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| | Proprietary software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The term is used by the Free Software Foundation to describe software that is not free software or semi-free software. | | | However, the FSF uses the term to highlight that the owner is of prime importance, in contrast to "free software", where the freedom of computer users is of prime importance. | | | The term "non-free" is generally used by Debian developers, but they too sometimes talk of "proprietary software". |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software
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| | Proprietary computer software - definition of Proprietary computer software in Encyclopedia |
| | The Free Software Foundation defines it as any software that is not free software or is only partially free. | | | Proprietary computer software - definition of Proprietary computer software in Encyclopedia | | | Proprietary software is any closed-source material which fundamentally means that the user does not control what it does or cannot study or edit the code. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Proprietary_computer_software
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| | Proprietary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Proprietary software is not free software or open source software as end-users generally do not have the ability to: | | | Software which is privately owned or controlled is known as proprietary software. | | | However, the extent to which proprietary rights can be claimed or maintained in relation to software is a matter of considerable controversy (see software patent debate). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary
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| | CNN - Open source guru blames proprietary software for Y2K woes - March 11, 1999 |
| | Stallman, whose GNU project provided much of the software that eventually became the Linux Unix-like operating system, said that the idea of proprietary software is relatively new, and is bad for both business and society as a whole. | | | Stallman said that proprietary software not only represents a restrictive regime, but that much of it is less functional than earlier collaborative software. | | | Stallman's decision to start the GNU project in 1984 to develop free software came about when he considered the alternative of writing proprietary software, he said. |
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http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/11/stallman.y2k.idg
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| | Why You Don't Need Proprietary Bot Software (A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation) |
| | Promoting the adoption and development of Alicebot and AIML free software. | | | Since proprietary products are by their nature shrouded in secrecy, and since bot technology especially is something where a lot of smoke and mirrors is necessary to hide the relative lack of differentiation among solutions on offer, making that comparison is, naturally, a matter of some detective work. | | | All the claims of proprietary algorithms, all the professional services that may be on hand, all the development power that may be exhibited as being available to customers of a proprietary vendor, don't add up to anything except money thrown out the window if that vendor hits hard times. |
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http://www.alicebot.org/articles/bush/dontpayalotforthatbot-fulltext.html
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| | LWN: Software patents no bigger threat to Free Software than to proprietary software |
| | As for listing proprietary software, we can't ever be sure that a company doesn't have a private cross-licensing agreement so such a database would be of no value to free software developers, users, or vendors. | | | Software patents may be more of a threat to proprietary software. | | | Most software patents are not about the implementation (the actual code) which is allready covered by copyright, but about the functionality (the idea). |
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http://lwn.net/Articles/96870
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| | LWN: No future in proprietary software (ZDNet) |
| | He also uses proprietary software, when needed to develop free software. | | | He used to work contract developing proprietary software, in order to support developing free software. | | | Opinions are still divided, and I see people just using software because it does something they need, not because it is a good software (a software well conceived, that allow people working on it to be paid normaly, that is secure...). |
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http://lwn.net/Articles/17177
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| | Open Source--The Unauthorized White Papers Chapter 12, The Proprietary Software Business: New Opportunities . . . and ... |
| | Proprietary software is needed in an Open Source world when there is a need for software that no one has the resources or the motivation to tackle. | | | The Free Software movement abominates it and is working and waiting for its disappearance from the earth. | | | The Linux distributions (distros) have shown that it is possible to base a business on the distribution of free software, including the free distribution of in-house improvements to a distro. |
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http://www.stromian.com/Book/Chap12.html
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| | O'Reilly -- The Future of Technology and Proprietary Software |
| | Just because I'm fond of pointing out to proprietary software vendors the many benefits of open source software development models, doesn't mean that I believe it's the only way to produce software. | | | Frankly, I see proprietary software vendors learning a lot from open source, and open source vendors and projects learning from proprietary software. | | | In short, the kind of premium that proprietary software has enjoyed in the Microsoft era is likely to be significantly reduced, till it is equivalent to the proprietary value that, say, Mercedes has relative to Toyota or BMW or GM. |
