The Natural History of Software Platforms
In this essay, we'll explore why almost all software technology will go through stages that include a commercial, for-profit period, but ultimately end up FOSS. We'll look at why commerc...
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http://www.synthesist.net/writing/software_platforms.html
In this essay, we'll explore why almost all software technology will go through stages that include a commercial, for-profit period, but ultimately end up FOSS. We'll look at why commerc...
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http://www.synthesist.net/writing/software_platforms.html
On Personal Servers (PubSub and ZOE and Hep, Oh My!)
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http://www.mod-pubsub.org/blog/archives/131_On_Personal_Servers_PubSub_and_ZOE_and_Hep_Oh_My...
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http://www.mod-pubsub.org/blog/archives/131_On_Personal_Servers_PubSub_and_ZOE_and_Hep_Oh_My...
All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites
DRM has not stopped infringement: today, infringement is more widespread than ever.
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http://craphound.com/complexecosystems.txt
DRM has not stopped infringement: today, infringement is more widespread than ever.
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http://craphound.com/complexecosystems.txt
Better is better: improving productivity through programming languages
I think the move to better languages, and letting developers use the best tools for the job will herald an economic boom, one that is sustainable and wealth-creating because it represents...
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http://www.dehora.net/journal/2004/04/better_is_better_improving_productivity_through_progra...
I think the move to better languages, and letting developers use the best tools for the job will herald an economic boom, one that is sustainable and wealth-creating because it represents...
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http://www.dehora.net/journal/2004/04/better_is_better_improving_productivity_through_progra...
Manageability - The Long Tail of Recombinant Components
the programmatic interfaces define the syntax of interaction, while leaving it to humans to impose semantics.
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http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/recombinant-long-tail
the programmatic interfaces define the syntax of interaction, while leaving it to humans to impose semantics.
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http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/recombinant-long-tail
Applications are Features of the Web
Maybe the biggest obstacle on the road to Web 2.0 isn't that people find RDF/XML syntax ugly, but that they're unwilling to visualize their own systems as part of a unified whole.
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http://dannyayers.com/archives/2005/03/25/applications-are-features-of-the-web
Maybe the biggest obstacle on the road to Web 2.0 isn't that people find RDF/XML syntax ugly, but that they're unwilling to visualize their own systems as part of a unified whole.
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http://dannyayers.com/archives/2005/03/25/applications-are-features-of-the-web
Bill de hÓra: Slab! Interoperation and evolution in web architecture
Determining a trade off between interoperability and evolvability in a language (or protocol) is a critical axis, particulary in computer languages.
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http://www.dehora.net/journal/2004/10/slab_interoperation_and_evolution_in_web_architecture....
Determining a trade off between interoperability and evolvability in a language (or protocol) is a critical axis, particulary in computer languages.
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http://www.dehora.net/journal/2004/10/slab_interoperation_and_evolution_in_web_architecture....
SOA insight: interoperability enables evolvability
I've noticed that while [implementors of SOA] achieved dramatic improvements in basic interoperability, as advertised, they failed to achieve dramatic improvements in extensibility. This ...
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http://radio.weblogs.com/0126951/2005/03/28.html#a165
I've noticed that while [implementors of SOA] achieved dramatic improvements in basic interoperability, as advertised, they failed to achieve dramatic improvements in extensibility. This ...
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http://radio.weblogs.com/0126951/2005/03/28.html#a165
Anarchy and Efficient Law
There is reason to expect a system in which legal rules are generated by firms competing in a private market to produce efficient rules.
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http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law.html
There is reason to expect a system in which legal rules are generated by firms competing in a private market to produce efficient rules.
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http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law.html
Vendor Lock-In
A software project adopts a product technology and becomes completely dependent upon the vendor’s implementation. When upgrades occur, software changes and interoperability problems occ...
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http://www.antipatterns.com/vendorlockin.htm
A software project adopts a product technology and becomes completely dependent upon the vendor’s implementation. When upgrades occur, software changes and interoperability problems occ...
