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Groklaw busts Microsoft as it tries to fight open documents in California

an original story    252 weeks 1 day 21 hours 53 minutes ago
Oh, sweet.... Mark Leno, a Democrat from San Francisco, has introduced a bill to the California legislature that requires state documents are kept in an open document/open source format. In other words, he's saying: "Look, these documents belong to the people and we shouldn't lock them up...(more) 



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Torvalds Still Will Not License Linux Under GPL v3

a shared story    9 weeks 2 days 13 hours 40 minutes ago
The Linux creator said copyright owners would have to agree to licensing changes, and those who didn't would have to rewrite code. 



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Firefox 11 to get add-on sync

a shared story    3 days 3 hours 40 minutes ago
Changes are a-foot again for Firefox. The beta channel can now sync add-ons, the Aurora channel completes a smoother update process, and work on the faster native UI for Android continues. 



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Torvalds Still Will Not License Linux Under GPL v3

a shared story    8 weeks 5 hours 40 minutes ago
The Linux creator said copyright owners would have to agree to licensing changes, and those who didn't would have to rewrite code. 



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Where Does webOS Go From Here?

a shared story    8 weeks 3 days 14 hours 40 minutes ago
#webos Praise tech Jesus, webOS still has a pulse! The mobile OS seemingly doomed to a cold eternity in a digital graveyard has been granted an open source reprieve. Great! Only question is, what comes next?More »  

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Old-School SUSE Executives Take Over Open-Xchange

a shared story    10 weeks 4 days 9 hours 40 minutes ago
Two of pre-Novell SUSE's top executives are taking the open-source groupware company Open-Xchange. 



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The NoSQL Alternative

a shared story    89 weeks 3 days 1 hour 57 minutes ago
A new generation of low-cost, high-performance database software is rapidly emerging to challenge SQL's dominance in distributed processing and Big Data applications. Some companies have already traded SQL's rich functionality for these new options that let them create, work with, and manage large data sets. A big...(more) 




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