Today marks the fifth anniversary of the popular open source web browser Firefox. Happy Birthday, dear Firefox! A little bit history of Firefox versions can be found on Wikipedia.
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Microsoft Switzerland invited to a short presentation and discussion round with Hank Janssen from the Microsoft Open Source Technology Center (OSTC) in Redmond. He talked a little bit about their infrastructure (which is impressive and awesome by the way), projects Microsoft has contributed to and why they do it. I made a few notes and […]
Continue ReadingIBM in Talks to Buy Sun?
via WallStreetJournal o rly? SUN (JAVA): 3,723,526,925 US$ current stock value. IBM wants to pay up to US$ 6.5 billion: If the deal does go through, which could happen as early as this week, IBM is likely to pay at least $6.5 billion in cash to acquire Sun, the people said. That would translate into […]
Continue ReadingReadings for Today: 10/13/2008
Report Nine: Open Source Is Not a Business Model How do vendors make money from free and open source software (FOSS)? The question is as old as FOSS itself, but over time it has shifted from a theoretical question — “How is it possible to generate revenue from something that is free?” — to a […]
Continue ReadingEvent Preview: Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups
Sun Microsystems invites to their new event about Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups. Today they have sent out the agenda for next Thursday, June 19th and it looks pretty interesting: What does Web 2.0 mean to Sun and why do we care? Manuel Jaffrin, EMEA Business Development Manager Web 2.0/Internet Industry Practice Sun […]
Continue ReadingMozilla Firefox 3 On It’s Way
A couple of days ago I put some Mozilla Firefox banners on this blog (see above). This is because I want to support the launch of the new Mozilla Firefox browser 3, which is due in a couple of weeks. I’ve supported the launch of Firefox 1.0 by donating for the super-awesome-mega-great NY Times ad. […]
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