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http://tim.oreilly.com/articles/future_2003.html
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| | Proprietary Business Finance Software For Linux |
| | Industry specialties are fastener software and electronic component software. | | | This software uses a Borland Delphi front end (thus meaning that users must be using MS Windows), and a backend server based on Interbase/Sybase/Oracle, which may run on Linux. | | | In light of the proprietary form of data storage, it may require "forensic computing" techniques to extract information about the financial position in order to transition to more supportable software. |
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http://www.cbbrowne.com/info/financeproprietary.html
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| | LLRX.com - Lexis & Westlaw: Proprietary Software Versus Browser Based |
| | The introduction of the Internet and the ability of users to download the software from the vendors' websites has made the process a bit easier, but the main factor still remains that the vendors have to depend on the end user to upgrade their software. | | | Others without that capability install the software by visiting each user's desktop, a process that has to be repeated each time a new patch or version of the software comes out. | | | The familiarity we have developed as software users is worth a lot in terms of peace of mind while researching, especially in the stressful environments we often find ourselves in the legal profession. |
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http://www.llrx.com/features/webvsoftware.htm
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| | proprietary mac software? |
| | Proprietary Mac software isn't any different than proprietary Windows software. | | | What is proprietary Mac software and how is that different than proprietary Windows software? | | | The definition of proprietary has nothing to do with the periodic need for software updates which applies to ALL platforms - Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OSX. |
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http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/21731
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| | Licence fees and GDP per capita |
| | And since their software is proprietary, no local user or local business is in a position to add such support. | | | The Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) study in 2002 [1], a comprehensive study of developers and users, showed that the most important reason for developers to participate in open source communities was to learn new skills — "for free". | | | The free software development community provides an environment of intensive interactive skills development at little explicit cost, which is particularly useful for local development of skills, especially in economically disadvantaged regions. |
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http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ghosh
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| | NewsForge What proprietary software can teach open source developers about winning over new users |
| | As proponents of open source software, it should not be beneath us to pursue popularity or to look to proprietary developers as examples. | | | One particularly successful bundle of software is the proprietary iLife application suite for the Macintosh. | | | Linux software can surely provide that "wow" impression to a user, but there is not often enough an easy point of entry that brings that "wow" to a new user quickly. |
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http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/04/08/155252.shtml?tid=152&tid=132&tid=89
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| | SSRN-Normative Principles for Evaluating Free and Proprietary Software by Jonathan Zittrain |
| | Thus the success of one model or another can become self-perpetuating, as older free software is incorporated into later free software and proprietary software is embedded within successive proprietary versions. | | | These models differ greatly from one another, and their associated licenses tend to insist that new software inherit the characteristics of older software from which it may be derived. | | | Zittrain, Jonathan, "Normative Principles for Evaluating Free and Proprietary Software". |
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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=529862
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| | The Software Builder LLC -- Proprietary Software |
| | Century 3.0 is a major revision of the software, with many new reports and numerous features that simplify data entry. | | | Over the years, The Software Builder LLC and its predecessor have created a collection of original algorithms, some of which are incorporated in the proprietary applications listed below. | | | This application was originally written in Object Pascal using Borland's Delphi application development software and is in the process of being rewritten in C++. |
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http://www.thesoftwarebuilder.com/propware.html
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| | VA Linux to sell proprietary software CNET News.com |
| | While some companies such as Red Hat have stayed with the open-source philosophy, under which software may be changed, modified or redistributed by anyone, others such as ArsDigita have reversed that direction to focus instead on more traditional sales of proprietary software modules. | | | The mixture of open and proprietary software "is a model we saw a lot of people going to," Augustin said. | | | And Covalent Technologies always has sold proprietary additions to the open-source Apache software. |
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http://news.com.com/2100-1001-272084.html?legacy=cnet
