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  Roberto Galoppini 10:16 am on April 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: bazaar ( 2 ), cvs ( 2 ), git ( 3 ), mercurial ( 2 ), scm ( 2 ), subversion ( 4 ), webinar   

  Open Source Webinars: SCM Comparison, by OpenLogic 

  On the 28th of April OpenLogic will run a webinar to provide a comparison of key attributes – included market share and community participation – for the leading open source Source control management tools, including Bazaar, CVS, Git, Mercurial, and Subversion.

  Other topics covered in this webinar will include:
  Which open source SCM tools are best at branching, merging, and tagging
  Client/server vs. single repository SCM tools
  Peer-to-peer vs. distributed system SCM tools
  How the leading open source SCM tools compare to commercial alternatives

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  Roberto Galoppini 1:29 pm on April 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Adobe AIR, Appcelerator, Appcelerator Community, Entourage, JeffKunz, Titanium   

  Open Source AIR Alternative: Appcelerator, an interview with Jeff Kunz 

  Appcelerator – the company founded in 2006 by Jeff Haynie and Nolan Wright, that took a first round in 2008 from Storm Ventures – recently released Titanium preview, an open source platform for building desktop applications using Web technologies.

  At the open source think tank I met Jeff Kunz, formerly Olliance Group partner and now VP of Business Development at Appcelerator, and I asked him some background about Appcelerator and its business model.

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    Trevor Cape 12:05 am on April 21, 2009 Permalink

    Hi Roberto,
    My name is Trevor and I work at Appcelerator. I happened upon your article written about Appcelerator and your interview with our VP of Biz Dev Jeff regarding Appcelerator’s business model. It is refreshing to see something written about our business strategy and how we plan to make money. Most of the articles that I read are written solely about the technical side of our services. It is always good to get people on both sides of the spectrum involved in discussing and talking about what we do, from both a technical standpoint and also a business, monetary standpoint. To show our appreciation the Appcelerator team would like to send you some cool Appcelerator “swag”(a titanium t-shirt and an Appcelerator wristband). If you would like that, please send me your mailing address and I will make sure to get them to you.

    Thanks,
    Trevor

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    Roberto Galoppini 2:22 pm on April 21, 2009 Permalink

    Hi Trevor,

    I am glad you appreciated my blog post, I can tell you I wrote it hoping you would have offered me the Appcelerator “swag”. 🙂

    On a more serious line of thought, Jeff was very open to talk about your business strategy, and I was happy to share it with my readers.

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  Roberto Galoppini 12:08 pm on April 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: avoid lock-in, BudBruegger ( 2 ), eId, open source governance ( 13 ), open source identity management, open source policies, OSOR Case Study, OSOR Forge   

  Open Source Case Study and Open Source Governance 

  The OSOR Case Studies section this month covers Grosseto’s OpenPortalGuard eID system. The case study tells the story about an Italian case of excellence, started in 2003 when  the Italian government decided to introduce eID cards. Grosseto, to acquire an eID-based access control system for its ICT infrastructure, applied a rigorous open source strategy, aiming to cut implementation and operational costs.

  Is it a sustainable choice for small public administrations?

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  Roberto Galoppini 1:39 pm on April 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: ChoJung-Hyun, Korea Open Source Conference, MichaelCote, Seoul, SOCOP   

  Free Open Source License Insight Conference, 16 April 2009, Seoul 

  On the 16th of April the Korea Software Copyright Committee (SOCOP) – a non-profit organization under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism having the mandate to promote the protection of software-related intellectual property rights – will host the Free Open Source License Insight Conference, at the COEX Intercontinental Hotel (Seoul).

  The conference will start with invited talks by experts from abroad and South Korea, a panel discussion will follow. Being and invited speaker I want to thank Ms. Cho Jung-Hyun from SOCOP for her kind invitation, I am really sorry I can’t go.

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  Roberto Galoppini 11:58 am on April 5, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: EdwinTellman, MarkShuttelworth ( 2 ), Mifos, MuleSource ( 2 ), ubuntu ( 5 )   

  Open Source Podcasts 5-04-2009: Mifos Microfinance Platform, MuleSource, Mark Shuttleworth 

  Mifos on FLOSS Weekly Open Source Podcast – George Conard and Adam Monsen of the Mifos Initiative interviewed on FLOSS Weekly provide a look into the Mifos Initative.The initiative is aimed at creating and fostering an open platform for the microfinance industry. Mifos is launching is Mifos OnDemand in the Philippines.
  
