http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/open-source Blog Articles Tagged with 'open-source' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1106491?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Twitter is still far larger than its much younger competitor Friendfeed in aggregate terms. But an interesting trend is developing - many longtime Twitter users are noticing that the number of followers they have on Friendfeed is growing far more rap... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:51:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1106491?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1105331?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source On today s show we had special guest Greg Clinton, developer of a newapplication called Talk Soup that lets people easily start podcasting.Available at the URL http://talk.appspot.com/ , the application involvestwo people simply calling each other,... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:57:47 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1105331?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mark-evans/1105870?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Two realities/truths exist within the Web 2.0 landscape:1. It is easier than ever to take an idea and transform it into a start-up given that development, marketing and distribution costs have plummeted since the initial dot-com boom.2. The are no la... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:44:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mark-evans/1105870?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1104777?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Today's Wall Street Journal has an article titled Tech Giants Join Together To Head Off Patent Suits. It describes the efforts of a new organization named Allied Security Trust who's goal is to buy up key intellectual property before it falls into... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:56:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1104777?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104975?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source From Dare's blog, a posit that folks are leaving Google for Microsoft, driven by his anecdotal observations and blog post from a guy named Sergey Solyanik:So why did I leave?There are many things about Google that are not great, and merit improvement... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:37:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104975?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1103926?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Here s the latest action:New partnership brings Helio to Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile USA will acquire the U.S. arm namely, a mobile operator called Helio of South Korea-based SK Telecom, according to the Financial Times. Both mobile ope... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:59:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1103926?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1103774?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Image via WikipediaIt s been crazy at the iotum offices the last couple of days. Having shipped Calliflower, we re now dealing with the next wave of press and customer interest, plus the inevitable small bug fixes. All good stuff!Last night I... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:22:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1103774?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1103278?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Call it a Route 128 SOA date. Progress Software is buying IONA Technologies for a little over $100 million in actual value, broadening Progress s service oriented architecture [SOA] portfolio significantly and catapulting Progress into the open sou... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:25:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1103278?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1103370?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Call it a Route 128 SOA date. Progress Software is buying IONA Technologies for a little over $100 million in actual value, broadening Progress s service oriented architecture [SOA] portfolio significantly and catapulting Progress into the open sou... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:25:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1103370?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/software-stock-blog/1103465?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Call it a Route 128 SOA date. Progress Software is buying IONA Technologies for a little over $100 million in actual value, broadening Progress s service oriented architecture [SOA] portfolio significantly and catapulting Progress into the open sou... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:25:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/software-stock-blog/1103465?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/software-stock-blog/1102791?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Carnac the Magnificent has answered the question in the last envelope in the independent middleware market: Progress Software (PRGS) will acquire Iona (IONA). My prediction that it would most likely be another so-called closed source software provide... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:50:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/software-stock-blog/1102791?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1102825?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Carnac the Magnificent has answered the question in the last envelope in the independent middleware market: Progress Software (PRGS) will acquire Iona (IONA). My prediction that it would most likely be another so-called closed source software provide... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:50:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1102825?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1102801?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Open operating systems, for most folks, means that the operating system is essentially free. The average computer user knows that Linux is free, as in beer, while Windows costs money. The case is the same for mobile OSes although, until very recently... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:02:27 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1102801?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1102802?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Digg competitor Mixx just launched an extension to its groups feature that founder Chris McGill describes as Ning for social media .Users can now set up Mixx community sites on their own subdomains (see ours here). Administrators have the power ... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:30:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1102802?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1101886?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Quick poll: If you could suggest one tech policy proposal for the Presidential candidates to adopt, what would it be?Later today, I am speaking on a panel at the Personal Democracy Forum about national tech policy. In the poll below, I ve listed s... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:29:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1101886?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1101819?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Nokia s announcement this morning that it is acquiring the rest of the Symbian mobile operating system it doesn t already own (about 52 per cent) and turning it into an open-source OS that anyone can contribute to and use seems like an arrow aime... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:50:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1101819?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1101633?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Open-source shocker. Mobile open-source got a very major new player this morning: Nokia (NOK) said is acquiring most of the 52% of smartphone software developer Symbian it doesn't already own for about $400M. The newly-formed Symbian Foundation - b... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:19:40 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1101633?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/howard-lindzon/1101563?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Not for a lack of ideas, let s see what the blogosphere has fpr you:1. Jim Cramer is building a wind play (his mouth and ass have been stapled shut and he is being force fed beans) - go watch the video .2. A broken, but interesting China is ge... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:58:52 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/howard-lindzon/1101563?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1101622?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Nokia have today announced that they will be acquiring the remaining 52% of Symbian they don t own and will be releasing the complete Symbian platform under the Eclipse open source license. Nokia have also announced the creation of the Symbian Foun... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:30:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1101622?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1101474?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source Well, more precisely Nokia has announced it will acquire the approximately 52% of Symbian Limited shares it does not already own.Simultaneously, a Symbian Foundation is to be established to provide a royalty-free open platform. Such initiative is ann... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:40:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1101474?rsstype=tag&tag=open-source