The firm's focus is now on offering corporate clients video and proprietary software programs aimed at optimizing sales management and teamwork.
Linux distributions, open source and proprietary software projects will benefit from Linaro's investment, with more stable code becoming widely available as a common base for innovation.
The contrast is all the sharper given some of the successes shown by those using open-source software: the District of Columbia, for example, has junked its servers and proprietary software in favour of the standard package of applications offered and hosted by Google.
Instead of paying for operating systems and other proprietary software, users will spend their money on services or add-ons to free programs.
OpenTable and Foodline charge for proprietary hardware and software used in the restaurants and also get a per-head transaction surcharge.
Developed for a convenient user experience, the new players provide an array of convenience offerings that greatly reduce power on, disc load and power off times as a result of proprietary software and hardware solutions.
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Sanchez said that not only is the license unclear, but corners of the open source community have little or no interest in working with commercial entities to integrate proprietary and free software.
Its My Net line of dual-band routers a complement to its other media devices, set-top boxes and networked drives features proprietary FasTrack software to prioritize entertainment traffic and better deliver seamless high-definition videos, games and video chat.
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And even though proprietary Ycharts software suggests Comcast shares are currently underpriced, investors should think twice.
Today, Dell does not have proprietary software and has seen its fortunes and market dominance dwindle.
Jobs wants to own proprietary hardware and software that you can't get anywhere else.
Avid's product Media Composer consists of both proprietary hardware and software, and owns 78% of the total digital editing market.
One challenge facing OpenGamma is that its software is in the middle area of the spectrum between proprietary software and infrastructure.
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It involved heaps of proprietary hardware and software, months of QA testing, incompatibilities across regions and languages, and MSRP bumps that most consumers found unconscionable.
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But the EDI system requires proprietary software and private networks which most small Asian manufacturers can't afford, says Joe Sweeney, research director in Hong Kong for the Gartner Group.
What differentiates them is whether their systems require proprietary hardware and software, the level of control restaurants maintain over the reservation process and how restaurants pay for the service.
Cloud computing the delivery of processing power over the internet from vast warehouses of shared machines will further blur the lines between proprietary and open-source software.
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Now it is coming for less-proprietary computer hardware and software itself.
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Microsoft is hated chiefly because it represents the opposite model, proprietary software, and because its operating system, Windows, is the main rival to Linux, the best-known open-source software today.
Conversely, having realised that they can economise on resources and garner good ideas, proprietary software firms are increasingly taking a liking to open-source programs, albeit mostly at the edges of their offerings.
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Trade secrets also protects software source code and sometimes other aspects of software, such as proprietary limited-distribution documentation.
Based on proprietary computer vision software and high speed color cameras, OpenStage provides many important capabilities, including multiple actor tracking, basic prop tracking, no backdrop, larger scanning space, increased accuracy, portability, and other features.
They developed proprietary software systems, designed and manufactured chips, built computers and created the infrastructure that made the Internet possible.
He argues that DoubleClick's values stem from proprietary software that allows publishers and advertisers to manage and track their online advertising.
By 2009 he was selling a stand-alone system that delivered wireless Internet access complete with antennas, base stations and other gear, all running on proprietary software.
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In total, the file was made up of 19 million queries made between March 1 and May 31 on AOL's proprietary software, which until last week was available only to paying subscribers.
They adjusted their business model by creating proprietary software to streamline customer tracking and loan underwriting processes.
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Its spatial recognition software, plus heat sensors and proprietary algorithms, analyze customer movements.
And in recent years it has been beefing up its software business as companies have increasingly eschewed its pricey proprietary servers and bought cheap standardised machines instead.
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