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Saner Defaults remix of Ubuntu beta released-> 0

Submitted by Dj on Tuesday September 07 2010, @07:16AM

Dj writes "In the quest for an Ubuntu which is mono-free and easier for new users, the Ubuntu Saner Defaults remix has been released as a beta, less Mono based applications, Evolution and Empathy...."
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Sony blocks PS3 jailbreaks with firmware 3.42-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 07 2010, @04:11AM

An anonymous reader writes "Sony has released firmware 3.42 for the PlayStation 3 and with it stopped the current slew of jailbreak solutions from working.

Whether you use PSGroove, PSJailbreak, or PSFreedom, updating to 3.42 will stop them working PS3 Hacks has confirmed. Therefore if you want your console to remain jailbroken you should not update."
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Why open source developers should thank Apple-> 1

Submitted by Dj on Thursday June 10 2010, @12:22AM

Dj writes "Apple has become the enemy-du-jour for the free software and open source movements, with complaints ranging from the Apple App Store's censorship of applications to Apple's use of DRM. But Apple have also set a high competitive bar for open source, and proprietary developers to exceed."
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Google releases Chrome 5.0 for Win/Mac/Linux-> 0

Submitted by ddfall on Tuesday May 25 2010, @12:11PM

ddfall writes "Four months after the release of version 4.0 for Windows, Google has announced the availability of Chrome 5.0 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux — the first stable release to be available on all three major platforms"
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How to Become Linus Torvalds-> 0

Submitted by Dj on Friday May 14 2010, @04:33AM

Dj writes "Glyn Moody has had a look at the questions "What is Linus Torvalds' secret to managing the Linux development community? And is it a secret that can be applied elsewhere?" and he finds answers and parallels in an unexpected place, micro-blogging..."
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Microsoft gets its FAT Patent back in Germany-> 0

Submitted by Dj on Friday April 23 2010, @10:40AM

Dj writes "The German appeals court has overturned a 2007 ruling by the German Federal Patent Tribunal that Microsoft's patent on the FAT file-system with short and long names was not enforceable."
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Gartner Issues Smackdown on Open Core-> 0

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Sortova

on Wednesday March 31 2010, @09:38AM

Sortova writes "Those of us who are concerned about the growing prevalence of the open core (or fauxpen source) business model are often ignored when those VC-backed companies have much more to spend on marketing, as well as the few but profitable acquisitions accomplished by VCs such as Benchmark. We're often labelled as open source "zealots" and enterprises are told to ignore us.

However, enterprises tend not to ignore the advice of Gartner, one of the most respected analyst organizations out there. Today, Brian Prentice posted Open-Core: The Emperor's New Clothes which is a scathing critique of the business model, not as a road to VC riches, but as a solution that enterprises should consider.

There are way too many good quotes to pick just one, but he sums things up with "You see, when you start peeling back some of the value propositions being attached to open core business models what starts to appear is a picture of a bog standard software provider trying to use the latest phraseology to cut through the noise of a crowded marketplace".

In a similar blog post back in 2008 I wrote "The emperor is naked, folks." It is nice to see someone with influence agreeing with me."
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Patently Opaque - What were those 22 "open source"-> 0

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Dj

on Friday September 25 2009, @10:17AM

Dj writes "Have you wondered what the 22 patents were that the OIN bought? Wonder no more!"
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The Next Round - The new features of Linux 2.6.31-> 0

Submitted by Dj on Thursday September 10 2009, @05:57AM

Dj writes "The H presents for your reading pleasure its complete overview of the new features in Linux 2.6.31, entitled " The Next Round — The new features of Linux 2.6.31"."
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Mozilla to protect Adobe Flash users-> 0

Submitted by Dj on Thursday September 03 2009, @12:05PM

Dj writes "Mozilla are making Firefox check for old versions of the Flash plug in and warning users when it is out of date and vulnerable to security issues. The checking will appear in the next release of Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 which are in beta now."
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