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<endeca_term>Perens</endeca_term>: Linux could learn from Apple

Perens: Linux could learn from Apple

...sympathy for users shown by companies such as Apple, according to Bruce Perens. Despite open software's popularity in some sectors of the community, and... Read more

18 January, 2012 by Stilgherrian

Perens pushes for open source domain parking

Open source advocate Bruce Perens has launched an initiative to discourage owners of undeveloped Web domains hosting... Read more

18 April, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Perens joins start-up SourceLabs

Perens has long worked in open source software as an advocate, developer and... Read more

9 June, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

Perens: Avoid repeating Unix mistakes

...the open-source community against the needs of the business world, Bruce Perens enjoys a unique vantage point. One of the leaders of the open... Read more

5 December, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

RealNetworks: Baby steps toward freedom

Bruce Perens: At last! Although the code being released does not include RealNetworks' "crown... Read more

30 July, 2002 by Bruce Perens
<endeca_term>Perens</endeca_term> campaigns to protect open source

Perens campaigns to protect open source

Bruce Perens, who coined the term "open source", is campaigning to get onto the... Read more

20 March, 2008 by Peter Judge

OASIS patent policy lambasted

...free-software advocates including Mitch Kapor, Lawrence Lessig, Tim O'Reilly, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Lawrence Rosen, Doc Searls and Richard Stallman signed an email... Read more

23 February, 2005 by Paul Festa

Microsoft joins Linux fear campaign

Bruce Perens: Is there an SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince people... Read more

20 May, 2003 by Bruce Perens

Perens takes on Internet standard body

...in large numbers. That's the logic behind free-software advocate Bruce Perens' idea to pack the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a key Internet... Read more

26 November, 2002 by Paul Festa

Open-source advocate leaves HP

Open-source advocate Bruce Perens has left Hewlett-Packard, after spending two years at the computer giant... Read more

9 September, 2002 by Margaret Kane

Open-source guru backs off DVD hack speech

...ve backed down for fears of Hollywood reprisals, open-source guru Bruce Perens said he would not include details about how to circumvent DVD player... Read more

29 July, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

Beware of wolves in agnostic's clothing

Being an open source proponent is more fun than ever. We're getting more publicity than Salman Rushdie after the price was put on his head. Like Rushdie's, our publicity stems from attempts to discredit us, efforts by Microsoft and its shills in our case. Read more

14 June, 2001 by Bruce Perens

HP hires Linux luminary

...by more radical companies, Hewlett-Packard has hired open source advocate Bruce Perens to give the company a deeper view of the workings of Linux... Read more

5 December, 2000 by Stephen Shankland

Open source stirs up trouble for Novell

...Salt Lake City, Utah, but with some help from his friend Bruce Perens he was determined to lodge his objections to Novell's controversial deal... Read more

21 March, 2007 by Colin Barker

Disgruntled Linux firms organise own conference

...schedule at the Desktop Linux Conference is a keynote address from Bruce Perens, an outspoken open-source advocate who was one of those to withdraw... Read more

5 September, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

7 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

8 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

12 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Iain Sutherland

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