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http://www.antipatterns.com/vendorlockin.htm
Vendor lock-in
a situation in which a customer is dependent on a vendor for products and services and cannot move to another vendor without substantial switching costs, real and/or perceived.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in
a situation in which a customer is dependent on a vendor for products and services and cannot move to another vendor without substantial switching costs, real and/or perceived.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in
Uniformity and Recombinant Computing
The primary argument against narrow uniform interfaces is that it doesn't look like its powerful enough to do every thing we might need. Concatenative combinators however proves that that...
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http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/uniformity-and-recombinant-computing/view
The primary argument against narrow uniform interfaces is that it doesn't look like its powerful enough to do every thing we might need. Concatenative combinators however proves that that...
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http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/uniformity-and-recombinant-computing/view
On Custom Schemas
With specific reference to XML languages for office documents, I think that, in the interests of open-ness, interoperability, and reducing friction, fewer is better and one is ideal.
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http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/06/17/CustomSchemas
With specific reference to XML languages for office documents, I think that, in the interests of open-ness, interoperability, and reducing friction, fewer is better and one is ideal.
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http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/06/17/CustomSchemas
Don Box and HailStorm
there are clear similarities between [Hailstorm], and RSS 2.0 and Atom. These two core systems are very powerful. Their ease of use, their simple extensibility, their inherent network ce...
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http://mark-lucovsky.blogspot.com/2005/05/don-box-and-hailstorm.html
there are clear similarities between [Hailstorm], and RSS 2.0 and Atom. These two core systems are very powerful. Their ease of use, their simple extensibility, their inherent network ce...
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http://mark-lucovsky.blogspot.com/2005/05/don-box-and-hailstorm.html
Mr. Safe's Guide to the RSS vs. ATOM debate
If [...] you fit more on the right than the left side of the Technology Adoption Life Cycle then you are probably wondering why you should want to support the Atom syndication format over...
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http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=ba73ea71-0ac3-4f85-9e2a-81f93033703c
If [...] you fit more on the right than the left side of the Technology Adoption Life Cycle then you are probably wondering why you should want to support the Atom syndication format over...
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http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=ba73ea71-0ac3-4f85-9e2a-81f93033703c
Paving the information footpaths
It's easy to criticize information systems that fail to embrace sloppiness. It's much harder to explain how they should embrace it. Sloppiness is only a means to an end. In order to make ...
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/04/19OPstrategic_1.html
It's easy to criticize information systems that fail to embrace sloppiness. It's much harder to explain how they should embrace it. Sloppiness is only a means to an end. In order to make ...
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/04/19OPstrategic_1.html
Why the third world won't save open source
Having systems that integrate seamlessly with, and can consume products created by, Western corporations will continue to be important [for Asian companies].
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1343
Having systems that integrate seamlessly with, and can consume products created by, Western corporations will continue to be important [for Asian companies].
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1343
Linux vs Windows Servers: Notttt Exactly
There is a new generation of applications coming into play - call them open and interoperable. They are primarily Java based servers and Web Service enabled.
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http://www.theopensourcery.com/wordp1/index.php?p=256
There is a new generation of applications coming into play - call them open and interoperable. They are primarily Java based servers and Web Service enabled.
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http://www.theopensourcery.com/wordp1/index.php?p=256
Mediators and mediatees - Enterprise integration as an industrial Relations problem
Maybe the term "interoperability" can be best understood as successful dispute resolution. If so, then the Web is the most accomplished dispute resolution device in the history of the pla...
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http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/nls_ebizmediators050429/index.html
Maybe the term "interoperability" can be best understood as successful dispute resolution. If so, then the Web is the most accomplished dispute resolution device in the history of the pla...
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http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/nls_ebizmediators050429/index.html
Google and the Coming Search Wars, Revisited
Market forces [will] eventually bring regime change [in the search industry], but it could take decades. [...] My own hope is that Google will conclude that enlightened self-interest lea...
