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Open source application service launched by Red Hat
Blog So far RHX only has 14 open source application providers signed up but Red Hat director of online services Matt Mattox claimed that the relatively small number of app providers is actually a good thing - as users are not overwhelmed with providers.
[May 10, 2007, 17:33 in News Blog by Andrew Donoghue]
Application architecture data published from 2,500 open source projects
Blog With this is mind; I mention the fact that that this week sees the publication of application architecture data from over 2,500 popular Open Source software projects. It includes application architecture files and diagrams designed for developers...
[February 18, 2009, 7:26 in by Adrian Bridgwater]
Application compatibility and open source rendering issues
Blog With Adobe, I am facing an interminable battle with rendering issues in the open source ‘simple’ document viewer Evince. Why was I trying to read PDF’s outside of Acrobat you may ask - well, I work with a lot of developers and DBAs who like to run...
[March 26, 2009, 7:00 in by Adrian Bridgwater]
Open-source payroll application launched
Talkback Here's an example on why you should base your business on open systems: With open software, this scenario is not going to happen. A friend of mine used to use a proprietary accounting system to run his business on.
About: Open-source payroll application launched
[November 26, 2004, 10:31]
Open-source payroll application launched
Talkback From Jim Welch, Clockwork Software Systems In comparing PayThyme to proprietary payrolls, especially in the bottom and middle ranges, it needs to be emphasised that PayThyme has no inbuilt limit on the number of employees or on other key aspects.
About: Open-source payroll application launched
[November 25, 2004, 15:43]
RE: Application compatibility and open source rendering issues
Blog Comment I did not mean to imply that open source was cr@p in that sense, but I see why you would have gotten that impression. I think given the HUGE popularity of Acrobat and the fact that I am very happy with it -- and was especially impressed with the...
[March 26, 2009, 11:59 by Adrian Bridgwater]
RE: Application compatibility and open source rendering issues
Blog Comment I thought I'd give the open office PDF tool a go for my invoicing. But for this one niggle I would use open office for my invoices and just use acrobat for those 'special' occasions when its ok for me to embed audio and video into the document.
[March 26, 2009, 10:34 by roger andre]
RE: Application compatibility and open source rendering issues
Blog Comment The open source alternatives are faster for sure. just because it didn't work in one package that happens to have an open source license *doesn't* mean everything else that uses an open source license is as crap.
[March 26, 2009, 11:42 by dogStar]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback Windows renders application management a problem" What a pointless article. Any of the mainstream Distros (Fedora, RHEL/Centos, Debian/Ubuntu, Novell Linux) provide more than adequate patch (or Package) management.
About: Open source renders patching a problem
[November 26, 2005, 17:22]
Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
Talkback And, by the way, creating a client/server environment, where you have an application server and cheap/old pc's as terminals help to reduce the hardware costs, too, as exactly this possibilty is a LINUX/Unix standard feature.
About: Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
[May 9, 2005, 16:02]
Open source developers provide 'glimmer of hope'
Talkback Just another source of continued resource drain. I figure that there must be a resource leak in the OS, or some of the DLLs that the application are using that is causing the slow down. I think that Coplein assumptions about software quality are...
About: Open source developers provide 'glimmer of hope'
[April 22, 2005, 18:34]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback This includes every managed application on your machine. This is a non-issue for package managed distributions. For example, Debian-based distributions have shiped standard with system-wide update mechanisms (through APT) since at least 1997.
About: Open source renders patching a problem
[November 18, 2005, 5:14]
Open-source projects at risk from repository flaw
Talkback "The Subversion system attempts to improve the usability and security of the CVS application" Actually Subversion improves on the core functionality of CVS, clearing up a number of extremely annoying architecture-level bugs.
About: Open-source projects at risk from repository flaw
[May 24, 2004, 3:53]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback This includes every managed application on your machine. This is a non-issue for package managed distributions. For example, Debian-based distributions have shiped standard with system-wide update mechanisms (through APT) since at least 1997.
About: Open source renders patching a problem
[November 18, 2005, 5:16]
Open-source fight staged on 'wrong battleground'
Talkback An application needs an OS to run on, and everyone who tries to compete with MS in the application space one windows loses horribly. At best an application might gain share until the next release of windows, at which point either the
About: Open-source fight staged on 'wrong battleground'
[November 13, 2003, 19:47]
The problems with open source
Talkback Not to mention the new enterprise application getting deployed at work. Elas, the support for Microsoft products isn't ideal either. Sure, there are plenty of takers of your money but results vary and there are more wannabee experts out there then...
About: The problems with open source
[August 8, 2005, 23:22]
Fix released for flawed open-source IE patch
Talkback Phoning home" can be easily seen from source code. This is very tricky application and very questionable web site. Even in version 2.0 it "phones home" and tells it's authors about page you were on. Yet authors deny it.
About: Fix released for flawed open-source IE patch
[December 22, 2003, 18:33]
Microsoft keeps its open source enemies close
Talkback Once people embrace the easy combo of Windows/Linux softwares MS will again introduce changes that screw it all up, in the aim of forcing further MS system / application upgrades.at a CO$T to the consumer.
About: Microsoft keeps its open source enemies close
[July 1, 2005, 7:39]
IBM patent sparks open source code rewrite
Talkback mode=display&sid=2005041120232361&title=How+IBM%27s+patent+application+disrupted+PostgreSQL&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=299028#c299082 I responce from a progresql developer.http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?
About: IBM patent sparks open source code rewrite
[April 13, 2005, 21:56]
Microsoft: 'We should learn from open source'
Talkback What best for one person or application might not be best for another. Why does Microsoft always claim that "everyone" should use their products beause they are best. Look at commercials for products, all claim they are best.
About: Microsoft: 'We should learn from open source'
[November 13, 2003, 23:26]
