I’ve heard a lot of companies over the past few years tell me that having access to source code is critical as they seek to innovate in IT rather than merely imitate others’ business software. As I heard from a senior IT executive at the Bank of New York …
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The key to making money: Charge for your productPosted by: admin in Business and PoliticsI loved this presentation by David Heinemeier Hansson of 37Signals. His topic? How to make money as an online software company. His verdict? Charge for your product, but be careful whom you charge. Chris Anderson elaborates on this theme:
… There’s a lot of great commentary out there on Google’s new Chrome browser, but the most insightful and incisive review I’ve seen thus far is Andrew Orlowski’s piece for The Register, wherein he calls out Chrome as a “Trojan Horse for…Google Gears.”
Financial Federal Credit Union Financial Aid - The University of Alabama Weichert.com: Weichert Financial Services Financial Planning - news, commentary and community for financial S.J. Delta College - Financial Aid & Veterans Services Financial Aid Financial Aid OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID, Wichita State University UTB/TSC - Financial Aid Financial Web - The Independent Financial Portal Financial Aid | Receive Financial Aid | Choosing a Lender | Thomas M Just four days after Red Hat closed its second quarter, the company has announced the acquisition of Qumranet, an open-source virtualization company, positioning the open-source leader to shut many more successful quarters to come. 
Red Hat acquired Qumranet for $107 million in cash, according to the company, which is surprising, …
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World business, finance, and political news from the Financial TimesPosted by: admin in Financial NewsWorld business, finance, and political news from the Financial Times Financial Freedom Financial Aid Financial Web - The Independent Financial Portal Financial Aid - Tyler Junior College Financial Aid :: Georgia Perimeter College Financial Aid FINANCIAL REHABILITATION INCORPORATED UTB/TSC - Financial Aid Financial Aid - homepage NMSU:Financial Aid RTL Financial Inc. Home Mortgage Loans - About RTL Student Financial Services at LaGuardia. More than just Financial Aid
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Symbian on the decline: Time to move on open sourcePosted by: admin in Business and PoliticsWhile unit sales of mobile handsets are growing, as Ars Technica reports, the leading mobile operating system, Symbian, is on the decline. Perhaps it’s time for Symbian to accelerate its plans to open source the operating system?
There’s a lot of great commentary out there on Google’s new Chrome browser, but the most insightful and incisive review I’ve seen thus far is Andrew Orlowski’s piece for The Register, wherein he calls out Chrome as a “Trojan Horse for…Google Gears.”
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Google needs community to make Chrome a Windows killerPosted by: admin in Business and PoliticsGoogle has a new browser, called Chrome. That’s now old news. The Wall Street Journal suggests that it’s all about taking on Microsoft, and it’s probably right. Glyn Moody cogently argues that this is not about browsers at all, but rather about shifting the ground under everyone’s feet to the “Google operating system.” He’s probably right, too. Chrome, however, lacks the very same thing that Android and every other Google product lacks, with the exception of its Search/Page Rank technology: Community. Mozilla Firefox has community in spades. Mozilla isn’t the one developing killer extensions to Firefox like Adblock Plus, Forecastfox, etc. The community does. Even Microsoft has community in spades, though on the operating system side of its business, not its browser. Look at the ecosystem around Windows and Office: pretty impressive. Google, however, seems to want to go it alone, whatever the collateral damage. It is telling that Chrome was a secret leaked and then announced to the world, rather than a transparent, community effort. Google did the same thing with Android, creating a closed-door community that left would-be Android developers riled. Does it matter? Or is Google powerful enough to take on Microsoft by itself, community or no community?
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Microsoft’s Office Live snares only 1 million usersPosted by: admin in Business and PoliticsFor many companies, one million users is a large deal. For Microsoft, however, it’s a rounding error. As reported by The Register, Microsoft announced that it has managed to attract one million users from “schools, businesses and home[s]” to its Office Live Workspace Beta experiment, which grants people … |
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