The Floss archive http://floss.carleson.net/ en-UK http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Soo long and Thanks for the fish - SourceForge http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/09/soo-long-and-thanks-for-the-fish-sourceforge Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:50:52 +0000 admin OpenSource 494@http://blog.carleson.net/ <p><img title="Soo long and Thanks for the fish" src="/media/blogs/floss/fish.jpg" alt="Soo long and Thanks for the fish" /></p> <p><strong>So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish</strong> - <a href="http://www.sf.net">SourceForge</a>.</p> <p>Due to the current AntiTrust law's, OpenSource on SF will not be "Open" any more.</p> <p>This is really Sad !</p> <p>Due to this new restricted policy, OpenSource projects will find other hosts that is more concerned about true OpenSource software.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/09/soo-long-and-thanks-for-the-fish-sourceforge">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Soo long and Thanks for the fish

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - SourceForge.

Due to the current AntiTrust law's, OpenSource on SF will not be "Open" any more.

This is really Sad !

Due to this new restricted policy, OpenSource projects will find other hosts that is more concerned about true OpenSource software.

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]]> http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/09/soo-long-and-thanks-for-the-fish-sourceforge#comments http://floss.carleson.net/?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=494 Microsoft’s Creative Destruction http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/05/microsoft-s-creative-destruction Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:03:49 +0000 admin News 493@http://blog.carleson.net/ <blockquote><p>While Apple continues to gain market share in many products, Microsoft has lost share in Web browsers, high-end laptops and smartphones. Despite billions in investment, its Xbox line is still at best an equal contender in the game console business. It first ignored and then stumbled in personal music players until that business was locked up by Apple. ....</p> <p>What happened? Unlike other companies, Microsoft never developed a true system for innovation. Some of my former colleagues argue that it actually developed a system to thwart innovation. Despite having one of the largest and best corporate laboratories in the world, and the luxury of not one but three chief technology officers, the company routinely manages to frustrate the efforts of its visionary thinkers.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Dick Brass</strong> was a vice <strong>president at Microsoft</strong> from 1997 to 2004. </p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion/04brass.html?pagewanted=all">NewYork Times - Microsoft&#8217;s Creative Destruction</a></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/05/microsoft-s-creative-destruction">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>

While Apple continues to gain market share in many products, Microsoft has lost share in Web browsers, high-end laptops and smartphones. Despite billions in investment, its Xbox line is still at best an equal contender in the game console business. It first ignored and then stumbled in personal music players until that business was locked up by Apple. ....

What happened? Unlike other companies, Microsoft never developed a true system for innovation. Some of my former colleagues argue that it actually developed a system to thwart innovation. Despite having one of the largest and best corporate laboratories in the world, and the luxury of not one but three chief technology officers, the company routinely manages to frustrate the efforts of its visionary thinkers.

Dick Brass was a vice president at Microsoft from 1997 to 2004.

Source: NewYork Times - Microsoft’s Creative Destruction

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]]> http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/05/microsoft-s-creative-destruction#comments http://floss.carleson.net/?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=493 Vosao (vo-za) - content management system (CMS) http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/03/vosao-vo-za-content-management-system-cms Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:06:40 +0000 admin OpenSource 492@http://blog.carleson.net/ <blockquote><p> <a href="http://www.vosao.org/">Vosao</a> (vo-za) is a content management system (CMS) that enables you to build web sites and powerful online applications on the Google App Engine platform for Java.</p> <p>Vosao CMS features include visual (WYSIWYG) editing, friendly URLs, internationalization, parent/child page system, nested and programmable templates, commenting (with moderation), site import/export, content versioning, security and group management, resource management, reCaptcha, Google Analytics, plugins, input forms, SEO URLs, and more, along with free hosting on the Google cloud.</p></blockquote><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/03/vosao-vo-za-content-management-system-cms">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>

Vosao (vo-za) is a content management system (CMS) that enables you to build web sites and powerful online applications on the Google App Engine platform for Java.

Vosao CMS features include visual (WYSIWYG) editing, friendly URLs, internationalization, parent/child page system, nested and programmable templates, commenting (with moderation), site import/export, content versioning, security and group management, resource management, reCaptcha, Google Analytics, plugins, input forms, SEO URLs, and more, along with free hosting on the Google cloud.

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]]> http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/03/vosao-vo-za-content-management-system-cms#comments http://floss.carleson.net/?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=492 Mondo Rescue http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/03/mondo-rescue Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:48:54 +0000 admin OpenSource Linux 491@http://blog.carleson.net/ <p><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/fm//screenshots/3f/ce/3fceb0a55e1ba08b88a59857ae5258ab_thumb.png?1237045579" alt="" title="" /><br /> <a href="http://www.mondorescue.org/">Mondo Rescue</a> archives Linux and Linux/Windows systems to tapes, CDs, DVDs, USB devices, or ISO images that may be used to restore some or all of your OS and data in the event of catastrophic data loss,... or for cloning a system.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/03/mondo-rescue">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
Mondo Rescue archives Linux and Linux/Windows systems to tapes, CDs, DVDs, USB devices, or ISO images that may be used to restore some or all of your OS and data in the event of catastrophic data loss,... or for cloning a system.