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| | Factors affecting the use of open source software in tertiary education institutions |
| | Open Source Software (OSS) is software that has been released under a license which requires the distribution of the software’s source code with any binaries. | | | Open Source Software (OSS) describes software released under a particular style of license which requires the distribution of the software’s source code when any binaries are provided. | | | It is also clear that the perception is that the TCO for OSS is less or at least the same as proprietary software, that it is no harder and sometimes easier to support, and that it offers significant advantages over proprietary software. |
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http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_2/glance
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| | NewsForge What happens when a proprietary software company dies? |
| | Proprietary software projects generally don't make money either. | | | Looking at the success level of every sourceforge project out there and comparing it with the very few proprietary software companies (probably less than ten) that actually make any sort of money out their efforts isn't really very fair. | | | In fact, a switch to Free Software would help rather than hinder these people in their efforts. |
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http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/10/18/1814211.shtml?tid=132&tid=82&tid=89
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| | Small Business Dilemma: Open Source or Proprietary Software? - OSNews.com |
| | While the quality of open source software varies from excellent to pre-alpha, the same can be said of proprietary software. | | | Open source is now in a position to challenge proprietary software on the business and home desktop. | | | A major migration concern was the ability of open source software to read and write in proprietary formats. |
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http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4108
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| | Research and Markets: Saving Cash: A Comparison of Open Source and Proprietary Software |
| | Future of Open Source and proprietary software 10. | | | More than 20 in depth expert interviews with software developers, users and lawyers led to a comprehensive analysis of costs associated with the potential risks of using Open Source software. | | | - Detailed description of the total cost of operations of open source software and proprietary software for different company sizes. |
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-28-2004/0002315327&EDATE=
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| | Advanced-Flight-Systems |
| | Because of the upgradable software architecture, this update is completely retroactive. | | | Version 3.2.2 software is now available on the | | | Current owners should check the Support page for availability of that software. |
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http://advanced-control-systems.com
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| | Proprietary Software Can't Control the World - The Community's Center for Security |
| | Proprietary software like Microsoft's is the shiny, expensive alternative; the open-source software Linux is the obvious simple solution, according to Geck, who added: "The pencil never would have made it in a closed-source environment." | | | The panel, "Software Strategics: Proprietary vs. Open Source," started out congenially, even though the stakes are high in the fight between Linux and Microsoft. | | | IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and other giants are fighting Microsoft, in part, by leveraging Linux and other open source software. |
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http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/119587
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| | Bye, bye proprietary software! - Softpedia |
| | A week ago, the British were becoming aware of the enormous sums spent for the administering and maintaining of the computer systems fitted with proprietary software; the Open Source Software in Schools” study confirms their initial appraisals and proposes OSS (Open Source Software) alternatives to replace proprietary solutions. | | | The study consisted of 33 educational institutions that offered their students proprietary software solutions and 15 institutions that offered open source solutions. | | | This study also pointed out an unexpected aspect: open-source software is perceived as being easier to use than their licensed counterparts. |
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bye-bye-proprietary-software-1945.shtml
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| | Proprietary Software Licensing |
| | If you are interested contributing resources to this site or in establishing and contributing to a dedicated software licensing site to assist users of proprietary software, by assisting to answer complex licensing questions and provide information that businesses must considered prior to adopting or extending a closed source software business model, please contact licensing@clendons.co.nz. | | | This site is a collection point for information on proprietary software licensing. | | | We decided to make available our research materials in our recent research into Microsoft's Software Assurance licensing changes. |
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http://proprietary.clendons.co.nz
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| | EnglishHarbour.com Releases New Proprietary Casino Software |
| | Based on the company's Vegas Technology platform, the state-of- the-art software features a smaller quicker download, simplified navigation, innovative 3-D lobby and unparalleled sound to create the most realistic gaming environment in cyberspace. | | | Once installed, the Vegas Technology package offers users automatic software and game updates to maintain the highest level of security while providing the most current casino games available. | | | Available as a minute 400K download, EnglishHarbour.com's new software package is one of the smallest available in the online casino industry for instant installation whether using a dial-up or high-speed Internet connection. |
