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Oct 02, 2006
Apple WebObjects going open source?
ThinkSecret writes that WebObjects, the Apple database software that is at the heart of its internal networks and the iTunes Music Store, will go open source next year. ThinkSecret thinks this cements the software's role and future at Apple. Maybe. Let's assume a moment the story is accurate. (I have not been able to verify it independently.) What seems obvious to me is that Apple fears the database market within its OS is under severe threat from open source, and that it needs to give something back to its user base in order to stay in contention there. read more...
Open Source and the Law
The success of open source business models will, in the future, lead to changes in the law. The current copyright and patent regimes date from the 1990s, when proprietary business models were at their height and the Internet was in its infancy. This is no accident. Hints of what was to come – the launch of Linux, the World Wide Web, the Free Software Foundation, and the publication of Eric Raymond's classic The Cathedral and the Bazaar, (not to mention such Internet commerce classics as Seth Godin's Permission Marketing) were showing the way to a future which incumbents were desperate to close off. read more...
Warum Open Source Investoren anzieht
Das Geld sucht eine profitable Zukunft - und entdeckt als eine Möglichkeit das Open-Source-Business. In den ersten drei Quartalen des vergangenen Jahres haben Risikokapitalgeber allein in den USA 140 Millionen Dollar in Open-Source-Firmen investiert, siebenmal mehr als 2003 insgesamt. read more...
OSS group claims Microsoft patent victory
The New Zealand Open Source Society(NZOSS) has claimed a moral victory in the patent office after Microsoft amended its patent on XML schema. NZOSS president Peter Harrison says the changes made to the patent were such that the organisation was no longer concerned about the threat posed by the patent. read more...
Not quite answered: Can open source messaging servers replace Microsoft Exchange?
This week on Linux.com we reviewed Scalix, Open-Xchange, and Zimbra, three of the highest-profile open source alternatives to Microsoft Exchange. All of them have their defects, and all three offer commercial versions that make installation and maintenance easier than it is for their open source versions. We've also talked to marketing people from all three companies, and while they all talk about growing sales and a rosy future, it's obvious from the reader comments attached to the reviews of their products that none of them is an immediate threat to Microsoft's domination of the corporate messaging server market. read more...
