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Adobe’s PDF File Format Receives ISO Blessing | Compiler from Wired.com
Adobe’s PDF format is no longer Adobe’s. Eenvenuto ISO32000.
(tags: open+standard pdf iso adobe)

Reversing Everything: kindle
Non sapevo che Kindle usasse Linux. Questo è un’ulteriore conferma che nei dispositivi embedded qualunque sistema operativo proprietario non ha praticamente senso (come dice Fuggetta).
(tags: linux kindle ebooks amazon [...]

Intel / OLPC Split
C’era da aspettarselo: Intel abbandona il consiglio di amministrazione di OLPC dopo pochi mesi. L’iniziativa non-profit sta innovando drasticamente il mercato dei portatili e delle interfacce grafiche, ma usa processori AMD e questo non va bene al monopol
(tags: olpc intel free+software+business amd)

New Red Hat CEO checks open source claims | Reg Developer
Good or bad: “the “suits to sandals” ratio in the open source and Linux movement sliding further towards the suits.” ?
(tags: redhat free+software+business ceo szulik Whitehurst gnu/linux)

Samba gains access to Microsoft infos | Carlo Piana :: Law is Freedom ::
Final word, the lawyers have spoken. [...]

Welcome - Windows Feedback Program
Nobody wants Vista, not even if “pirated”. So Microsoft gives it away in exchange of your privacy. I wonder how that’s going to work
(tags: badvista+vistawatch vista privacy microsoft office)

Il DRM open source e’ una chimera?
il DRM all’amatriciana: il dibattito sul DRM in Italia si è acceso mentre si spegne nel [...]

Microsoft: Vista piracy rate is half that of XP | Beyond Binary - A blog by Ina Fried - CNET News.com
Non se lo fila nessuno Microsoft said Monday that it’s seeing piracy rates for Windows Vista that are half those of Windows XP.
(tags: microsoft vista badvista+vistawatch)

Silicon Island: Sun Ray Takes the Red Pill: APOC [...]

Getting Paid to Develop [on Simon Phipps, SunMink]
An opportunity for members of these open source communities to take their passion and creativity and push the innovation boundaries - and get paid in the process!
(tags: community development funding floss sun free+software)

CIO.com - Ten Technology Letdowns of 2007
Interesting slideshow: the last slide is cool
(tags: cio.com [...]

Free Software Foundation - GPL Compliance Lawsuits
“some people have speculated that developers’ attitudes about GPL enforcement have changed. In reality, I don’t think that’s the case. To put it simply, filing lawsuits isn’t fun.”
(tags: gpl-violations embedded business gnu/linux)

The Scalable OSS Business Model?
Interesting discussion on FLOSS business models
(tags: free+software+business saas scalability floss)

Saturation point for enterprise open [...]

Open Source ECM: Nuxeo expands sales for vertical markets
Interview with Nuxeo’s CEO by Roberto Galoppini
(tags: nuxeo ecm free+software+business)

magnolia - simple is beautiful - About Magnolia - Magnolia News - Magnolia adopts new GNU Public License v3
Enterprise Content Management System Magnolia Community Edition switches to GPLv3. Good news for GPLv3.
(tags: gplv3 cms webservices magnolia free+software+business)

Microsoft [...]

Philippe Aigrain » Scrutinising the Microsoft WSPP Development AgreementsAnalyse des licences Microsoft pour l’accés à l’information d’interopérabilité pour les serveurs de fichiers et imprimantes
Philippe Aigrain’s analysis of the deal between Microsoft and the European Commission at the end of the case. I’m still waiting to read the comment by the Samba while FSFE’s president [...]

Sun tiptoes into GPLv3
Good news for GPLv3: Sun Microsystems will release its xVM Ops Center virtualisation management application under the General Public Licence version 3 (GPLv3),
(tags: gplv3, sun, licensing, free+software+business)

Intervista a Liz O’Donnell, LinkedIn International Director | Shannon.it Un blog al contrario che tratta di tecnologia e internet sociale, net business e realta’ [...]