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Reading Matt's blog today, I found this press release (via Groklaw) from the FSF. The title says it all: "Microsoft cannot declare itself exempt from the requirements of GPLv3" We discussed this a little bit on a previous post. I was c
Five steps to dynamic tables using Struts 2, Dojo and JSON
Source code management capability and other functional parts of Jazz are likely to stay commercial, while the lowest layers of the framework are open sourced
A few months back, the Fake Steve Jobs (FSJ) blog was making its around the internet. It's a reasonably funny satire that shines a light on technology CEOs and Silicon Valley in general. It's funnier than it sounds as you read Steve ranting
I'm sure someone with better insight than I (evil Geir?) thought this was a great idea. Schwartz states: "Most know Java, few know Sun - we can bring the two one step closer." I don't understand why Sun would want to market the fa
Plone 3.0 CM software features automatic versioning, improvements in ease of use and security
Jason Haislmaier from Holme, Roberts & Owens LLP is doing a free legal session about open source and "copyleft" on August 29. Here are the details: What: 1-hour session covering open-source legal issues (e.g., What counts as software di
Stephen O'Grady, analyst over at RedMonk, has a good posting on how open source companies are coming up with new revenue streams based on automated services. As Stephen points out, we've gone from "How can you make money from open sour
I was reading this BusinessWeek article about the recent financial market mess: "If you don't trust the value of an asset, you won't be willing to buy it no matter how cheap your borrowing costs are....What brings this to an end, ultim
A buddy of mine from Borland days, Ben Riga, is helping to drive the content for Microsoft's Mix '08 conference. He's looking for input on what would make Mix attractive to startups and venture capitalists. To be honest, I haven't