The right way to evaluate an open source enterprise is through the business model. The output is a byproduct.




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No matter what happens to Sun open source is not going away. Financially it may find its level to be lower than its boosters first thought, but there are many more ways to compute value other than the change in your pocket No matter what happens to Sun open source is not going away. Financially it may find its level to be lower than its boosters first thought, but there are many more ways to compute value other than the change in your pocket read more »
Personally I find something touchy and silly in some of HP's efforts in this direction. Women want the same things from their laptops as men, for instance. But the key point is they are serious here, not just about the engineering but the marketing.


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Black Duck is quacking real loud right now. It will be fun to see how loud they quack when the storm really hits.




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Trying to take the President "off the grid" is becoming more technically difficult and more legally indefensible every day.


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I use the Transmission BitTorrent client, and it’s pretty cool. However, it’s irritating when it eats my bandwidth while I’m trying to do stuff. So, one obvious hack would be to disable it when the screensaver is off (i.e., I’m using the computer) and enable it only when the screensaver is on (i.e., I’m in [... I use the Transmission BitTorrent client, and it’s pretty cool. However, it’s irritating when it eats my bandwidth while I’m trying to do stuff. So, one obvious hack would be to disable it when the screensaver is off (i.e., I’m using the computer) and enable it only when the screensaver is on (i.e., I’m in [... read more »
I use the Transmission BitTorrent client, and it’s pretty cool. However, it’s irritating when it eats my bandwidth while I’m trying to do stuff. So, one obvious hack would be to disable it when the screensaver is off (i.e., I’m using the computer) and enable it only when the screensaver is on (i.e., I’m in [... I use the Transmission BitTorrent client, and it’s pretty cool. However, it’s irritating when it eats my bandwidth while I’m trying to do stuff. So, one obvious hack would be to disable it when the screensaver is off (i.e., I’m using the computer) and enable it only when the screensaver is on (i.e., I’m in [... read more »
Etolos, which survived the dot-bomb as an enterprise Web application distributor outfit, hopes to survive the latest recession by moving to SaaS.


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Etolos, which survived the dot-bomb as an enterprise Web application distributor outfit, hopes to survive the latest recession by moving to SaaS.


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Maven uses a Project Object Model concept (an XML construct) to handle software management for large Java installations. It offers integration with NetBeans and Eclipse.


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