Archive for category Open Source
NoMachine takes NX closed source
Posted by Jason in Linux, Open Source on December 22, 2010
Wow, sad to hear that the new version of NX will be “only available under a closed source license“. NoMachine NX is a very good remote desktop application, with several free and open source implementations of the NX protocol. It – either in the form of the official NoMachine NX client or the FreeNX client [...]
Attachmate Statement on Open Source
Posted by Jason in Novell, Open Source on December 18, 2010
A recent SEC filing gives a preview of an upcoming Attachmate statement on Open Source, OpenSUSE and related matters: Attachmate Acquisition: What does it mean for SUSE, openSUSE & open source? —A Q&A with Jeff Hawn, chairman and CEO of Attachmate by Jos Poortvliet, openSUSE Community Manager at Novell I had a chance to speak with [...]
ZDNet: Blankenhorn Out, Vaughn-Nichols In
Posted by Jason in Linux, Open Source on December 9, 2010
Just something I ran across today while reading up on the Matt Asay leaving Canonical thing. Apparently, it’s Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols & Paula Rooney over at ZDNet’s “Linux and Open Source” blog now, and Dana Blankenhorn has been fired. (Please, please read that last link where Mr. Blankenhorn laughably asserts he is “right most of the time”. [...]
Mono Criticism == Uninformed Hatred?
Posted by Jason in Novell, Open Source on November 8, 2010
Guy Van Sanden has a short post, “Get the facts on mono” where he makes a few points on mono: But a lot of time has past since the original discussions and in that time, some things became very clear. Microsoft does hold patents on the .NET technology that mono is based on They made [...]
On Foundations
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Microsoft, Novell, Open Source on September 29, 2010
Couple of things going on Foundation-wise. LibreOffice LibreOffice is the “rebranding” of OpenOffice.org under the umbrella of the newly formed The Document Foundation. The purpose of The Document Foundation is to be an “independent self-governing meritocratic Foundation”, and although it doesn’t come right out and say it, the main purpose seems to be to move OpenOffice.org out from under [...]
Open – Just like Windows or Mac
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on September 22, 2010
A cool fellow in our local LUG sent me this link: The WebOS is an open platform, just like Windows and Mac OS. Another example of how useless the term “Open” has become – it can mean anything (or nothing), and is rapidly becoming pure marketing-speak. (I also love how the WebOS touts you can “browse [...]
“Free” as in Free Software
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on September 14, 2010
I’m constantly amused (and always slightly disappointed) when an Open Source proponent is dismissive of Free Software, or even worse, hostile towards Free Software. Team Apologista may harbor and encourage the worst of the group, but they are not the only ones. Just a methodology Consider this: if you think Open Source is “just a development methodology” and [...]
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