No Open Source Application Is an Island
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| A key value proposition for open source solutions is the so-called ecosystem
| that can form to deliver compelling customer value. Unlike the closed model
| of, say, a Microsoft, not all solution components need be provided by the
| same vendor. The open nature of the products - in theory, at least - allows
| for a level of integration typically difficult to achieve with proprietary
| systems from competing vendors.
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http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/460560_p.htm
The Internet must not be proprietary
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| There is an important lesson which can be drawn as a string through a host of
| recent stories, from Comcast and Cox Cable throttling BitTorrent to Verizon
| doing the SiteFinder thing to depredations concerning the iPhone and open
| spectrum.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1715
Related:
Class action over carrier-locked iPhone
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| Apple is being sued by another iPhone customer, this time over the inability
| to use the phone with carriers other than AT&T, and high international
| roaming charges.
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14206&Itemid=1054
Symantec says Vista will "reduce consumer choice"
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| Paden believes that the presence of this control panel will confuse
| people who want to install third-party security products. "It would be
| like trying to drive a car with two dashboards. This is going to cause
| a great deal of consumer confusion," Paden said in a statement.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060927-7851.html
Google talks Vista with the European Commission
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| The company recently sent a top executive to Brussels to let the EC know
| that Google is concerned about "choice" in future Microsoft products.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061031-8121.html
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