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I read about a .Net-based open source language project named Cobra. What is Cobra? Chuck Esterbrook, the creator of Cobra, gave this presentation at Lang.net. According to Chuck, the Cobra language takes the best of several languages and puts them in
This is frightening story from London's Daily Mail.... A rubbish dump twice the size of the United States has been discovered floating in the Pacific Ocean. The vast expanse of debris, made up of plastic junk including footballs, kayaks, Lego bl
I've asked a few times why IP assurance is a customer concern. But I'm not a lawyer, or one in training. Lucky for you, Luis Villa (a lawyer in training and OSS guy) jumped in to correct me. "...make what appears to be the same error:
Cote is at Sun's analyst event and has two posts that caught my attention. Cote writes: "Sun’s story is the same and more eloquent than ever: telcos will accept open-think finally, emerging markets will leap-frog over using closed, he
SugarCRM has their developer conference going on this week in San Jose. Things started with a blast of electric guitar followed by CEO John Roberts' keynote presentation that reviewed the founding of the company, their strategic bet on open sour
Jimmy Atkinson emailed to point us towards his "Top 25 Linux Games for 2008" list. I'm not a big video game fan, and we hardly ever cover gaming on this blog. But alas, I decided to head on over. I'm glad that I did! Seeing #3 on
European-led project will contribute to Sun's Real-Time Specification for Java
Nearly 3 years in the making, 1.0 release is a milestone
Open source mobile e-mail provider gives network operators a way to offer free e-mail services to users
In what is clearly a sign of a business that doesn't understand its customers, United Airlines has decided to start charging domestic customers $25 for checking a second bag. This is in addition to the fact that you have to pay for meals, curbsi