by Brian Prentice | April 29, 2010 | 3 Comments
Remember the Android mobile device platform circa 2008? That was Google’s open source masterstroke. Backed by the Open Handset Alliance, it was set to commoditize the mobile operating system market and break down barriers between the mobile internet and their search-based advertising business. Fast forward to 2010. Now we have the Android mobile device platform [...]
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by Brian Prentice | April 20, 2010 | 11 Comments
“The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.” – Socrates An old saying that has particular relevance in the world of information technology. Our industry loves couching ideas in clever new terminology. Sometimes the attempts are laughable. But every so often a new term will resonate. Unfortunately in IT, it’s only a matter of [...]
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by Brian Prentice | April 1, 2010 | 11 Comments
In a move set to rock the information technology industry, Microsoft has announced plans to migrate the world-famous Microsoft Windows computer operating system to an open source licensing agreement and provide it free of charge to end users, businesses and original equipment manufacturers (known as OEM). The announcement was made today by Microsoft CEO, Steve [...]
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