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MS To Become Open Source Friendly Post Gates

Posted by Jeff from Slashdot

ruphus13 writes "Now that Gates has 'retired' from Microsoft, ZDNet is speculating that Microsoft will become much more Open Source friendly. From the article, 'We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramji's group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog,' said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange and a former marketing exec at SUSE Linux. 'With Gates' departure, the only mammoth remaining is Ballmer. With him away in a near future, Microsoft will definitely open up. They have to.'" Microsoft could become the world's largest open source company; they've certainly made some concessions to it lately.

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Open-source software rated: Ten alternatives you need

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We've put together a collection of ten free open-source applications that will potentially save you hundreds of pounds. We've outlined their pros and cons and compared them to the nearest commercial alternative.

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Will Success, or That Google Money, Spoil Firefox?

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

In trying to build on this success, the Mozilla Foundation has come to resemble an investor-backed Silicon Valley start-up more than a scrappy collaborative underdog. Siobhan O’Mahony, an assistant professor at the School of Management of the University of California, Davis, calls Mozilla “the first corporate open-source project.”

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Will OpenSocial help Google reorganize into the first Galactic Empire?

Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues

The big news in the tech world this week was Google's unveiling of OpenSocial, a set of programming tools that will enable members of multiple social networks to share files and information across different platforms. Noticeably absent from the alliance supporting OpenSocial were the two 800-lb. gorillas of the social networking world...

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Open Source Consortium to regulators: Stop the BBC's DRM!

Posted by Jeff from Feeds.feedburner

Cory Doctorow: The UK Open Source Consortium has complained to British regulators about the BBC's decision to use Microsoft DRM for its online TV offerings. No one is allowed to make Microsoft DRM players without permission from Microsoft, and the company tightly controls which features you're allowed to put into a DRM player, and absolutely prohibits the creation of open/free players for Microsoft DRM-crippled media. The BBC chose the DRM instead of making good on its promise to deliver an op...

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Open Source Radio Needs Your Help

Posted by Jeff from Citmedia

One of the invaluable resources in the citizen media community has needs financial help. It’s Open Source Radio, and I encourage everyone to donate. Now.

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Democracy Player Receives $100K Grant From Mozilla

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puntloos writes "The Open Source Internet TV Platform 'Democracy' has just received a $100,000 Grant from the Mozilla Foundation. Democracy is a combination of ways to view and download media to your desktop in an intuitive way, built on top of the ever-popular VLC video player. Seth's blog has details: 'The Mozilla Board agreed to support them for the following reasons: 1. Their mission to ensure the continued rise of open source & open standards aligns with the Mozilla mission to encourag...

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