Posts about Open Source Software as of August 30, 2009

On 20 April 2009, Oracle Corporation announced its acquisition of Sun Microsystems in a deal worth about US$ 6 billion. This would have been just another one of corporate mega-deals that sound interesting in the news but really have no effect on your life. Except for the fact that with the purchase, Oracle acquired the world’s most widely used open-source database engine- MySQL. About 12 million small databases, mainly in websites and small businesses, run on the open-source MySQL platform, since it is stable, easily adaptable and most important of all for cash-strapped small companies, free.

August 30th, 2009 Ar AppHello,I want to possibly use some open source libraries like the ones below to make a nice demo of a AR browseryou can see the type of libraries here http://blog.papervision3d.org/2009/01/07/augmented-reality-with-flartoolkit/ http://www.mperfect.net/wpfAugReal/ http://weareorganizedchaos.com/index.php/tag/open-source-toolkit/ http://www.techchee.com/2008/08/17/artoolkit-v44-augmented-reality-toolkit-for-the-apple-iphone/i want to use open source to recreate

August 30th, 2009 Iphone Song Request App & SiteTwo developments 1. Simple website interface & database. 2. iPhone applicationThis iPhone application will allow “requester” users to use their phone to request music selections when visiting a dance club. The “dance club” user can look at requests for only their club.a. The “requester” will create a profile through the iPhone application or webite. b. The “requester” user will select a club from a list found on our online database, enter a “club code #” if they know it, or using current GPS location.

Some of you have been e-mailing me recently, asking why I’ve been so uncharacteristically silent these past few months. Well, I’m finally ready to do the big reveal, to pull the covers off what I’ve been working on all this time. I’m pleased to announce the Open Virtualization Management and Monitoring (OVM^2) Initiative . If you’re at VMworld 2009 this week be sure to stop by the Hyper9 booth and see what we have to offer.

[Note: This comment comes from a reader of Dave Farber's IP list.   DLH] From: Russ Nelson nelson@crynwr.com> Date: August 30, 2009 10:40:49 AM PDT To: dave@farber.net Cc: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks) Subject: Re: [IP] Design For Corruption–Why US Healthcare is Failing Design For Corruption–Why US Healthcare is Failing Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on August 28 http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/08/design_for_corr.html another Depression, the financial sectors have escape any serious re- regulation.

I am a big fan of open source software so at home I use Gimp which is an open source alternative to Photoshop.  One of my favorite features of Photoshop is its “save for web” feature which lets you downsize images so they will load more quickly on websites you support.  I found a plug-in today for Gimp which allows that capability so I thought I would share it in hope that those who also use Gimp could benefit if you happen to be reading this blog.  If you don’t have Gimp you can grab a copy over

Brian N. Hilton, «Emerging Spatial Information Systems and Applications» IGI Global | ISBN: 1599040751 | 2006 | PDF | 418 pages | 12.69 MB “ Several emerging phenomena and technologies, such as the increasing availability of open source software and the continuing evolution of distributed computing, are introducing a new dynamic into information system development.

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7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license The main features of 7-Zip * High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression * Supported formats: o Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR o Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.

7-Zip ??????????????????????? WinRAR????????????????????????? *.exe ???? Gmail ??????????? *.7z ?????????????????7z?ZIP?GZIP?BZIP2?TAR?????????RAR?CAB?ISO?ARJ?LZH?CHM?MSI?WIM?Z?CPIO?RPM?DEB?NSIS?? ?? ? what mean 7z file ????? [2007.10.22] ????? 7-Zip 4.55 Beta ??????????????????? 320 MB?????? 50 MB??????????????????????????? 1x MB ? *.7z.001?????????????… 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license.