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Microsoft CodeBox: Lessons from the Open Source Communitylllll;lasdkf;lskdf';slkdf';slkf';lsakf';sdf
May 09 2008
There's an interesting four page PDF file that appeared recently on the Microsoft downloads site titled... Open Source at Microsoft CodeBox: Bringing the Open Source Approach In-House It answers the question: Could the community and collaborative concepts that underlie open source projects... read moreFreeware/Open Source for Windows Weekly Summary
May 08 2008
Wubi: Install Ubuntu Inside of Microsoft Windows Sat, 03 May 2008 15:01:05 If you want to try Ubuntu Linux but don't want to repartition your Windows hard disk, this might be the tool for you to consider... Wubi - Ubuntu... read moreMySQL Code, API, and Data Formats Are Open!
May 07 2008
OK, I know this is NOT the Inside MySQL blog area. But, MySQL is the "M" in both LAMP and WAMP. And, as one of the people who wasn't very happy by MySQL's decision to close source parts of the upcoming MySQL... read moreGoogle Mac Apps You May NOT Know About
May 07 2008
If Google software for the Mac like AppMenuBoy, Statz, MacFUSE, and Visigami don't ring bell, keep reading. I'll show you where to find some of Google's lesser know Mac applications. read moreMac FFOSS (Freeware/Free and Open Source Software)
May 07 2008
Summary: Just NeverBall (game) and Google Docs Offline Spreadsheet and Presentation Viewing summarized week. read moreMicrosoft Needs to Promote Non-MS Open Source Projects
May 05 2008
Michael Desmond raises an interesting point in an article in Redmond Developer News... Open Source and .NET Desmond acknowledges the IronPython/IronRuby work as well as Microsoft working with Zend on PHP and FastCGI. He quotes DotNetNuke's Bill Walker who told him: Case... read moreMay 05 2008
Skyfire Beta: Ho-hum Browser Alternative Sat, 03 May 2008 14:42:31 I received a text message about the Skyfire beta a few days ago. It had been so long since I applied for the beta that I couldn’t remember what Skyfire... read moreMicrosoft PowerShell 2: Going Beyond its UNIX/Linux Insprirations
May 02 2008
If there is one Microsoft product that openly gets inspiration from and gives credit to UNIX and GNU Linux/Open Source, it is Microsoft PowerShell. How open source has influenced Windows Server 2008 The PowerShell team is at the Microsoft Management Summit... read moreFreeware/Open Source for Windows Weekly Summary
May 01 2008
Microsoft Live Mesh Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:25:17 read more Coming Soon: Login to Zoho with Your Google ID Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:19:31 I'm still trying to understand why this is reported on CNet but not mentioned anywhere in... read moreMicrosoft Integrating Some of OpenPegasus into its System Center Operations Manager
April 30 2008
Microsoft's Sam Ramji posted a blog innocuously titled... Managing Towards Open Honestly, I might have passed over reading it except for the fact that I read this item over on Information Week first... Microsoft Uses Open Source To Extend Systems Management To... read moreUNIX Terminal Command Line Tips for Mac OS X Geeks
April 30 2008
Terminal, the Bash shell,and command line applications still have an important place in the Mac's GUI environment. Here are 10 Unix command line tips that even the most Mac GUI loving user will find useful for the Mac toolbox. read moreMac FFOSS (Freeware/Free and Open Source Software)
April 30 2008
Microsoft Live Mesh Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:25:17 read more Coming Soon: Login to Zoho with Your Google ID Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:19:31 I'm still trying to understand why this is reported on CNet but not mentioned anywhere in Zoho's official blog... Zoho to integrate with Google sign-on However,… read moreApril 28 2008
Emeril Lagasse’s Mobile Friendly Site Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:24:42 I had a Banana Foster Cream Pie for dessert as part of my lunch the other day and didn’t know what it was. Searching for the term on the web... read moreMicrosoft Virtual PC/Virtual Server Workarounds for Installing Red Hat and Ubuntu
April 28 2008
Bryan Kirschner (Microsoft Director of Platform Community in their Open Source Labs) talks about three groups of people in relation to their Open Source efforts in a blog entry titled... Open Source Day + 30 … His group 3 includes pretty much... read moreUS GSA Understands Open Source Software Value
April 25 2008
The US government's GSA (General Services Administration) manages many billions of dollars of purchases and operations for government agencies. So, it was interesting to see this quote from the following article in GCN (Government Computer News)... GSA makes the case for open... read more
