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OpenMoko Faces MP3 Patent Dispute
The Linux-based phone, OpenMoko is currently in a patent dispute with Sisvel, the Italian patent holding firm known for its aggressive enforcement of MPEG patents.
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Interview: John Lam on IronRuby, Microsoft and Open Source
In this interview from RubyFringe, John Lam talks about his work on IronRuby and how Microsoft is approaching Open Source software development.
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Open Source Usage Was Quantified Across Enterprise
The Open Source Census (OSC) has recently published a report meant to reveal the usage of open source software across the enterprise and across the world. Governments and financial services companies are leading the list, and Europe uses more open source software than all others, including US.
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Article: Ruby's Roots: Smalltalk Comeback and Randal Schwartz on Smalltalk
Smalltalk, a language that has had a big influence on Ruby, is making a comeback. We take a look at the current situation and talk to Randal L. Schwartz about Smalltalk.
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Is Mono Ready for Production?
A question was asked on Stack Overflow having the title "Is Mono ready for prime time?" Several users responded including Miguel de Icaza, founder of the Mono project. The responses are helpful to evaluate the opportunity to deploy an application on Mono.
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Mono 2.0 Is Available on MacOS X
Miguel de Icaza has announced the release of Mono 2.0 installers for MaxOS X. Mono 2.0 was released earlier this month closing the gap between Microsoft's .NET and open source Mono.
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Interview: Tom Preston-Werner on Powerset, GitHub, Ruby and Erlang
In this interview filmed at RubyFringe 2008, Tom Preston-Werner talks about how both Powerset and GitHub use Ruby and Erlang, as well as tools like Fuzed, god, and more.
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Mono 2.0 Released
Mono 2.0 has been released. Though still behind Microsoft's .NET in some areas, in others it has leaped ahead. For example, Mono now supports 64-bit indexes on arrays when running on a 64-bit platform, an ECMA specification that Microsoft has not implemented yet.
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ModuleFusion 1.0.2 Released: Enterprise OSGi Distribution
ModuleFusion 1.0.2, an OSGi service stack designed for enterprise applications, was released. The distribution includes frameworks such as Google Guice, Hibernate, and Jetty, packaged as bundles.
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Kenai: Project Hosting Built on JRuby on Rails
Kenai is a new project hosting platform from Sun. It offers a comprehensive set of services for open source projects, including source code management and issue-tracking, and most notably, it is built with JRuby on Rails.
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MS Enterprise Library Open Source
Microsoft has changed the license for the source code of version 4.0 of the Enterprise Library, now released under the open-source friendly MS-PL. The code is available through the Patterns & Practices CodePlex community.
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Interview: Joseph Hill About Important Developments in Mono
In this interview made by Greg Young of InfoQ, Joseph Hill talks about the current status of Mono, the release of Mono 2.0, and important developments related to Mono like Cecil, MoMA, and Moonlight.
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Software Manufacturing: Custom Application Stacks for Virtualized Infrastructure and Cloud Computing
CohesiveFT just released a white paper detailing a new trend in the industry, Software Manufacturing, fueled by Open Source Software and Cloud Computing. They explain why they feel this trend will disrupt traditional, single-sourced, middleware stacks. Could Software Manufacturing be the trigger of a second wave of success for Open Source Software?
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The source code for portions of .NET 3.5 SP1
Updated source code for fifteen .NET assemblies have been released. These can be downloaded as needed by Visual Studio or all at once using NetMassDownloader.
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Comparing Virtual Machine Interfaces
Andrew John Hughes, one of the OpenJDK Innovators' Challenge finalists, has posted a multi-part comparison of the interface between OpenJDK, GNU Classpath, and their respective virtual machine implementations.