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Bring Open Source into Hedge Funds
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| I read closely BusinessWeek.com's recent special section for CEOs about
| open-source software, and I wanted to offer some modest suggestions about
| what open source might do for the hedge fund industry. I run a San
| Francisco-based hedge fund called Algert Coldiron Investors.
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| Our industry is in a lot of hurt right now, and I want to see some
| open-source love, too.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2008/tc20081223_491583.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_technology
http://tinyurl.com/84w5hu
Open Source Developers Want Sandy Back
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| There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when Twitter-based reminder
| service I Want Sandy went offline earlier this month. While many people
| search for a replacement service, some users have stepped up to the plate and
| are working on putting an open source version together.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/open-source-developers-want-sandy-back
Recent:
Source Code For Twitter-Like App, Trillr, Now Available
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| Developers of Trillr, a microblogging project similar to Twitter, announced
| this week that its source code is now available to anyone who wants it. The
| idea for Trillr was conceived in 2007 as a peer group experiment among team
| members who wanted to learn more about Python and Django, and was created as
| an enterprise tool with enhanced features like group discussion and a user
| directory.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/source-code-for-twitter-like-app-trillr-now-available
Vietnamese Twitter-clone Saigonica violates AGPL
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| There is a new Twitter-clone in Vietnam called Saigonica. It is based on the
| open source micro-blogging tool called Laconica, currently one of the most
| popular Twitter-clones. It is nice to see the Vietnamese technology
| community embracing open source software. Their contribution to the open
| source community will be very valuable in the upcoming years. The Vietnamese
| localization of Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, and OpenOffice are some clear examples of
| their contributions so far. Their contributions demonstrates a willingness
| to give back to the open source community and keeping the open source
| software free.
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| Unfortunately, Saigonica does not seem willing to give back to the open
| source community.
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http://www.saigonnezumi.com/2008/12/13/saigonica-violates-agpl/
identi.ca creator Evan Prodromou explains why he's taking on Twitter (video)
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| Bzzz.... bzzz...... bzzz...... That's not the sound of bees. It's the buzz
| surrounding new, open source Twitter competitor identi.ca. Creator Evan
| Prodromou sat down at OSCON in front of Linux.com's video camera and
| explained what identi.ca is all about and why it's suddenly such a hot item
| that he's been meeting with multiple venture capitalists -- and can be
| cavalier enough about those meetings that he canceled one to work on some
| code bugs that were bothering him instead.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/142676
Identi.ca Launches, an Open Source Twitter
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| Evan Prodromou, one of the better citizens of the wiki community and founder
| of WikiTravel, launched Identi.ca today. Its a Twitter clone that is also
| distributed as Open Source licensed software.
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http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/identica-launch.html
Laconica: Can Open Source Save Twitter?
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| Lots of people are addicted to microblogging service Twitter - including
| substantial chunks of some open source communities. There are a fair number
| of Ruby on Rails developers twittering these days, for example. But Twitter's
| scaling and reliability issues lately have many people wondering whether it's
| time to look for an alternative. Identi.ca, backed by open source package
| Laconica, wants to be that alternative.
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http://ostatic.com/167237-blog/laconica-can-open-source-save-twitter
Could An Open Source "Twittersphere" Save Twitter? Or Kill It?
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| Is Twitter too important to be left in the hands of Twitter? That's the
| argument that bubbled up over the weekend. The argument is that Twitter is
| not distributed. This means that if Twitter goes down no one can Twitter. It
| also means if Twitter goes out of business, or just screws up, we could lose
| all of our tweet history.
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http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/5/could_an_open_source_twittersphere_save_twitter_or_kill_it_
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