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http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/04/wo/wo_040405ferguson.asp?p=0
Market forces [will] eventually bring regime change [in the search industry], but it could take decades. [...] My own hope is that Google will conclude that enlightened self-interest lea...
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http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/04/wo/wo_040405ferguson.asp?p=0
My history of the (Internet) Robustness Principle.
The Internet Robustness Principle: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send."
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http://radio.weblogs.com/0126951/2005/05/25.html#a179
The Internet Robustness Principle: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send."
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http://radio.weblogs.com/0126951/2005/05/25.html#a179
Open source and the commoditization of software
In a commodity world, technologists need to think about innovating in their business models as much as (if not more than) innovating in their technology.
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http://ianmurdock.com/?page_id=222
In a commodity world, technologists need to think about innovating in their business models as much as (if not more than) innovating in their technology.
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http://ianmurdock.com/?page_id=222
Getting HTTP right
if applications play by the rules, they could leverage such a network to deliver content and even services with speed and reliability beyond their normal means.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/18/21OPstrategic_1.html
if applications play by the rules, they could leverage such a network to deliver content and even services with speed and reliability beyond their normal means.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/18/21OPstrategic_1.html
Passing judgement on Microsoft's media juggernaut
To credit Microsoft's monopoly for the way the company is so well-positioned to succeed in digital media is [...] ridiculous. If you really want to point a finger at someone, point it at...
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1487&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
To credit Microsoft's monopoly for the way the company is so well-positioned to succeed in digital media is [...] ridiculous. If you really want to point a finger at someone, point it at...
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1487&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
The dark glue of the Web
URLs that get embedded into software need to be managed through time much more carefully than URLs that are only ever clicked on by humans.
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http://www.itworld.com/Tech/4535/nls_ebizdarkglue050607/index.html
URLs that get embedded into software need to be managed through time much more carefully than URLs that are only ever clicked on by humans.
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http://www.itworld.com/Tech/4535/nls_ebizdarkglue050607/index.html
Google SiteMaps = Less Rich Site Summary
the folk at Google didn't take the time to work with the IETF's Atom Working Group to ensure that Sitemaps were just a stripped-down version of Atom feeds -- or at least compatible with ...
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http://www.kbcafe.com/rss/?guid=20050608090659
the folk at Google didn't take the time to work with the IETF's Atom Working Group to ensure that Sitemaps were just a stripped-down version of Atom feeds -- or at least compatible with ...
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http://www.kbcafe.com/rss/?guid=20050608090659
MS's IPTV strategy in tatters
[Microsoft IPTV technology] is overly complicated and impenetrable to the competition, an attempt to engineer an interface shut-out in the TV markets.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/01/ms_iptv_strategy_in_tatters
[Microsoft IPTV technology] is overly complicated and impenetrable to the competition, an attempt to engineer an interface shut-out in the TV markets.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/01/ms_iptv_strategy_in_tatters
Microsoft Office and XML: Why not the OASIS OpenOffice.org XML format?
It's unfortunate that some want to mar this announcement with partisan slings and arrows instead of recognizing the goodness that will come from ending the era of closed binary document f...
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http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=094031f0-197e-49d6-8cfd-f516f4306fa7
It's unfortunate that some want to mar this announcement with partisan slings and arrows instead of recognizing the goodness that will come from ending the era of closed binary document f...
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http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=094031f0-197e-49d6-8cfd-f516f4306fa7
Microsoft to 'Open' Office File Formats
When faced with the decision of adopting open standards or remaining proprietary, Microsoft opted to preserve the "full fidelity" of past Office functionality and instead developed its ow...
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Opens_Office_File_Formats/1117692086
When faced with the decision of adopting open standards or remaining proprietary, Microsoft opted to preserve the "full fidelity" of past Office functionality and instead developed its ow...
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Opens_Office_File_Formats/1117692086
Microsoft Office Open XML Formats: "We Already Got One"
If Microsoft really wants to demonstrate that they're open they'll go one step further and support the Open Document Format alongside their own non-independent version.
