Entries Tagged as '(Tech) Open Source'

Free as in Free Beer, Free: Open Source App of the week.

If you get sick of having to go grab codecs to watch your favorite divx( or whatever encoding) this baby is for you. I have yet to find something that this sweet little app can't handle. It has almost totally replaced media player and itunes for me. The one lacking element is that the library management and playlist management is counter intuitive and fairly cumbersome.

Awesome Features list

Mirana IM Export

For those of you who use MirandaIM here is a great plugin for exporting your logs to text from the .dat file.

XML Copy Editor

The Best XML Editor out there right now and you cannot beat the price.

  • DTD/XML Schema/RELAX NG validation
  • XSLT
  • XPath
  • Pretty-printing
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Folding
  • Tag completion
  • Tag locking
  • Tag-free editing
  • Spelling and style check
  • Built-in support for XHTML, XSL, DocBook and TEI
  • Lossless import and export of Microsoft Word documents (Windows only)

Microsoft muddies the open source waters agian

quote " I spent some time sparring over these issues with David Kaefer, one of Microsoft's top patent attorneys and a lead negotiator on the Novell deal. Asked if Microsoft planned to sue non-Novell Linux uses, he said only that Microsoft prefers "to license technology, not to litigate." Asked point blank if he thought Linux was using Microsoft code, he responded: "We don't believe it's constructive to identify specific products and start labeling them as infringing when responsible companies show an ability to manage patent issues privately.".." By LEE GOMES Wall Street Journal Full Article Here