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So the government is going open source, but the porn filter is still up and running. Riddle me that one, Cameron.
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I believe "porn filter" is a bit generous. It has also been known to block sex education and sexual health advice sites, rape victim support sites, League of Legends game updates, a few political activist groups.
Some other examples: Dalek Dave may want to avoid this link, I don't think he's a fan of the Guardian.[^]
Not an inspiring start. I think I'll opt out (nothing to do with the top shelf material you understand).
Nontheless, I don'r really see why you shoe-horned it into a reference to use of OSS, which I applaud (and its quite rare I applaud the current shower).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
modified 30-Jan-14 5:20am.
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I suspect it will be like when my employer's IT department came up with the brillant idea of putting an SGI box on every desk ~20 years ago. Everything went great until the frist box landed on the first secretary's desk.  At which point the project was abruptly terminated. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I see no reason why open source office applications should not suffice for the vast majority of users.
However, I suspect many of the departments may have more invested - VBA macros, interfaces to other systems, etc. which could make this "cost-cutting" exercise have a number of hidden costs.
I can just imagine the thought process.
"Oh, there's a free alternative. We'll use that."
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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CEO Hans Vestberg has told directors he has no plans to step down from the company following a report he is among candidates to take over from Microsoft Corp's Steve Ballmer.
Another one bites the dust. Just name Elop already and be done with it.
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Christopher Shields wrote: Just name Elop already and be done with it
better yet give Oz a call and convince him to comeback for the CEO position.
you want something inspirational??
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Any service that is going to require additional time, money or labor from a user should be opt in, period. Making something opt out is for cowards and scammers. If you think the new whatever might be unpopular but you want to make it happen anyway, you make it opt out and delay the outrage until after the implementation. That's how cowards run the shop. "You've got a nice army base here, Colonel. We wouldn't want anything to happen to it."
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Google is reportedly nearing a deal to sell Motorola's phone division to Lenovo, a move that would give the Chinese smartphone manufacturer a major presence in the US market. News of the potential acquisition comes from both Reuters and China Daily, with both reporting that the acquisition could be announced within a matter of hours. IBM's hardware, Motorola's phones. What's next, Ford's trucks?
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As part of the partnership, participants in Metis will now have the option of guaranteed tuition financing through Upstart in exchange for a small share of their future income over five to 10 years. Wow, you really can charge anything these days.
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The radar sets out what ThoughtWorks thinks is interesting in software development today. Things that you should pay attention to and consider using in your projects. "We've got a thing that's called radar love"
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Spoofed versions of the open source FTP program circulating on third-party websites are designed to steal log-in credentials. Beware of wolves in "Popular open-source FTP program" clothing
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Marking what has been a multi-year journey, Telerik today unveiled Telerik Platform, which combines a rich set of tools for developing applications for multiple platforms with cloud services that manage the application lifecycle process. All your platforms are belong to them
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Impelled by a need to support emoji characters, Mozilla, Adobe, Microsoft, and Google are working to standardize technology for showing fonts that aren't just black and white. 'Impelled by a need to support emoji characters.' Wow. Good reason.
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GOOD GOD NO
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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It seems that Microsoft may be facing a further dispute over its new OneDrive branding. Neowin has been in contact with Thomas Medard Frederiksen, chief operating officer of One.com, who says that his company is now "consulting trademark experts" following Microsoft's rebranding, stating that OneDrive is "a name that is very close to One.com's own cloud service." Well, that took a while
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They should just rename it to PleaseDon'tSueUsDrive.
modified 29-Jan-14 17:07pm.
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Not anymore (or at least after I register that domain - I'm surprised it's available).
Mwahahahaha!
TTFN - Kent
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Hilarious!
I have a feeling some idiot lawyer at Microsoft will be looking for new employment...
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You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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I dunno, does that mean One.Com have the right to anything prefixed with one. OneKers.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Well considering the trolls over at King.com are suing any game with the words "candy" or "saga" in them, at this point I think anyone can do pretty much anything where name-related patents are concerned.
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iDunno about that.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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This guide from the Microsoft Patterns & Practices group, produced with the help of many people within the developer community, provides solutions for common problems encountered when developing cloud-hosted applications. Build your own stratocumuliforms, for fun or profit
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Black Duck, the open source software management company, picks the top 10 open source projects launched in the past year, based on stats collected from the Ohloh directory. I'll get excited after they survive a few years
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Cisco engineers propose standards change to pare down traffic sent using old, slow forms of Wi-Fi that clog channels. "When I drive that slow, you know it's hard to steer"
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