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Earlier today Microsoft announced with great fanfare the start of a more open attitude. They have defined a set of principles around interoperability, open connections, standards and data portability. And they'll be publishing detailed specs on
Redmond promises 'greater transparency' in business practices and will provide more access to APIs and previously proprietary protocols for Windows and Office
Jimmy Atkinson sent me a link to his blog WHdb with an article that gives alternatives to 50 top proprietary applications. While the focus is more end user than IT infrastructure, it's a pretty comprehensive list. Who knew there were alternative
Sometimes it pays to be late with "breaking news" ;-) For those of us that weren’t at JBoss World 2008, here is a great presentation that explains the RHQ announcement: "RHQ is a combined effort to provide management infrastructu
Roy Fielding announces his departure, accusing Sun of taking too much control over project
When I read Dana's post about leaving Jonathan & Sun alone, I couldn't help but side with Dana. But then I read Amanda McPherson (Marketing director at the Linux Foundation) original post and now I'm torn. Then I read comments
New messaging subsidiary will focus on developing Mozilla's free, open-source Thunderbird e-mail software
Java is first choice for these developers of real-time Web conferencing software
I've been living with my Treo 650 for quite a few years. It's been a workhorse, but frankly, it's on a slow road to the glue factory. When I first got this phone it was state-of-the-art. In fact, it was the only smartphone available. I
JasperServer Professional and Pentaho Reporting build on famous Java open source libraries for generating reports, but they’re no longer for developers only; rapidly gaining on traditional heavyweights, both score with user-friendly query t