will become a Master programme on free and open source software and open standards. Advertisement: read more
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• Microsoft Azure to capture open source revenue streams

  
  SUSE Linux Enterprise in the Americas — Authority: 121
  Microsoft Azure to capture open source revenue streams rand($thoughts);: “When Amazon decided to offer MySQL via Amazon RDS, they did so without purchasing MySQL support from Sun. I’ve confirmed that Microsoft Azure is supporting MySQL on Azure without paying Sun for a MySQL Enterprise subscription” ...
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• FSF works with PayPal to the benefit of the free software community

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  fsf.org: The Free Software Foundation thanks PayPal for responding to its concerns and making its terms more free software friendly. Advertisement: read more
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• Bona fide open source

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  itpro.co.uk: Has open source become a victim of its own success as businesses identify as it just to look good? Advertisement: read more
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• Proprietary Software: Still Not Doomed, Sorry

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  informationweek.com: These days, I can scarcely click a mouse without running headlong into some variety of punditry regarding the imminent death of proprietary software thanks to open source. Sorry, I dont believe proprietary software is digging its inevitable collective grave any more than the sun is about to go ...
  2 days ago

• 21 Grams and a Billion Dollars

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  fossbazaar.org: How is it we can know the weight of a persons soul* but not be able to measure the success of a piece of individual FOSS software with the truly compelling metrics needed to satisfy and influence enterprise adopters and governments. Advertisement: read more
  3 days ago

• Get Pumped with South

  
  KilkennyMusic.com - Kilkenny Gigs, Music In Kilkenny, Kilkenny Entertainment, Kilkenny Bands, Sound System Podcast — Authority: 129
  Tonight see’s local rock/fusion outfit South take to the stage upstairs in the Pumphouse. Entry is free with a 10.30pm kickoff. Their CD ‘Insula’ will be available for anyone who wants it. There will also be free copies of The Lions Mane ‘Strands’ to grab for anyone interested. Rumor has it that ...
  4 days ago

• Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom?

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  daniweb.com: According to an ongoing debate over the GPL version 3, he does. How can this be, since Linus Torvalds, creator and chief architect of the Linux kernel, knows about software freedom and free software? Advertisement: read more
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• All Your OS Are Belong to Google – Why Aren’t We Worried?

  
  Stay N' Alive — Authority: 563
  I’m following the stories of the Google Chrome OS release today and am a bit concerned about some of the claims that are being made.  Mashable even goes to the extent of predicting Google is going to “ destroy the desktop ” with it.  Google is banking on the fact that many users use their computers solely ...
  5 days ago

• Chrome OS – because you have more than one computer

  
  Andrej Koelewijn — Authority: 113
  Lots of news on Chrome OS today, but nothing to suprising as far as i can tell. Chrome OS is basically just an operating system than boots straight into a (full screen) browser. All your apps will be web apps. Seems logical. Most of the time i just boot my computer to get online: read news, read mail, look at ...
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• About Open Source Value Creation and Consumption

  
  Commercial Open Source Software — Authority: 416
  The relationship between open source communities and vendors keeps being a topic of debate these days. Simon Phipps at the  South Tyrol Free Software Conference gave a talk about his “ software freedom scorecard “, a method to indicate the approach vendors take to promote software freedom as part of their ...
  6 days ago

• Real Chrome OS Screenshot

  
  The Indexer — Authority: 110
  With Google Holding Chrome OS Event Today to reveal the complete overview and launch plans, for those who can’t wait,here is a REAL screenshot for your curious eyes, enjoy while zillions of people are waiting for the announcement Tagged: chromeos
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• Ho Chi Minh City hosts open source software summit

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  thanhniennews.com: Over 500 participants from 15 countries will join one of the Asia’s top events on free and open source software (FOSS) to be held in Ho Chi Minh City this Friday. Advertisement: read more
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• Kynetx Kills the Portal, Launches Identity Platform for Developers

  
  Stay N' Alive — Authority: 563
  Today at Kynetx Impact Conference Kynetx is changing the future of Web Identity and privacy as we know it by taking the power away from the server and moving it over to users’ desktops, mobile phones, or other client-based technology.   Dr. Phil Windley , company CTO and co-founder in his keynote shared that the ...
  6 days ago

• Open Source Gets Bigger CeBIT Spotlight

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  linuxfoundation.org: The strong growth of open source in IT will be demonstrated with its prominent placement at the worlds largest computer event, CeBIT 2010. Advertisement: read more
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• Guinea: Omega Strategic Services Providing Security and Training to Military Junta

  
  Feral Jundi — Authority: 480
     Interesting little story, and maybe some folks from  Omega Strategic Services  can elaborate on this one. - Matt —————————————————————— SAPS officer ‘training Guinea mercenaries’ By Peter Fabricius Foreign EditorNovember 18, 2009Several South Africans, led ...
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• Where open source was, and where it is now

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  Where open source was, and where it is now Netherlands open-source policy goes double Dutch Open-source tools could make it easier to build a hybrid cloud Chair of Denmark’s standards committee: ‘Microsoft is lying’ EU space agency to start a repository for open source applications B-Reel goes Open Source ...
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• COSS BI: Open Source, Open Core or Openly Naked?

  
  Roman Stanek's Push-Button Thinking — Authority: 400
  Peter Yared wrote recently a BusinessWeek guest blog post called “Failure of Commercial Open Source Software.” Not surprisingly his post caused a lot of angry replies from people who work for COSS companies. “The emperor is not naked” they argued. I believe that the COSS emperor is openly naked. And the ...
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• Para Bellum Web

  
  Shepherd's Pi — Authority: 104
  Tim OReilly, Ray Ozzie Tim O’Reilly created a bit of a stir last night in the tech world by writing a thoughtful essay entitled “ The War for the Web .” He’ll be expanding on his thoughts in his keynote address today at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York . From the essay, here’s the core argument: ...
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• Flinders University gives open source the boot

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  computerworld.com.au: Flinders University will migrate its 16,000 students over to Microsoft’s Live@edu email platform from mid-2010 after dropping an in-house open source solution. Advertisement: read more
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