...well as to highlight the differing conclusions that each submitter offers (for example) on the degree and type of assistance that would be needed from Microsoft. If you're in to...
...the OSI Certified Open Source Software certification mark and program, which identifies a given piece of software as complying with the OSI definition of “Open Source”. It also makes copies...
...prevent competitors from gaining access to their trade secrets. The practice also had the (intended) result that computer users became dependent on their ISVs for support and upgrades. Due to...
...are business-friendly in that they allow the code to be combined with proprietary code without imposing OS licensing requirements on the resulting combination. Others do not allow such combinations in...
Do public bodies in Europe have an obligation to move from closed source and lock-in to vendor independence and free software? In general probably yes, but is it also true...
...facilitate interoperability; develop consensus; evolve and integrate relevant specifications and open source technologies; offer a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia; and provide certification services....
...stuff out there, as well as an infinite number of service providers that care a lot about getting your business, but little (if at all) about helping you get business....
...source licenses as examples for why this additional level of commitment might be useful. In the BSD License, the most commonly used “permissive” license, the grant of intellectual property rights...
...can come together with the shared goal of increasing participation in open source community projects." It called it's new non-profit organization the CodePlex Foundation, echoing the name of a commercial...
...never comes. With each passing day, the blog becomes less visited, soon to be found only by random Web searchers that skip out as soon as they accidentally arrive. Poor...