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http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/000732.html
If Microsoft really wants to demonstrate that they're open they'll go one step further and support the Open Document Format alongside their own non-independent version.
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http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/000732.html
The gray scale of interoperability and IT standards
In the software world, there are two main approaches to [interoperability]. The first is to build applications from the same base application code. [...] The other approach is to build ev...
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http://www.itworld.com/Man/3830/nls_ebizgrayscale050614
In the software world, there are two main approaches to [interoperability]. The first is to build applications from the same base application code. [...] The other approach is to build ev...
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http://www.itworld.com/Man/3830/nls_ebizgrayscale050614
Advice to Microsoft regarding commodity software
Microsoft should favor an approach that tolerates and embraces the diversity of the open source approach, especially when network-based integration is involved.
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http://www.synthesist.net/writing/onleavingms.html
Microsoft should favor an approach that tolerates and embraces the diversity of the open source approach, especially when network-based integration is involved.
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http://www.synthesist.net/writing/onleavingms.html
Blogging Evolved: Application Aggregation
The key difference in this plan - the ability to see the data in human readable format if the aggregator doesn't have any idea how to process those fields.
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http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008462.html
The key difference in this plan - the ability to see the data in human readable format if the aggregator doesn't have any idea how to process those fields.
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http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008462.html
Goodbye PC, and welcome back proprietary hardware platforms to tie up hardware, software and content
The PC-centric model is disappearing as digital devices designed for specific purposes — such as digital cameras, cell phones, portable digital audio players, and portable digital video...
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http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2005/05/goodbye_pc_the.php
The PC-centric model is disappearing as digital devices designed for specific purposes — such as digital cameras, cell phones, portable digital audio players, and portable digital video...
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http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2005/05/goodbye_pc_the.php
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
The organizational challenge comes as all stakeholders get together and hammer out common definitions. This might not seem like the kind of work that leads to disputes, but it is.
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http://www.hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4800&t=technology
The organizational challenge comes as all stakeholders get together and hammer out common definitions. This might not seem like the kind of work that leads to disputes, but it is.
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http://www.hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4800&t=technology
RE: Openness as a Function of Incentive
Microsoft has a dominant position in [Office tools], and from their position openess is unlikely to increase their market share or expand the market, only make it easier for people to sub...
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http://shollersmusings.blogspot.com/2005/06/re-openness-as-function-of-incentive.html
Microsoft has a dominant position in [Office tools], and from their position openess is unlikely to increase their market share or expand the market, only make it easier for people to sub...
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http://shollersmusings.blogspot.com/2005/06/re-openness-as-function-of-incentive.html
RE: Barriers to Interoperability
The challenges to interoperabilty are mostly non-technical, although that does not make the technical ones any easier.
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http://shollersmusings.blogspot.com/2005/06/re-barriers-to-interoperability.html
The challenges to interoperabilty are mostly non-technical, although that does not make the technical ones any easier.
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http://shollersmusings.blogspot.com/2005/06/re-barriers-to-interoperability.html
MS Office XML Formats Not OK with GNU
The royalty-free license under which Microsoft plans to make its upcoming new Office Open XML Formats widely available is incompatible with the [GPL] and will thus prevent many free and o...
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1829355,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
The royalty-free license under which Microsoft plans to make its upcoming new Office Open XML Formats widely available is incompatible with the [GPL] and will thus prevent many free and o...
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1829355,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
Might JavaOne have been NetBeans' last stand?
Developers will not only gravitate towards IDEs that they like, but the ones for which the most third party support and tools exist (known as IDE plug-ins).
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1546&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
Developers will not only gravitate towards IDEs that they like, but the ones for which the most third party support and tools exist (known as IDE plug-ins).
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1546&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
JavaOne Scoreboard: who Eclipsed who?
It doesn't matter whether or not a vendor's main plays are its servers or its IDEs, or both: They're all trying to figure out how they'll worm their way to success in an increasingly ope...
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1572&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
It doesn't matter whether or not a vendor's main plays are its servers or its IDEs, or both: They're all trying to figure out how they'll worm their way to success in an increasingly ope...
