Microsoft ready for an open-source skoolin’
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Sam Ramji wants more input from the open-source community, hoping to make Microsoft more responsive to their needs.
The director of the open-source development lab at Microsoft has told a Linux Foundation event he’s trying to educate Microsoft and slowly change its ways. The only way he can do that, Ramji said, is [...]
Can Google build open source communities
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While the Googlers want to talk today about improvements to GMail for mobile, there remains a serious concern for you to discuss this weekend.
Is Google really good at being part of an open source community?
There are three types of mobile source projects:
1. One-company projects. 2. Multiple-company projects. [...]
Open source and the shrinking waterhole
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Matt Asay nods approvingly at a recent study saying more CIOs plan to invest in Red Hat and JBOSS technology.
Well and good. Just don’t break out the champagne.
Open source may be doing well with a shrinking waterhole but that does not necessarily mean it is doing well.
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Vodafone: Embracing Open Source with Open Arms
Vodafone never put much stock in open innovation, or tapping outsiders for ideas. It didn’t need to. The company, after all, had grown into the world’s biggest wireless telecom operator on its own. But with such interlopers as Google and Nokia starting to tromp on its turf, Vodafone became a convert. “We were a bit [...]
Did Sun’s total package kill the IBM deal?
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It’s ironic but fitting that executive bonuses, a subject that’s ignited popular anger against the very companies in Sun Microsystems’ core customer base on Wall St, helped kill Sun’s future.
It’s been reported that a disagreement between IBM and Sun over post-acquisition packages for both chief executive officer Jonathan Schwartz and chairman and co-founder [...]
Where Next for Sun Microsystems?
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Sun Microsystems share price has plummeted this week following the breakdown of IBM’s takeover talks. The board rejected an offer of $9.40 per share and terminated their agreement to negotiate exclusively with IBM.
Sun has been looking for a buyer for several months. The company has struggled for a few years [...]
The Making Of Open Source: Checking In On The Symbian ‘Movement’
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Last week, I spent a lot of time with the folks from Symbian, the mobile operating system that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) paid $410 million for, only to turn around and donate the assets to an open-source foundation. What I wanted to know was how the employees—who were once programmed to make profits and [...]
The open source sea change and the Taylor graph
To the right is an interesting, if controversial, graph offered today by Charles Taylor of Sirius Corp. and ZDNet UK.
It is meant to illustrate the costs of “upgrading” from a proprietary to a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) solution in your IT shop.
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OpenMoko Ending Open Source Smartphone
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OpenMoko said it will not be making successors to its open source Neo FreeRunner smartphone.
Speaking at a conference in Switzerland, OpenMoko CEO Sean Moss-Pultz said the company will discontinue development on the next iteration of its Linux-based smartphone, as the FreeRunner only sold about 10,000 units. The company will focus [...]
The true cost of migrating to open source
I was hugely entertained by the latest piece of Microsoft spin: apparently the recession is putting a dampener on migrations to open source. Of course, the suggestion is nonsense. In fact, my daily experience flatly contradicts Microsoft’s assertion, but then its marketing is not aimed at me. It is trained on those still inside the [...]