http://blog.i14y.net interoperability, security, workflows, open source & shared source initiatives Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:54:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you know IBM is apparently about to buy SUN Microsystems. It is interesting to see that a IBM covers almost entirely the portfolio of SUN. Why are they buying the company? Is it because SUN is cheap? Is it  because IBM wants to improve OpenOffice and make it a better competitor of ... http://blog.i14y.net/2009/03/18/netbeans-glassfish-opensolaris-are-dead/ First, Microsoft and Novell agreement gave to Microsoft the opportunity to be one of the biggest seller of Linux Operating System A few months ago, Microsoft released the Microsoft Web Application Installer[0] that allowed limited amount of Windows users[1] to easily install widely used Open Source software. But strangely, the Readme ... http://blog.i14y.net/2008/10/18/microsoft-the-biggest-distributor-of-open-source-software-ever/ http://blog.i14y.net/2008/09/03/hug-a-developer/ Voici un "mind map" décrivant la notion du salaire en Belgique. vous trouverez toutes les informations sur ce que vous pouvez espérer de votre employeur comme faisant partie de votre salaire: Le paiement de la location de votre logement, une participation dans l'achat de votre PC privé, un prêt à ... http://blog.i14y.net/2008/08/07/salaires-et-avantages-fiscaux-en-belgique/ Plenty of bidders to public procurement have been guilty of serious misconduct and have been convicted to pay very high fines. Banks, telecommunications providers, retail electronic payments network, Oil and gas, Electricity gears, software vendors are the types of companies that should be excluded of procurement procedures if we follow ... http://blog.i14y.net/2008/04/15/eu-procurement-rules-possibly-exclude-microsoft-visa-danone-interbrew-basf-dresdner-bank-ag-siemens-ag-and-others/ I’m following the stock market every day for some years now. It is interesting to see that after the Internet bubble, Unisys could not gain any more visibility on the market which should imply an increase of the stocks price. After watching/reading the news regarding their latest quarter I ... http://blog.i14y.net/2008/03/30/who-wants-to-buy-unisys/ Here is a new initiative who should be helpful for all open source (and maybe non open source) repositories that are exploited around the world. The goal of this workshop is to create "specifications that facilitate cataloguing and retrieving eGovernment resources in pan-European federated resource registries". ... http://blog.i14y.net/2008/03/30/creation-of-a-new-cenisss-workshop-on-sharing-egovernment-resources/ R4egov: The technical components The architecture of the system is based on Open Source or Microsoft solutions. We selected the two competing architectures to address the needs of the partners and to ensure an interoperability of the most used multi-tier ... http://blog.i14y.net/2008/02/04/research-for-egovernment-r4egov-an-open-source-architecture/ A small disclaimer This post is based on my understanding of legal discussions. As I'm not a lawyer I already ask you to forgive me for the mistakes. It is clear that this post will be updated depending on the input of the readers or my offline discussions with legal experts. Some ... http://blog.i14y.net/2008/02/02/will-gpl-die-at-european-administration-now-that-european-union-public-licence-eupl-is-available-in-22-languages/ Voilà, 10 years ago I created my account on Hotmail, it was only 12 days after Hotmail started its online service. Strangly, I see no post concerning this important fact. Come on guys/girls, the first ever online email address provider! Is it because Microsoft is owning the service that nobody even ... http://blog.i14y.net/2007/07/16/10-years-anniversary-of-my-email-account-on-hotmailcom/