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-13-2005/0004167811&EDATE=
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| | Proprietary Software |
| | Metzger looked beyond the price tag of developing new code in proprietary software vs. an open—read, "free"—programming language. | | | That's what Scott Metzger, chief technical officer at TrueLink, decided when comparing the costs of proprietary software to those of using an open-source version of the Java programming language for developing new applications. | | | There were human factors to consider, too, especially when it came to matching staff skills to the appropriate development tasks. |
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http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1397,1380513,00.asp
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| | OCLC Abandons Proprietary Software for Oracle Standard, Institutes Web Document Archiving Service |
| | Getting down to basics, it has announced that it will substitute the market-standard Oracle software as its basic platform, eliminating the proprietary software used and developed over 3 decades. | | | Is this Oracle software development strictly back end (i.e., only relevant to operations in OCLC’s Dublin, Ohio, headquarters), or will some or all of those 39,000 libraries in 76 countries find pieces of Oracle software coming to their desktops? | | | For example, Oracle Corp. recently announced the Oracle9i database and application server software, which supports XML data and file-based network protocols, such as Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning and enhanced file-searching capabilities across multiple file formats in 57 languages. |
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http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb010730-2.htm
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| | Open Source vs. Proprietary Software for security |
| | But network security is a process, not a checklist on the side of a software box... | | | Is open source software more secure than proprietary software? | | | The answer is a resounding "no." Many people believe security is a functionality of software. |
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http://librenix.com/?inode=1105
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| | Netcraft: Red Hat's Use of Proprietary Blog Software Questioned |
| | Movable Type is proprietary blogging software from Six Apart, which built a huge user base as shareware but switched to a stricter paid license for its latest versions. | | | That prompted many users to switch to open source blogging tools, especially WordPress and Drupal. | | | Netcraft: Red Hat's Use of Proprietary Blog Software Questioned |
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http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/04/04/red_hats_use_of_proprietary_blog_software_questioned.html
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| | PRESS RELEASE PokerBook Unveils Proprietary Poker Software - PB25 |
| | PokerBook's newly revised software -- known as PB25 -- is strictly web-based, thus eliminating numerous viruses and similar problems associated with other online gaming software programs. | | | "We're thrilled with this new product and believe PB25 will redefine online Poker software as it is one of the only true non-downloadable programs in the market today," said PokerBook CEO Jay Patel. | | | PRESS RELEASE PokerBook Unveils Proprietary Poker Software - PB25 |
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=86269
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| | Proprietary Software Licence Agreements |
| | For other vendors' software licensing please see this | | | It is important to have access to the actual terms and conditions of a licence agreement and to read and understand the conditions on which the software is being offered to licensed. | | | We have made available a range of licence agreements that date back to Windows NT and Windows 95 and appreciate any assistance in making further licenses available to assist Microsoft customers. |
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http://proprietary.clendons.co.nz/licenses
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| | BE THE DEALER - Proprietary Software |
| | BeTheDealer Casino's unique software is proprietary, and was developed by Casino Village | | | Designed by a leading team of software engineers and designers, BeTheDealer Casino is the first Peer-to-Peer (P2P) casino in the world, allowing players to play against each other, one as Player and the other as Dealer. | | | BeTheDealer Casino stands out from the competition by creating an entirely new concept for online gaming. |
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http://www.btdcasino.com/info_page.asp?info_id=12&language_id=1&s=dm
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| | Mass. Softens Stance on Proprietary Software |
| | The new policy further spelled out the distinctions, saying: "For all prospective IT investments, agencies must consider as part of the best value evaluation all possible solutions, including open standards compliant open source and proprietary software as well as open standards compliant public sector code sharing at the local, state and federal levels." | | | Massachusetts, the lone holdout among states that sued Microsoft Corp. and later sought more stringent penalties against the software giant, caused a flurry of speculation and anxiety amongst proprietary software suppliers last fall when state officials denounced proprietary software as disjointed and leading to lock-in. | | | integrating disparate enterprise software apps are rising, and many organizations are turning to SOAs to try and bring costs down and increase efficiency. |
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1436258,00.asp
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