Tag: Open Source

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Scumbag Tech Elitist: Open Source

New feature called “Scumbag Tech Elitist” premiers with this post.

Topic: Open Source

Scumbag Tech Elitist preaches about Open Source, why it is better and why he supports it. Scumbag Tech Elitist blathers on and on why he likes Android and makes one big endorsement because it is Open Source.

Scumbag Tech Elitist then endorses SquareSpace while badmouthing WordPress.

Wait a minute Mr. Scumbag Tech Elitist,

  • WordPress is an Open Source Project.
  • There are no mentions that SquareSpace is an Open Source Project. It is never declared as an Open Source Project.
  • There are self-install WordPress.org and fully hosted WordPress.com.
  • SquareSpace is a sponsor of Scumbag Tech Elitist.

Well that is too convenient, Mr. Scumbag Tech Elitist.

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HP to open source webOS.

HP announced that it will contribute webOS to the open source community. The next best thing for HP and a much better fate for webOS.

Will we see new webOS hardwares from other manufacturers? I certainly hope so. HP and open source community must improve webOS architecture

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LibreOffice 3.3 is now available.

LibreOffice, the spin-off to OpenOffice.org is now available for download.

LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base.

From The Document Foundation Blog:

The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3

The first stable release of the free office suite is available for download

The Internet, January 25, 2011 – The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3, the first stable release of the free office suite developed by the community. In less than four months, the number of developers hacking LibreOffice has grown from less than twenty in late September 2010, to well over one hundred today.

Download LibreOffice 3.3 now.

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Where’s The Outrage? Microsoft is going after Motorola for Android.

Fortune reports that Microsoft is going after Motorola for Patent violations related to Android. Apparently Motorola won’t be going the Windows Phone 7 way in favor of Android. It is obvious that Microsoft is losing the grip and going lawsuit happy.

Anyone remembers that HTC signed a “Patent deal” related to Android with Microsoft? I really thought that Android is an Open Source Project led by Google. How can Microsoft asserting Patent right to someone else’s product?

Well, Microsoft has been claiming that another Open Source Project named Linux is violating their Patents. Novell was quick to “collaborate” with Microsoft. Linus Torvald disagrees.

There are a lot of people who feel disgusted with Apple suing HTC, and a lot of them cheered when HTC signe a deal with Microsoft. What is wrong with this picture? It is just like defending a castle from attacks by surrendering to another enemy with a bigger army. You still lose!

Shame on you, Microsoft. Is this how you innovate?

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A Call To Arms……. VLC Needs Mac OS X Developers.

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The news of possible end to VLC development for Mac OS X caused quite a stir today. Based the Forums post, at this point there are no active VLC developers for Mac OS X.

VLC is a multimedia player with supports for many audio and video format. It is also a required component for Handbrake feature to work.

Developers who can donate their time are desperately needed to keep this project going.

VideoLAN Forums

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VLC 1.0.0 is Released.

The VideoLAN project has officially released VLC 1.0.0 codenamed Goldeneye. Download it now.

VLC 1.0.0 is a cross-platform media player, available for Linux, Mac, Windows and other Operating Systems.

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac …) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. See the full features list.

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