  Mulecast: A conversation with the creator of The Science Service Bus (SSB) – Edwin Tellman, creator of The Science Service Bus talks about the SSB and who can benefits from it.

  Ubuntu Podcast Interviews Mark Shuttleworth – Mark Shuttleworth discusses the upcoming 9.04 release, Ubuntu history, Linux on the desktop, and other stuff.

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  Roberto Galoppini 5:53 pm on April 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: openoffice ( 44 )   

  Adding Icons to a Toolbar, Math Editor, Italian FAQ Update: OpenOffice.org links 4-04-2009 

  One-click macros – Learn how to add macro icons to a toolbar in Openoffice Calc.

  Dmaths – People who regularly use the formula editor of OpenOffice should consider to use it, now available for OpenOffice.org 3.0.

  1205 giorni con OpenOffice (1205 days with OpenOffice) – The latest version of OpenOffice 3 Soluzioni a raccolta – an Italian OpenOffice.org FAQ built with the help of the community – is available for download.

   
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  Roberto Galoppini 3:56 pm on April 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: ASP.NET, BillyMarshall, MiguelDeIcaza, MVC, Red Hat ( 8 )   

  Red Hat 2009 Profits, ASP.NET MVC and the MS-PL License, Cloud Actors: links, 4-04-2009 

  Don’t worry about Red Hat’s 2009 profit decline – Savio Rodrigues keeps analyzing Red Hat’s profits, and highlighting that one-third of Red Hat’s profit comes from activities outside of its core business.
  
  Microsoft releases ASP.NET MVC under the MS-PL License – Miguel de Icaza replying to comments explains why MS-PL incompatibility with GPL code is not an issue within C# and ASP.NET code.

  Maintenance Woes Handicap Microsoft’s Azure – Billy Marshall’s, CEO of rPath, essay on cloud actors. Read also Javier Soltero’s thoughts.

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  Roberto Galoppini 10:10 pm on April 3, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: cersi, Luiss, open source business ( 16 ), open source survey ( 2 )   

  Italian Open Source Offering: LUISS Launches On Line Survey 

  CeRSI, the Research Center in Information Systems of the Luiss University, launched a survey on how Italian IT firms  profit from open source.

  The survey – divided in 15 sections, requiring about 15-20 minutes per section – is part of the SFIDA-PMI research, aiming at understanding how IT firms deliver IT services.

  All findings will be available to participants after data analysis will be complete.

   
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  Roberto Galoppini 1:24 pm on April 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: beowulf, EPO ( 2 ), FFII ( 3 ), software patents ( 6 )   

  European Software Patents: the War is Over 

  The Software Patents war is finally over, glad open source cluster technology made it possible.

  Brussels & Munich, 1st April 2009 — After years of confidential work, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) today announce a radical way to improve software patent quality: Binaries-As-Prior-Art, or BAPA. BAPA combines a database of billions of compiled computer programs (“binaries”) with a powerful Cloud search engine that can find any invention in microseconds.

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    Dido 1:34 pm on April 1, 2009 Permalink

    Wonderfull fish, Roberto 🙂

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    Seth Grimes 1:41 pm on April 1, 2009 Permalink

    Chief Engineer B.U. Scotty, eh?

    Beam me up!

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    Douglas Henderson 7:40 pm on April 2, 2009 Permalink

    Hello, from Maine –

    While much of the text was beyond me (being a 71 year old Pianola roll arranger), I got the gist and was aware of the lawsuits via articles in The Register (U.K.).

    Thanks to your sharing that URL I gained a little more understanding of this emerging field.

    Best wishes, Douglas

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    Roberto Galoppini 7:55 am on April 3, 2009 Permalink

    Dear Douglas, I fooled you apparently, but you are not the only one! Few IT people asked before, kudos to FFII friends to have written such a good fool of April!

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    Carlo Piana 9:54 am on April 8, 2009 Permalink

    I must admit this is the only April’s Fool that actually started fooling me. Very well done, FFII! And Thanks Roberto for sharing! 🙂