Steve Kapsinow http://blogs.graphicdesignforum.com/skapsinow/ 2008-06-13T12:05:07-05:002008-06-12T20:17:21-05:002008-06-12T15:44:55-05:002008-06-11T17:49:03-05:002008-06-11T09:03:09-05:002008-06-10T14:30:42-05:002008-06-10T12:04:30-05:002008-06-09T17:23:25-05:002008-06-09T16:55:55-05:002008-06-09T09:53:24-05:002008-06-06T16:32:18-05:002008-06-06T16:10:43-05:002008-06-06T18:27:08-05:002008-06-05T20:31:17-05:002008-06-05T14:36:06-05:00 Yahoo's open source exodus http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/yahoos-open-source-exodus.html One of the best known open source developers at Yahoo! is on his way out. Jeremy Zawodny has publicly announced that he is leaving Yahoo!But don't think that the Microsoft nonsense has anything to do with it. According to Zawodny... Sean Kerner 2008-06-13T12:05:07-05:00 Intel's CTO Sounds a Little Bitter http://blog.internetnews.com/dneedle/2008/06/intels-cto-sounds-a-little-bit.html Intel had its big Research Day yesterday at the Computer History Museum. I expected CTO Justin Rattner to set the table by highlighting some of the futuristic developments in the nearby exhibit hall. Eventually he got around to some... David Needle 2008-06-12T20:17:21-05:00 Red Hat Exchange (RHX) is critical http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/red-hat-exchange-rhx-is-critic.html From the 'free advice from the cheap seats' files:Last year at this time Red Hat launched its Red Hat Exchange (RHX) initiative. The idea in the beginning was to offer a marketplace for third party open source solutions that... Sean Kerner 2008-06-12T15:44:55-05:00 Mozilla releases Firefox 3 RC3 - FINAL ON June 17 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/mozilla-releases-firefox-3-rc3.html **UPDATED* Final Firefox 3 will be out on June 17th ** From the 'how much farther' files:Well here it is Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 - is now out - for Windows, Linux and Mac. Just last week when... Sean Kerner 2008-06-11T17:49:03-05:00 Red Hat settles 2 patent lawsuits - 1 more to go http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/red-hat-settles-2-patent-lawsu.html Sean Kerner 2008-06-11T09:03:09-05:00 Mozilla's Mac Mini array is making Firefox better http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/mozillas-mac-mini-array-is-mak.html What does it take to build an open source browser used by over 170 million people? Apparently it's not quite as gargantuan as you might have guessed.I would have thought that from a build framework point of view it would... Sean Kerner 2008-06-10T14:30:42-05:00 SFLC files new GPL lawsuits http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/sflc-files-new-gpl-lawsuits.html From the 'when will they learn' files:The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has filed a pair of new lawsuits on behalf of its client BusyBox for alleged violations of the GPL open source license.The defendants in this new round of... Sean Kerner 2008-06-10T12:04:30-05:00 Recession? What recession? http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2008/06/recession-what-recession.html Talk of an economic slowdown is everywhere these days. Terrible. The effect of a sustained market contraction is predictable in many areas of the economy -- the price of gas goes up, people take fewer, shorter trips. Rising food costs... Kenneth Corbin 2008-06-09T17:23:25-05:00 Mozilla's open source phone system http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/mozillas-open-source-phone-sys.html What does Mozilla - arguably the most popular open source project in the world - use for its telephony solution? It shouldn't surprise you that they use a solution built in open source should it? When I was at... Sean Kerner 2008-06-09T16:55:55-05:00 Microsoft's Open Source Sandcastle collapses http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/microsofts-open-source-sandcas.html From the 'you gotta play by the rules' files:The basic premise of all Open Source software (Open Source being software licensed under an OSI approved license and adhering to the Open Source Definition) is that the code is ..well..open... Sean Kerner 2008-06-09T09:53:24-05:00 An iPhone malady http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/06/iphone-therefore-i-am.html I don't "iPhone," and right about now, I'm feeling as if I never will. I'm not part of the in crowd or the smart crowd, or the living crowd. All those crowds following the hype this weekend as the second... jmottl 2008-06-06T16:32:18-05:00 Amazon's down -- and everyone freaks out! http://blog.internetnews.com/csaunders/2008/06/amazons-down-and-everyone-frea.html Amazon.com, the Web's largest e-commerce site (well, not counting eBay) and a bellwether for the entire Internet industry, is experiencing technical difficulties. Everyone, you are now cleared for mass hysteria. Still Down.!!!!!!! Still down. Rats. Any catastrophic event in... Christopher Saunders 2008-06-06T16:10:43-05:00 Mozilla is not tech's worst workspace http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/mozilla-is-not-techs-worst-wor.html I spent the better part of today at Mozilla's offices in Toronto - the workspace that my friend Nicholas Carlson at Valleywag labeled as 'the worst in tech'.Mozilla's Toronto office is far from the worst tech workspace I've ever seen... Sean Kerner 2008-06-06T18:27:08-05:00 No media for old people http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2008/06/no-media-for-old-people.html NEW YORK -- The elitism ran thick in Time Warner headquarters this morning. Executives from Warner Bros., People.com, TMZ.com, Entertainment Weekly and Epic Records gathered to kick around the great questions that the democratic Web is posing to autocratic media.... Kenneth Corbin 2008-06-05T20:31:17-05:00 Pentaho open source BI moves from Mozilla to GPL http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/pentaho-open-source-bi-moves-f.html The move away from Mozilla open source licenses continues today with open source Business Intelligence (BI) vendor Pentaho moving to the GPL. It's a sign of the times that professional open source vendors are embracing the GPL and leaving behind... Sean Kerner 2008-06-05T14:36:06-05:00