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Apple responded in a statement to technology news site CNet in which it described Flash as "closed and proprietary". This a classical case of the pot calling the kettle black. Read On... *news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8639240.stm

what does this mean people:mad: LOS ANGELES—The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. "We are merely exercising our right to...

Nokia has filed a submission with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) objecting to the use of Ogg Theora as the baseline video standard for the Web. Ogg is an open encoding scheme (On2, the company that developed it, gave it and a free, perpetual unlimited license to its patents to the...

Hi, lets make a list of all the new and updated Open Source plus Free software which are alternative to Proprietary softwares, also include softwares which you feel are really good but not alternatives. Let me start by some: 1. Microsoft Office- OpenOffice.org 2 2. Adobe Photoshop CS2- GIMP 2

well, i m preparing for oracle 9i certification. While reading the features of oracle 9i in the reference book i came across this point: -> "Industry standard technologies, no proprietary lock-in" What does "no proprietary lock-in" mean?

Open source has a reputation for being free, or at least cheap. But when the costs of programming, customization, maintenance and other factors are taken into consideration, enterprises can find that conversion from proprietary platforms to open source offers little or no savings. more... ...