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Archives for January, 2010


Does Open Source Matter In The Mobile Device Market?

by Brian Prentice  |  January 27, 2010  |  2 Comments

There is little use in pouring fuel on an raging fire. So I don’t want to add any more conjecture on what may or may not happen at today’s big Apple announcement. But in mulling over the potential of an actual breakthrough device I found myself reconsidering an old position of mine. In Apple’s App [...]

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Are Google’s Open Credentials Slipping…Again?

by Brian Prentice  |  January 27, 2010  |  3 Comments

You know, at this point in time I really don’t care if Google is evil or not. I’d be happy if they were just consistent. Coming off Jonathan Rosenberg’s recent manifesto on the Meaning of Open I find myself, again, trying to reconcile what Google says and what Google does. Just over a month after [...]

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Why Is Google The Focus Of The Cyber-Attack Kerfuffle?

by Brian Prentice  |  January 17, 2010  |  3 Comments

My colleague Ray Valdes has just written an excellent blog debunking some of the myths around the apparent cyber attacks originating in China. There’s a lot of stuff that we’re still to learn about this whole case. And while it appears that there’s not enough evidence available (at least publicly) to start implicating the Chinese [...]

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