Monthly Archives: February 2009

Stallman in Oslo – Free as in “Fanatic”?

Posted on 2009-02-23 by janhoy

The legendary founder of Free Software Foundation (FSF), and initiator of GNU (Gnu is Not Unix), GPL and more, visited Oslo today. I attended his speech about Copyright at the University of Oslo, where a few hundred people were gathered … Continue reading →

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Microsoft reveals FAST Search roadmap

Posted on 2009-02-11 by janhoy

Yesterday, Microsoft/FAST announced at the FAST Forward conference in Las Vegas the immediate roadmap of the FAST ESP (Enterprise Search Platform) product line. Also see what CMS Watch writes about the topic. Office 14 The main news is that ESP … Continue reading →

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Cominvent launches gift-card portal

Posted on 2009-02-11 by janhoy

Cominvent runs the gift card portal www.gavekort.no, which was first launched in 2006. Before christmas 2008, the site was completely re-written, with a new portal framework, new design and much more content. Gavekort.no is Norway’s largest collection of gift cards. … Continue reading →

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Attivio promises to bridge the gap between DB and enterprise search

Posted on 2009-02-11 by janhoy

Boston based Attivio (www.attivio.com) is founded by ex-FAST key people with Ali Riaz in the driver’s seat, and promises to bridge the gap between traditional Enterprise Search and traditional Databases/Information Warehouses. Being less than two years old, the new company … Continue reading →

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