Microsoft Uses 'Free' To Challenge Open Source
Microsoft's decision to issue free versions of its products at number of levels suggests that it's well aware of the competitive threat posed by free open source software.
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Programs and memory consumption [closed]
- by cobie
I have a 4gb ram macbook pro but I still run out of memory when I have chrome and a few other light weight applications open such as multiple windows of macvim. These programs are written in C/C++ so technically should be memory efficient but why do they suck up all these memory. is it just bad engineering or graphical user interfaces because I have read about incredible feats performed in software dev back in the early computing days with very limited memory but now it just feels like the applications expand to fill all my memory.Read the article
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An example of the awesomeness of the open source community
<b>Not 403:</b> "But it's sad to see how Oracle after Sun acquisition, is slowly shutting down this amazing open source project, marking it as "not strategic" and dismembering the few parts they think are worth for their own SSO product."Read the article
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Zurich Open Source Jam 8
After a period of careful consideration and planning, a new edition of the Zurich Open Source Jam took place on May 27th. This time, the focus was more...Read the article
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Rock the Vote: Community Representatives election is open!
The election for the OpenSocial Foundation's community board representatives is now open. If you previously applied for membership, you should have received an email directing you to submit...Read the article
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How the Google-Microsoft conflict could hit open source
<b>ZDNet:</b> "The continuing conflict between Google and China, which may be a proxy for deeper conflicts over economics and values, could easily impact open source."Read the article
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WebM: Missing The Assurances Open Source Needs?
<b>Computerworld UK:</b> "Why does Google's WebM omit Open Source, Patent and Standards completeness?"Read the article
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Using Cpp Unit with visual studio 2010 [closed]
- by Deepak
I have downloaded "cppunit-cvs-repo-archive.tar.bz2" from http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppunit/ Now after unzipping the above .tar.bz2 what to do next? On searching on internet, it is mentioned that open the CppUnitLibraries.dsw project under cppunit-cvs-repo-archive\cppunit\src folder but the same file is existing with name "CppUnitLibraries.dsw,v" and on changing its extension to .dsw and on opening again it displays the message invalid project file.Read the article
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How to Submit Your Website to the Open Directory Project
Getting your website listed in the Dmoz open directory is not an easy task. In order to get listed in the directory, you will have to follow the Dmoz guidelines.Read the article
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Get the Most Out of Your Open-Source Software With Redirection in Bash
Top of the Treade: Bash redirection is tricky. Here's a handy cheat sheet for this open-source software utility.Read the article
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Linux Users Speak...Devs Open Source Their Games
<b>Blog of Helios:</b> "Nils Grotnes emailed me about 20 minutes ago with some pretty cool news. Aquaria by Bit Blot ,Gish Published by Chronic Logic, Lugaru HD by Wolfire, and Penumbra Overture of course by Frictional Games have pledged to go open source."Read the article
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Open Source Memcached Vendor NorthScale Gets New CEO and $10 Million
Open source distributed caching gets a boost of cash and management. Where does memcached go from here?Read the article
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An Open Source Software Investigation -- Stty Settings, Backspace and Delete
Tip of the Trade: A reader weighs in on the backspace/delete terminal problem. Although the solution doesn't solve the problem at hand, it does lead to some interesting open source software troubleshooting.Read the article
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FOSS: Free and Open Source Software
<b>Datamation:</b> "FOSS is an abbreviation for Free and Open Source Software. In other words, FOSS is software whose source code is openly available. People can install and even modify FOSS as they please, so long as they follow a few basic requirements listed in the license."Read the article
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Open source could be Brazil's real advantage
<b>Computer Weekly Blog: </b>"Grynzpan reckons that Brazil has to find a unique selling proposition and its vast pool of knowledge in open source software could be the real advantage of the local IT industry."Read the article
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Dynamic Open Source Languages Head to the Cloud
<b>Developer.com:</b> "The cloud isn't just for network administrators looking for scale, it's also a key development area for developers building applications with open source dynamic languages."Read the article
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7 (More) Best Free and Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS)
<b>Tech Source:</b> "Due to popular demand, we will give you another round of some of the best free and open-source Content Management Systems (CMS). This new set of CMS is as good as the previous list that we have so this should be interesting."Read the article
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Open Source painting with MyPaint
<b>Worldlabel:</b> "MyPaint is a lightweight, easy-to-use open source painting application that you might not have heard of before. It's not a photo editor, it doesn't bother with paths, geometric shapes, text manipulation, or fancy masking options. Instead, it focuses on one and only one use: painting."Read the article
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Selecting an Open Source Operating System
<b>Network World:</b> "There's a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article outlines the key factors you need to consider in order to pick the best operating system for your needs and experience level."Read the article
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Open-sourcing Traditional Chinese IME on Android
Traditional Chinese IME on Android is a 20% IME project initiated in Google’s Taipei office and it is now open sourced on Google Code . It includes Zhuyin...Read the article
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Open source 3D printers abound at Maker Faire
<b>Techworld:</b> "Two exhibitors at the event last weekend showed off open source 3D printers that can build objects based on your instructions, another one introduced 3D design software."Read the article
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Pandora Open Source, Linux-based Handheld Game Console Now Shipping
<b>Tech Source:</b> "Pandora, the Linux-based handheld game console that is aimed to take advantage of free and open source software is finally shipping."Read the article
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Republicans Turn to Open Source Asterisk
<b>VoIP Planet:</b> "Open source software is being used today by all types of companies and organizations—even the Republican Party is an adopter."Read the article
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Open source Entity-Component game [on hold]
- by Papavoikos
I've been reading a lot about entity-component design but every article talks about the philosophy behind such design, leaving a lot of details and implementations outside. I'm looking for an open source game that uses the entity-component design so I can study the concrete implementations and see how they deal with things such as How (and if) they deal with inter-component communication How much logic each component has or doesn't have How a subsystem can change it's behavior depending on an entity's state (the screen darkens depending on the player's health)Read the article
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Where did "Open with" (user defined command) go?
- by MiStr
I'm now using Ubuntu 12.04. In earlier versions you could associate a filetype with a specific command (e.g. self-compiled binary) by selecting "Open with" in the file's properties and select the command by providing the file path manually if it wasn't already in the list of applications. Is this possibility gone? The only way I found now is to create .desktop files and edit the mimetypes via an text editor.Read the article
