5 key forces driving open source today
Nearly 15 years since the term "open source" was first applied, the trends driving the open source movement are not the same. Back then, price advantage, direct differentiation on licensing versus...
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Forget Mt. Gox. Here are some bitcoin exchanges you can bank on
Over the last six months, I've been experimenting with a representative sample of what I hoped would be the best bitcoin services online: CEX.IO and GHash.io, Bitstamp, CoinBase, Kraken, and Mt. Gox....
View ArticleGoogle's surprise: ODF support launches ahead of schedule
Following the comments by Google's head of open source, Chris DiBona, last week in London, Google has today announced that support for ODF (OpenDocument Format) has now been added to its Google Drive...
View ArticleSad day for developers: SCOTUS denies Google's appeal on APIs
In an unsurprising ruling today, the Supreme Court balanced a little of the good it did last week by denying Google's appeal against Oracle in the matter of the copyrightability of APIs. The case will...
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Forget Mt. Gox. Here are some bitcoin exchanges you can bank on
Over the last six months, I've been experimenting with a representative sample of what I hoped would be the best bitcoin services online: CEX.IO and GHash.io, Bitstamp, CoinBase, Kraken, and Mt. Gox....
View ArticleGoogle's surprise: ODF support launches ahead of schedule
Following the comments by Google's head of open source, Chris DiBona, last week in London, Google has today announced that support for ODF (OpenDocument Format) has now been added to its Google Drive...
View ArticleSad day for developers: SCOTUS denies Google's appeal on APIs
In an unsurprising ruling today, the Supreme Court balanced a little of the good it did last week by denying Google's appeal against Oracle in the matter of the copyrightability of APIs. The case will...
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20 years of open source: Its world-changing history in brief
Roots in the free software movementImage by Simon PhippsThe free software movement was started by Richard Stallman 35 years ago. OSI cofounder Bruce Perens explains that “open source is the proper name...
View ArticleSad day for developers: SCOTUS denies Google's appeal on APIs
In an unsurprising ruling today, the Supreme Court balanced a little of the good it did last week by denying Google's appeal against Oracle in the matter of the copyrightability of APIs. The case will...
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20 years of open source: Its world-changing history in brief
Roots in the free software movementImage by Simon PhippsThe free software movement was started by Richard Stallman 35 years ago. OSI cofounder Bruce Perens explains that “open source is the proper name...
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