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]]> http://floss.carleson.net/2010/02/03/mondo-rescue#comments http://floss.carleson.net/?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=491 TomBoy got a new friend http://floss.carleson.net/2010/01/10/tomboy-got-a-new-friend Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:56:21 +0000 admin OpenSource 490@http://blog.carleson.net/ <p>The <a href="http://brad.getcoded.net/blog/entry.php?e=348085118">Snowy project</a> is a web application for synchronizing, viewing, sharing, and editing your Tomboy notes online.</p> <p>With friends like this you don need any enemies.</p> <blockquote> <p>Like any good K9 companion, Snowy will file your taxes improperly, reconcile with your ex-girlfriends and burn risotto if not watched carefully.</p></blockquote><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://floss.carleson.net/2010/01/10/tomboy-got-a-new-friend">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> The Snowy project is a web application for synchronizing, viewing, sharing, and editing your Tomboy notes online.

With friends like this you don need any enemies.

Like any good K9 companion, Snowy will file your taxes improperly, reconcile with your ex-girlfriends and burn risotto if not watched carefully.

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]]> http://floss.carleson.net/2010/01/10/tomboy-got-a-new-friend#comments http://floss.carleson.net/?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=490 Dia = OpenSource Visio Clone http://floss.carleson.net/2009/12/10/dia-opensource-visio-clone-1 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:23:46 +0000 admin OpenSource 485@http://blog.carleson.net/ <p><a href="http://live.gnome.org/Dia">Dia</a> is designed to be much like the commercial Windows program 'Visio'. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flow charts, network diagrams, and simple circuits. </p> <p>The latest version of <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Dia">Dia</a> includes Visio VDX import and export as well. Platforms: Windows &amp; Linux</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://floss.carleson.net/2009/12/10/dia-opensource-visio-clone-1">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Dia is designed to be much like the commercial Windows program 'Visio'. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flow charts, network diagrams, and simple circuits.

The latest version of Dia includes Visio VDX import and export as well. Platforms: Windows & Linux

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]]> http://floss.carleson.net/2009/12/10/dia-opensource-visio-clone-1#comments http://floss.carleson.net/?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=485 BackTrack – Linux Livecd for penetration testing http://floss.carleson.net/2009/12/08/backtrack-andash-linux-livecd-for-penetration-testing Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:25:36 +0000 admin OpenSource Linux Security 484@http://blog.carleson.net/ <p><a href="http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack.html" target="_blank">BackTrack is the most top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes.. <br />Currently BackTrack consists of more than 300 different up-to-date tools which are logically structured according to the work flow of security professionals. This structure allows even newcomers to find the related tools to a certain task to be accomplished. New technologies and testing techniques are merged into BackTrack as soon as possible to keep it up-to-date.</a></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://floss.carleson.net/2009/12/08/backtrack-andash-linux-livecd-for-penetration-testing">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> BackTrack is the most top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes..
Currently BackTrack consists of more than 300 different up-to-date tools which are logically structured according to the work flow of security professionals. This structure allows even newcomers to find the related tools to a certain task to be accomplished. New technologies and testing techniques are merged into BackTrack as soon as possible to keep it up-to-date.

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]]> http://floss.carleson.net/2009/12/08/backtrack-andash-linux-livecd-for-penetration-testing#comments http://floss.carleson.net/?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=484 Hacking Business Models http://floss.carleson.net/2009/12/08/hacking-business-models-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:20:54 +0000 admin OpenSource Documents Collaboration 483@http://blog.carleson.net/ <p><a href="http://zak.greant.com/" target="_blank">Zack Greant</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_(Monty)_Widenius" target="_blank">Monty</a> from MySQL and Sun Microsystems have put together some interesting principles and rules for running a Free Software/Open Source business.</p> <blockquote> <h4>Purpose</h4> <ul> <li>Create a sustainable business model that can be adopted and adapted by others. </li> <li>Create a fair and democratic company that is owned by the workers. </li> <li>Have long-term, trustworthy and meaningful relationships with our staff and customers. </li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>Read all about it: <a href="http://zak.greant.com/hacking-business-models" target="_blank">Hacking Business Models</a></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://floss.carleson.net/2009/12/08/hacking-business-models-1">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Zack Greant and Monty from MySQL and Sun Microsystems have put together some interesting principles and rules for running a Free Software/Open Source business.

Purpose

  • Create a sustainable business model that can be adopted and adapted by others.
  • Create a fair and democratic company that is owned by the workers.
  • Have long-term, trustworthy and meaningful relationships with our staff and customers.

Read all about it: Hacking Business Models

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