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Codeplex Developers Wanted for Microsoft Open Source Research
Just spotted this by Paula Bach over on Microsoft's Port 25 site... CodePlex project developers wanted The data from the project will be used for Paula's PhD dissertation project which looks at usability support features in Open Source projects....
A Newbie Looks at Podcasting Tools: Garageband, Audacity, and Levelator
I'm a wannabe podcaster that finally got around to to try to figure out how to create podcasts quickly and simply so it doesn't seem like work to me. I used a couple of freely available tools to create my first formal podcast. Read to on to see what worked for me...
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 2 for Mac is Available
If you wait long enough, things appear. Microsoft finally released a production version of RDC2.
BillG Has Left the Building - Will Microsoft Become Friendlier with Open Source?
When I saw this ZDNet blog headline in my RSS feed the other day... ZDNet - Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney: Will Bill Gates’ departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft? ...my first thought was: Here we go again, another...
The Meaning of Open Source (to the U.S. Govt.)
I read about the U.S. government's USAsearch.gov site using the Vivisimo engine for search federal, state, and local government sites in the U.S. This is the same engine used by the Clusty search site (which somehow always reminds me of Krusty the...
The Meaning of Open Source (to the U.S. Govt.)
I read about the U.S. government's USAsearch.gov site using the Vivisimo engine for search federal, state, and local government sites in the U.S. This is the same engine used by the Clusty search site (which somehow always reminds me of Krusty the...
Nokia Teams with Sony-Ericsson & Sony to Open Source Symbian, UIQ, & MOAP(S)
The newly formed Symbian Foundation will eventually combine and Open Source Symbian, UIQ, and MOAP(S). Should be interesting to watch the Open Source mobile phone platform battle shape up in the near future.
Does Microsoft Really Need to "Compete" With Open Source?
A few weeks ago Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google. But, he also said that competing with FOSS has made them stronger company. But, does it really need to be a "competition"?
Does Microsoft Really Need to "Compete" With Open Source?
Here's something that's a bit dated (a few weeks old) but something I've been meaning to mull over and comment on. On May 28, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said that... Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google (as reported...
Free Statistics Package for Your Mac: The R Project for Statistical Computing
The R Project for Statistical Computing is a free multi-platform Open Source statistical and graphical programming platform. It provides a Mac friendly R Console for all the statistical and graphical work you can throw at it. Version 2.7.1 was released earlier this week.
Open XML Converter for Office 2004 and 12.1.1 Update for Office 2008
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac users can finally read those DOCX, XLSX and other "X" files created by Microsoft Office 2007 (for Windows) and 2008 (for Mac). Office 2008 for Mac gets its own giant 12.1.1 update with a bunch of fixes (some related to the previous SP1 update).
Nokia Teams with Sony-Ericsson & Sony to Open Source Symbian, UIQ, & MOAP(S)
The newly formed Symbian Foundation will eventually combine and Open Source Symbian, UIQ, and MOAP(S). Should be interesting to watch the Open Source mobile phone platform battle shape up in the near future.
The Open Source Census
The Open Source Census is a collaborative project that collects Open Source usage information from companies that volunteer the information. The OSS Discovery tool requires Ruby to be installed on a system to be run. The tool collects fingerprints of many Open...
Firefox 3 vs. CentOS 4 Linux
If you install Firefox 3 on CentOS 4 (RHEL4 clone), keep a copy of Firefox 2 handy. Firefox 3 wants GTK 2.10 or newer and CentOS 4's GTK is 2.4. Read on...
Firefox 3 vs. CentOS 4 Linux
If you install Firefox 3 on CentOS 4 (RHEL4 clone), keep a copy of Firefox 2 handy. Firefox 3 wants GTK 2.10 or newer and CentOS 4's GTK is 2.4. Read on...
IronRuby.net Wiki is Live!
The brand new IronRuby.net Wiki fired up yesterday (June 18). This wik.is Deki Wiki based site. This is the place to go for information about IronRuby. IronRuby currently requires you to download and build from source. But, as soon as the...
ssh in to Microsoft Windows
I was just reading Chris Travers'... Technical Analysis: Remote Administration of Windows Systems with SSH (9 page PDF) ...which discusses using SSHWindows in a minimal installation of Cygwin. I've always felt a little uncomfortable installing Cygwin for just a single function...
VectorDesigner 1.3
VectorDesigner 1.3 is a low-cost vector drawing application that looks like a good tool for even design challenged people like me. I took a photo and a hand drawn sketch through the bitmap to vector conversion process and got what seems like good starting points for a new project of mine.
code_swarm: Animated Visualization of the Development of some High Profile Open Source Projects
code_swarm is an animated visualization of the development of software. Its site currently has animated visualizations for Apache httpd, Eclipse, PostgreSQL, and Python. code_swarm: An experiment in organic software visualization You can see code and developers in the animations. Really fascinating...
John Lam Summarizes IronRuby at Microsoft TechEd 08
John Lam (of IronRuby fame) started summarizing his TechEd 08 experience at... IronRuby at Tech Ed 2008 Be sure to click on the whiteboard photo in his blog entry. The higher resolution images on Flickr will let you read the whiteboarded IronRuby...
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