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1572&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
Software goes free
Software is becoming infrastructure, and that infrastructure is progressively becoming commoditized. [...] While application software vendors still probably have a few years' grace, middl...
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http://www.looselycoupled.com/blog/lc00aa00103.html
Software is becoming infrastructure, and that infrastructure is progressively becoming commoditized. [...] While application software vendors still probably have a few years' grace, middl...
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http://www.looselycoupled.com/blog/lc00aa00103.html
LGPL Best for Platforms; Apache/BSD Best for Protocols and Tools
Since platforms and APIs are business and technical control points, vendors will fight over control. GPL Linux and LGPL JBoss have not fragmented due to the strength of the license protec...
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http://jboss.org/jbossBlog/blog/pfricke/?permalink=LGPL_Best_for_Platforms_Apache_BSD_Best_f...
Since platforms and APIs are business and technical control points, vendors will fight over control. GPL Linux and LGPL JBoss have not fragmented due to the strength of the license protec...
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http://jboss.org/jbossBlog/blog/pfricke/?permalink=LGPL_Best_for_Platforms_Apache_BSD_Best_f...
Liberal RSS Parsing and Apple iTunes
Just like the browser wars I suspect this is going to get a lot worse before it gets any better. Hopefully the folks working on RSS at Apple [and at Microsoft] are paying attention to thi...
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http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=e9bde6db-0ec9-4d1c-bf71-5d5ae81014bf
Just like the browser wars I suspect this is going to get a lot worse before it gets any better. Hopefully the folks working on RSS at Apple [and at Microsoft] are paying attention to thi...
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http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=e9bde6db-0ec9-4d1c-bf71-5d5ae81014bf
GroupWise 7 has an eye on Outlook
A lot of the changes and additions to GroupWise 7 are intended to make it look and behave more like Outlook and Exchange.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39205923,00.htm
A lot of the changes and additions to GroupWise 7 are intended to make it look and behave more like Outlook and Exchange.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39205923,00.htm
APIs and SPIs
With an SPI, the organization effectively delegates or outsources some type of processing to an external service, allowing this external service to return data that can be used by the org...
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http://www.syndic8.com/~jeff/blog/index.php?p=247
With an SPI, the organization effectively delegates or outsources some type of processing to an external service, allowing this external service to return data that can be used by the org...
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Can contracts survive in the grassroots ecosystem?
Contracts are awkward beasts, and they generate a lot of friction. Of course, some friction is a good and necessary thing, but if we can’t make contracts easier to use, the grassroots e...
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/29/27OPstrategic_1.html
Contracts are awkward beasts, and they generate a lot of friction. Of course, some friction is a good and necessary thing, but if we can’t make contracts easier to use, the grassroots e...
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Imitation is the surest sign of success
I see IceRocket's adoption of reltag as a sign that technorati is succeeding in getting its standards accepted the market place.
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I see IceRocket's adoption of reltag as a sign that technorati is succeeding in getting its standards accepted the market place.
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Open source: Are Microsoft and other holdouts about to crack?
As evidenced by the way Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has adjusted his open source rhetoric [...], commercial software companies are clearly being motivated by the market to adopt an increa...
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As evidenced by the way Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has adjusted his open source rhetoric [...], commercial software companies are clearly being motivated by the market to adopt an increa...
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Data Should be the Intel Outside
Here is the problem: The more people that figure out that it's not about proprietary applications, but about proprietary data, then we merely move from one walled garden to another.
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http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/001480.html
Here is the problem: The more people that figure out that it's not about proprietary applications, but about proprietary data, then we merely move from one walled garden to another.
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http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/001480.html
Bosworth's Web of Data
RSS 2.0 and Atom will be the lingua franca that will be used to consume all data from everywhere. These are simple formats that are sloppily extensible.
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http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/04/22/bosworth.html
RSS 2.0 and Atom will be the lingua franca that will be used to consume all data from everywhere. These are simple formats that are sloppily extensible.
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