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Submission + - Microsoft release their ASP.NET MVC as open source

Submitted by blowdart on Thursday April 02, 2009 @02:59AM

blowdart writes: Since its initial release the Microsoft MVC package has been free (as in gratis) with the source available on Microsoft's own open source hosting platform, CodePlex. Scott Guthrie blogged yesterday that it was now licensed under the MS-Pl, an OSI approved open source license. The MS-Pl has no platform restrictions and provides broad rights to modify and redistribute the source code. It's another example of toe dipping into open source with developer tools and platforms, MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) is another .NET Framework component that's MS-PL, as is the DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime), IronRuby, the Ajax Control Toolkit and Silverlight Toolkit. WiX, a toolset to write install packages, is licensed under the Common Public License.

Is this now the start of a trend, with a major platforms released under an open source license? Does it make sense for developer tools to be open sourced without affecting their core business of selling operating systems and software?

Submission + - SGI en route to be acquired by Rackable. (informationweek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 02, 2009 @02:04AM

An anonymous reader writes: SGI, the reason I went into computing some 17 years ago is about to be acquired by Rackable by a few dollars.

Comment Re:HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT (Score 1) 1582

by laptop006 on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @08:57PM (#27425805) Attached to: Slashdot Launches User Achievements

shift key solo 111

Comment Re:So does this mean... (Score 1) 206

by laptop006 on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @02:07AM (#27221963) Attached to: Cisco Barges Into the Server Market

At this point Brocade (having bought up Foundry), or HP are probably more the closest competitor, at least in the non-ISP space.

Comment Re:They go for the "soft" target (Score 1) 206

by laptop006 on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @02:03AM (#27221939) Attached to: Cisco Barges Into the Server Market

As someone who has recently switched (albeit just for new kit), you *really* won't regret buying Juniper routers. Their switches are coming along nicely, but are not quite to the level of Cisco's, and I've not used their security stuff.

Comment Missing Option: CIDR (Score 1) 599

by laptop006 on Wednesday February 25, 2009 @11:20PM (#26992761) Attached to: I Count In

I can count anything, as long as it's in the format 0.0.0.0/0 -> 255.255.255.255/32

Wikipedia page on CIDR

Comment Re:Censorship (Score 1) 116

by laptop006 on Sunday January 25, 2009 @04:21AM (#26596515) Attached to: National Censorship Plan Offensive, Says Aussie Shadow Minister

They're our customers, and yes, I, like everyone screw up the English language on a regular basis, get over it.

Comment Re:Censorship (Score 2, Informative) 116

by laptop006 on Sunday January 25, 2009 @03:47AM (#26596395) Attached to: National Censorship Plan Offensive, Says Aussie Shadow Minister

What trial? It hasn't happened.

*NO* general ISP has put it in place. I know, I work with several of them, and filled in the papers for my own employer (who does filtering for schools which is why I don't have a problem their).

Comment Re:DOD Guidlines. Re:"The only fireproof (Score 1) 527

by laptop006 on Thursday January 08, 2009 @09:52PM (#26380975) Attached to: "Smash Your Hard Drive" To Fight Identity Theft

Just? Arlo mentioned that in the 1997 re-release?

Bookmark The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007 (pcworld.com)

by laptop006 on Monday December 17, 2007 @06:43AM

Feed Ex-Duracell Worker Stole Trade Secrets (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Saturday February 03, 2007 @01:12AM

Prosecutors said Edward R. Grande copied and downloaded computer research last year about Duracell’s AA batteries.

Submission + - Google Hardball (BETA)

Submitted by

theodp

on Saturday February 03, 2007 @12:20AM

theodp writes: "Valleywag has a deservedly snarky summary of how Google walked away with $100M in tax breaks for a new server farm facility by playing off two impoverished counties in the Carolinas and bullying politicians into silence, moves that seem to break at least two of the Google Ten Commandments."

Submission + - BBC told Windows DRM is not enough

Submitted by

Richard Fairhurst

on Wednesday January 31, 2007 @11:19AM

Richard Fairhurst writes: "The trustees who govern the British broadcaster have demanded that its new video-on-demand service mustn't be Windows-only. The BBC Trust says the new iPlayer must be "platform-agnostic within a reasonable timeframe", explaining: "This requires the BBC to develop an alternative DRM framework to enable users of other technology, for example, Apple and Linux, to access the on-demand services.""

Submission + - California proposes to ban incandescent lightbulbs

Submitted by

zhang1983

on Wednesday January 31, 2007 @10:45AM

zhang1983 writes: "A California Assemblyman Llyod Levine wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs with the "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act" The act will promote Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) to replace the inefficient incandescent lightbulbs. According to him, "Incandescent lightbulbs were first developed almost 125 years ago, and since that time they have undergone no major modifications, meanwhile, they remain incredibly inefficient, converting only about 5 percent of the energy they receive into light.""

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