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Closed source software hurts GUI development
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| AS OPERATING SYSTEMS increasingly become
| visual feasts, those who want to create
| useful interaction enhancements are having
| to bend over backwards thanks to closed
| source software in order to bring
| innovation to the user's environment.
|
| Two bright young men from the University of
| Washington recently presented Prefab, a
| technology which they say will facilitate
| the implementation of "advanced behaviours
| in graphical interfaces". That in itself
| isn't particularly new but the route Prefab
| takes to implement well documented
| graphical user interface (GUI) techniques
| are a clear example of the lengths
| engineers have to go to circumnavigate the
| limitations posed by closed source
| software.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/1603492/closed-source-software-hurts-gui-development
Too Many Forges, Too Little Time
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| Those days are long over, and I wonder if
| that's a good thing. SourceForge, for all
| its flaws (and it had plenty), set some
| expectations for projects that other
| services do not. For example, SourceForge
| provides Web hosting, mailing lists, bug
| trackers, and most of the tools that
| projects need to grow and succeed. In
| short, not just the development tools, but
| also the community tools needed to discuss
| and promote the projects. For many
| projects, that set an expectation of using
| those tools.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/too-many-forges-too-little-time
Recent:
New Application Could Make All Software 'open Source'
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| Imagine controlling Apple iTunes from
| inside Microsoft Word without having to
| switch applications. That could be
| possible, according to researchers at the
| University of Washington who are working on
| a project that could essentially make any
| proprietary software open source.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/193068/new_application_could_make_all_software_open_source.html
Prefab system 'makes all software open source'
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| A University of Washington team has
| developed a system it says makes all
| software effectively open source, allowing
| users to add custom features to any
| program.
|
| "Microsoft and Apple aren't going to open
| up all their stuff. But they all create
| programs that put pixels on the screen. And
| if we can modify those pixels, then we can
| change the program's apparent behavior,"
| said James Fogarty, a UW assistant
| professor of computer science and
| engineering.
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http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/49184-prefab-system-makes-all-software-open-source
Is Prefab legal?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=6170
GNU/Linux and freedom: non-free software hidden in your GNU/Linux distribution
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| Most people with an interest in software
| freedom will turn to GNU/Linux as their
| operating system of choice. Few realize
| however, that the vast majority of
| GNU/Linux distros are not entirely free.
| Imagine migrating away from Windows, only
| to find that by installing GNU/Linux you
| are accepting a restrictive Microsoft
| license!
|
| Many distros promote the use of proprietary
| software, knowingly show incorrect
| licenses, and attempt to hide the problem
| under the guise of an âoption of freedomâ.
| When the majority of developers of a
| collection of software donât care about
| freedom, neither will their users. Non-free
| distros make almost no attempts to inform
| their userbases of the importance of
| freedom, even though they wouldnât exist
| without it. I will discuss how the option
| of freedom is an unacceptable solution, and
| propose some real fixes.
|
| The problem
|
| Iâve been using GNU/Linux for over 5 years,
| but Iâve only recently discovered just how
| much non-free software my distro contains.
| I decided to search through my system and
| remove everything that was non-free, and
| there was quite a lot that I removed.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/gnu_linux_and_freedom_nonfree_software_hidden_in_your_linux_distribution
10 Windows applications that should be ported to Linux
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| I canât tell you how many emails, phone
| calls, IMs, and Facebook messages Iâve gotten
| that asked when or if an application would be
| ported from Windows to Linux. Or how many
| times Iâve heard someone say, âI would use
| Linux, if X were ported to it!â So I decided
| to put these wishes to good use and list the
| top applications that should be ported to
| Linux. Some could be possible. Some are not
| (for whatever reason), which is a shame
| because the ânot possibleâ tends to keep
| people from adopting Linux.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1412
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