Thursday, April 19, 2007
Can open source save Second Life?
Can open source save Second Life?
Asks Dana Blankenhorn in this April 18th, 2007 post at ZDNet
Second Life has lots of buzz, lots of fans, not a lot of money coming in. It has been a business model problem that many otherwise successful Internet businesses have faced.
Will open sourcing the servers change things, asks Dana in this post. Read on.
Asks Dana Blankenhorn in this April 18th, 2007 post at ZDNet
Second Life has lots of buzz, lots of fans, not a lot of money coming in. It has been a business model problem that many otherwise successful Internet businesses have faced.
Will open sourcing the servers change things, asks Dana in this post. Read on.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Simple Machines' Influence On The Open Source Community Draws Go Daddy's Attention
Simple Machines' Influence On The Open Source Community Draws Go Daddy's Attention
Press release
Domain registrar mega giant Go Daddy (godaddy.com) proudly announced last Thursday its support of Simple Machines LLC (simplemachines.org) with a cash donation of $10,000.
For Immediate Release
FOLSOM, Calif., April 2, 2007 --- The Internet's largest domain registrar, Go Daddy (godaddy.com), proudly announced last Thursday its support of Simple Machines LLC (simplemachines.org) with a cash donation of $10,000.
"The open source community really helped make the Internet what it is today. These projects help millions of Web users everyday and we are grateful to groups like Joomla and Simple Machines for moving open source initiatives forward," says Warren Adelman, president and COO of Go Daddy.
"We've made great strides in our [short] three year existence. A donation of this magnitude from Go Daddy is further validation of just how much our software has impacted the open source community," says Project Manager Amacythe of Simple Machines LLC.
"We would like to thank Go Daddy for their generous contribution and hope that it sets a precedence for other organizations to take notice of Simple Machines LLC," says Rick Caudill, marketing team member of Simple Machines LLC.
Simple Machines LLC develops Simple Machines Forum (SMF) software - a free, professional grade, highly-customizable software package that allows users to set up their own online community within minutes. SMF is written in the popular scripting language PHP and makes use of MySQL for databasing. It is designed to provide users with a fully customizable a feature-rich bulletin board while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. SMF is the next generation of forum software, and best of all it is and will always remain completely free. Learn more at 'http://www.simplemachines.org'
CONTACT:
Rick Caudill
Simple Machines LLC
1015 Riley Street
Suite 1453
Folsom, Calif. 95763-145
PHONE. 9167431433
http://www.simplemachines.org
SOURCE: Simple Machines LLC
Press release
Domain registrar mega giant Go Daddy (godaddy.com) proudly announced last Thursday its support of Simple Machines LLC (simplemachines.org) with a cash donation of $10,000.
For Immediate Release
FOLSOM, Calif., April 2, 2007 --- The Internet's largest domain registrar, Go Daddy (godaddy.com), proudly announced last Thursday its support of Simple Machines LLC (simplemachines.org) with a cash donation of $10,000.
"The open source community really helped make the Internet what it is today. These projects help millions of Web users everyday and we are grateful to groups like Joomla and Simple Machines for moving open source initiatives forward," says Warren Adelman, president and COO of Go Daddy.
"We've made great strides in our [short] three year existence. A donation of this magnitude from Go Daddy is further validation of just how much our software has impacted the open source community," says Project Manager Amacythe of Simple Machines LLC.
"We would like to thank Go Daddy for their generous contribution and hope that it sets a precedence for other organizations to take notice of Simple Machines LLC," says Rick Caudill, marketing team member of Simple Machines LLC.
Simple Machines LLC develops Simple Machines Forum (SMF) software - a free, professional grade, highly-customizable software package that allows users to set up their own online community within minutes. SMF is written in the popular scripting language PHP and makes use of MySQL for databasing. It is designed to provide users with a fully customizable a feature-rich bulletin board while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. SMF is the next generation of forum software, and best of all it is and will always remain completely free. Learn more at 'http://www.simplemachines.org'
CONTACT:
Rick Caudill
Simple Machines LLC
1015 Riley Street
Suite 1453
Folsom, Calif. 95763-145
PHONE. 9167431433
http://www.simplemachines.org
SOURCE: Simple Machines LLC
Labels: internet, social-networking, web-2.0
Facebook Releases Open Source Project
Facebook Releases Open Source Project
Facebook has released Thrift, a software package designed to generate code to create programs that communicate easily and efficiently across programming languages, as an open source framework.
Originally developed by Facebook for use on the popular social network site, Thrift is a code generation engine to build services that work “efficiently and seamlessly” between C++, Java, Python, PHP, and Ruby.
Read the full report from here @ Wired
Facebook has released Thrift, a software package designed to generate code to create programs that communicate easily and efficiently across programming languages, as an open source framework.
Originally developed by Facebook for use on the popular social network site, Thrift is a code generation engine to build services that work “efficiently and seamlessly” between C++, Java, Python, PHP, and Ruby.
Read the full report from here @ Wired
Labels: social-networking, web-2.0
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