Daily Archives: 1 March 2008

Open Source ‘Movement’ Becoming A Gold Rush

Posted on 1 March 2008 by rochakchauhan

 Posted by Charles Babcock I see references to the open source “movement,” as if it were a cohesive ideological gathering, like the Labor Movement of the 1930s or maybe the Wobblies. I agree there are certain shared values among open source developers and a favored way of doing things, but I’ve always doubted the political … Continue reading »

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Bill Gates ditches Facebook for LinkedIn, ad deal coming?

Posted on 1 March 2008 by rochakchauhan

Earlier this month, Microsoft blog sites erupted with the news that Bill Gates had cancelled his Facebook account after The Sun ran a story saying that Gates made the move because he was “getting more than 8,000 friend requests a DAY.” Speculation ranging from Gates having a secret profile to someone else controlling his account … Continue reading »

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Java increasingly threatened by new app dev frameworks

Posted on 1 March 2008 by rochakchauhan

Is Java slipping into second-tier status in the application development space? All the attention being given to its rivals these days might give off that impression. Nearly 13 years old, the Java language and platform created at Sun Microsystems now shares the software development limelight with scripting languages such as PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) and Ruby, … Continue reading »

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