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RE: Coming soon - open source movies?
Blog Comment I hope they can pull it off, but it won't be as easy as software collaborations; the difference between this and open source software is that with software it doesn't cost any of the people involved any money, a movie on the other hand, they'll...
[April 25, 2008, 20:04 by harpless]
Open source bad for business?
Talkback You seem to be saying that open source is somehow going to undermine the UK economy? I am not sure what evidence you're basing that on but the fact that traditionally proprietary companies such as IBM for example are doing very nicely from open...
About: Shadow chancellor slams government over open source
[March 8, 2007, 13:56 by andrewdonoghue]
Open Source is not about organizational cost
Talkback Open Source is not about reducing cost of any specific organization. In the utopia that every software is open source, we do not "reinvent the wheel" by coding something others have done. It is not open source people who want to make it too...
About: Open source in plain English
[November 14, 2006, 10:03 by at2000]
Open source groups to merge
Blog Two open source consortia have announced they are to join forces. According to a press statement on Thursday, the two organisations will provide a "global platform for supporting research, development, distribution, and adoption of open source...
[October 1, 2009, 17:19 in News Blog by Tom Espiner]
Open source Android opens Huawei eyes
Blog Huawei's announcement of plans for an Android phone are another endorsement for open source on handsets. He didn't give many details of what or when, but the promise of smartphones - and open source ones - is an interesting one from this company.
[November 11, 2008, 17:00 in News Blog by PeterJudge]
Open source community wooed by Microsoft
Talkback "Microsoft was anti-open source. Why would anyone think that? Just because they funded SCO, said Linux was illegal because it was free. Because they don't want the competition from an OS that works. If you can't trust M$, then who can you trust?
About: Open source community wooed by Microsoft
[June 29, 2006, 16:56]
Open Source is Good.
Talkback OPen source is good but as the report said compatability with all of the School software that's been around for a long time is'nt something that can be easily dealt with.Maybe Minister's need to start to look into way's of having the core...
About: MPs: Open source faces exclusion in schools
[November 29, 2006, 9:38 by Genesis57]
Open source in education: Winning hearts and minds
Talkback I’m a student at Orwell and my experience of open source through school hasn’t won my heart or mind. I have Mandrake on my laptop, but school was a nightmare. After struggling with a poorly implemented system for the last 2 years (my GCSE years), I...
About: Open source in education: Winning hearts and minds
[July 3, 2006, 21:44]
Business Objects: Open source a distant threat
Talkback Take a look at PALO www.palo.net - This is an open source OLAP server which will be similar to commercial offereing such as TM1 and MIS Alea. Its RAM based and so should be fast and there is an excel add-in so end users should feeel comfortable...
About: Business Objects: Open source a distant threat
[October 10, 2005, 19:41]
Gates: open source lacks interoperability
Talkback If he means what he says then he must have interoperability with open source. Time to stop lambasting Linux. Time to woo his critics. Time to share power. Time to enable choice, not only in software but also in the direction of future development.
About: Gates: open source lacks interoperability
[February 7, 2005, 17:19]
Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
Talkback We'll have a generation of people taught to use non-standard software" - wont this then make a new standard - those that can use open source software? Open source software represents real "Best Value", but only in the long term.
About: Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
[May 10, 2005, 12:31]
Open source in education: Winning hearts and minds
Talkback Open source should be mandated by Governemnt and LEAs wherever possible. I dont want my taxes funding proprietary and closed source dead end solutions that have to be discarded every few years.
About: Open source in education: Winning hearts and minds
[March 25, 2006, 10:58]
Re: The big con - open source
Talkback : Open source is just a step up from shareware which really never took off. Strange it is the same people that have been developing the proprietary software that is now developing the open source software.
About: What vendors really mean by 'open source'
[January 7, 2009, 7:54 by Andrew Meredith]
A bad workman blames his (open source) tools
Blog The problem with open source software application development (if there is one) you might argue is that there are so many comparatively ‘ungraded’ tools out there that you can find yourself using a product that is not necessarily best suited to...
[December 13, 2009, 23:50 in by Adrian Bridgwater]
Open Source Foundation of Universal Mobile Torrents
Blog Open Source Foundation of Universal Mobile Torrents Though mobile torrents face a few unique barriers of entry, the migration towards open source is beckoning the advancement of universal mobile torrents.
[November 29, 2007, 10:40 in On The Road by MobileTech]
HP: Open source can be more profitable than proprietary
Talkback "The news that HP could be realising greater profits from the technology will add to the debate on the true cost of ownership of open source. HP profits margins have gfot *nothing* do do with the TOC of open source, but more the prices people are...
About: HP: Open source can be more profitable than proprietary
[October 27, 2006, 11:56]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback The very things you claim open source needs, and that you suggest Microsoft provides.namely, updates to third party software through automatic updates.is precisely what SuSE provides through the SuSE Watcher application.
About: Open source renders patching a problem
[November 18, 2005, 15:47]
Open source: New target of malware?
Talkback As all Open Source OS"s become more popular they are going to be targeted, but not with the same success rate as windoze. The nix's are still more secure than windoze and can be hardened more effective that the Redmond swiss cheese OS.
About: Open source: New target of malware?
[June 18, 2007, 13:54 by ator1940]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback As with anything open-source and free software, it is always wrong to think in terms of one solution. There will never be one big solutions to anything in the open source world, this is how Monopolies work, not the open-source community.
About: Open source renders patching a problem
[November 18, 2005, 20:00]
RE: Open source Skype? Partly.
Blog Comment I would love to see the open source teams develop there own from scratch fully supporting text, voice, video, and user definably encryption, along with true peer to peer technology as well as user scalable Voip & telephony options.
[November 2, 2009, 21:19 by CA]
