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ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 released!

This document describes changes that have been made to the ASP.NET MVC framework between the Preview 3 release and the current CodePlex Preview 4 release. It also describes changes that you must make in existing MVC applications to run with the new release. What’s New This section provides information about the new and changed features in this release.

How to sell open source software aka 'Timing is everything'

The GPL explicitly allows you to charge a fee for delivery, service or whatever for your GPL-licensed code. There really is no debating that fact that you can legally charge for GPL software. The only other argument here against selling GPL-licensed scripts is simply that some pirate or other evil-doer will nab your script and re-sell or freely re-distribute your application, making your pay-to-play model irrelevant. As a developer of a GPL-licensed application, access to which I charge a...

Interview with Mambo Foundation President

Jem Matzen of Newsforge and The Jem Report has interviewed Ric Shreves, President of the non-profit Mambo Foundation. They talk a bit about open source project governance and then at length about the current state of development at Mambo and what the future looks like. Good for a little insight into the direction that project is headed...

Mambo 4.6.2 Released

Team Mambo today announced the release of version 4.6.2 of the Mambo Open Source CMS.

Would you Use Linux If It Cost $300?

Would you use Linux if all distributions required you pay a licensing fee of $300? On a level playing field where all operative systems cost the same which one would you put on your PC? If Linus Torvalds had made Linux a commercial company would Linux be able to stand tall against competitors like Apple, Microsoft and Sun?

Microsoft Moves to Remove Cost Free Distribution of Linux

Microsoft seems to want Linux distributors to pay for protection against a possibility that Microsofts intellectual property has been used in the Linux core used in Linux distributions. Steve Ballmer in a question answer session threatened those that do not pay up with an investigation into their Linux code!

Installing Wordpress Multiuser on Windows

Wordpress has finalized a stable multi-user version of its world famous blogging software. For months the home site was was covered in "beta" warnings. While many were using the software it was not advertised much. The final 1.0 version is ready to go although installing it locally on windows is a bit tricky.

Jedit a Programming Text Editor for All Ocassions

The bottomline is that I like Jedit because it was the only editor or IDE that I could find that has syntax highlighting for eRuby, Ruby, PHP and does Unicode. Out of dozens of commercial and open source editors and IDEs and Jedit came out on top. It is the editor you need to have if you are going to do eRuby or Ruby. And it is free!

Instant Rails for Instant Excitement in Ruby

Like many I suppose Ruby on Rails caught me in it's wave of hype. Once I read a few articles and saw that ActiveState Komodo editor had Ruby support I ordered both the Programming Ruby book and the Agile Ruby on Rails book from Amazon.com. But a month later after doing some experiments I dropped the whole thing. Why? Because Ruby on Rails installation and running on a windows desktop was too much trouble. I like to use wampserver. Installing Rails on to my wampserver instance of Apache 2...

The Top 5 Open Source PHP Software Security Holes

What are the top five open source PHP software exploits? Well, Fantastico and Installatron are by far the worst culprits in the recent attacks on Joomla and other PHP software. Why? because although most PHP projects have security updates these updates do not reach the auto-installers soon enough. Hackers know that auto-installation software exists and there are many that use it. They also know auto-installers do not update their software frequently. Auto-installers do not make the end user...