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Profitability covers a multitude of sins

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12 hrs ago 1 related
        

In a fascinating letter from Sequoia Capital to the CEOs of its portfolio companies, Sequoia urges the obvious: be prudent and conserve cash. The counsel is obvious but largely unheeded in the technology industry, as well as...

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Not making enough money from patents? Here's help

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yesterday
        

In case you're worried that you haven't been squeezing enough money from your patent portfolio lately, Law Seminars International has a deal for you: Forget about trying to make money by selling actual products into a tight...

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DoD Prepares Open Source Use, Contribution Guidelines

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yesterday
        

Thursday CNET News blogger Matt Asay pointed out that the U.S. Department of Defense is on the verge of issuing guidelines for the adoption of open source software within the agency. According to GCN:

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Open-source innovation in a recession

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yesterday 4 related
        

Nat Torkington over at O'Reilly suggests that a recession will be very kind to open source as companies seek to lower their IT costs while continuing to service business needs. I think he's right, and every day I see the proof...

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Microsoft's experiment in multi-touch computing is open source

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yesterday 6 related
        

InfoWorld was the first to report that Microsoft has released a new Touchless SDK to help developers kick the tires on multi-touch technology. But it was TechCrunch that pointed to perhaps a more significant aspect of the...

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Pentagon is preparing guidelines for open-source adoption

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Oct 9, 2008 2 related
        

Given the widespread adoption of open-source software within the US federal government, including the US Department of Defense, it's perhaps not surprising that the regulation-heavy federal government is finally getting around...

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Does IBM signal strength or weakness for tech spending?

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Oct 9, 2008 5 related
        

On a day when the stock market continued its race to the bottom, IBM showed resilience by posting a 20 percent gain in its third-quarter net income. Much of the growth and strength derives from "international diversification,...

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More open source departures from Sun

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Oct 9, 2008 21 related
        

David Axmark, co-founder of MySQL, has left Sun, which acquired MySQL last year for $1 billion. Axmark's departure comes close on the heels of Monty Widenius' exit, and comes in the midst of a bad week for Sun, when its Linux...

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Forging the future with open source

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Oct 9, 2008
        

NetworkWorld nails it with an article describing how proprietary licensing encourages companies to spend time protecting their past investments, rather than focusing on the future. While the article deals with Microsoft's...

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Moziilla unleashes location-aware Geode browser extension

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Oct 8, 2008 69 related
        

In a week in which Mozilla's CEO confirmed the imminent alpha release of its mobile Firefox browser, codenamed "Fennec", Mozilla was also busy talking up a cool extension to its desktop browser: Geode. What is Geode? Perhaps...

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