http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,2000331765b,00.htm Jonathan Bennett's Blog - Beyond the Code - Latest blog feeds at ZDNet UK en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:13:25 +0000 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:13:25 +0000 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) Microsoft has pulled a Windows migration tool from its site after evidence was found that it used code released under the GNU Gener...]]> zdnetuk/10014432 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014432o-2000331765b,00.htm Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:19:29 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) Subversion, the open source version control system, is now an Apache Software Foundation incubator project. Subversion was previously sponsored by software lifecycle tools ve...]]> zdnetuk/10014385 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014385o-2000331765b,00.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:56:41 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) Patch, the US local news site bought by AOL earlier this year has switched its maps to ones based on OpenStreetMap. The maps went live today, but there's been no official annou...]]> zdnetuk/10014375 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014375o-2000331765b,00.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:35:52 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) an open source client for Linux. However, it seems that only the user interface portions of the client will be open source, and the librar...]]> zdnetuk/10014348 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014348o-2000331765b,00.htm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:46:06 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) log in from an unusual location (for you), you...]]> zdnetuk/10014335 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014335o-2000331765b,00.htm Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:43:39 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) One of the great things about open source software and open content is that if someone has a good idea, they can just go for it without having to worry about getting permissions, licences or other forms of prior approval. One such good idea has been h... zdnetuk/10014327 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014327o-2000331765b,00.htm Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:26:56 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) some CIOs don't believe open source software can help cut costs. The jury, composed of 12 CIOs from across a wide spectr...]]> zdnetuk/10014300 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014300o-2000331765b,00.htm Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:04:06 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) geospatial support in its open source database, allowing it to be used as part of a Geographic Information System (GIS). Or rather, it's announced an open source i...]]> zdnetuk/10014284 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014284o-2000331765b,00.htm Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:42:27 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) released a statement urging Oracle to sell off MySQL to speed up regulatory approval...]]> zdnetuk/10014246 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014246o-2000331765b,00.htm Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:28:13 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) Where does the line between code and data lie? What if there's an algorithm that turns a simple string into a location, where everyone in the country knows the string that applies to them? What if a set of data is so central to that algorithm's operat... zdnetuk/10014142 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014142o-2000331765b,00.htm Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:58:03 +0100