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What are some viable alternatives to BizTalk Server?

In evaluating different systems integration strategies, I've come across some words of encouragement, but also some words of frustration over BizTalk Server. What are some pros and cons to using BizTalk Server (both from a developer standpoint and…
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Have any classic NES games been open-sourced?

I just played a game of RBI Baseball in a browser window. That in and of itself strikes me as simply amazing. When I was young, the NES was a magical box, capable of providing hours of enjoyment to young kids throughout the world. Now, decades…
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Simple application built with laravel?

I am looking at getting into laravel, it looks like an awesome framework,but it seems to be missing one vital piece of it's documentation.. A "Getting started" tutorial. A simple blog tutorial or similar or even an open source application built on…
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What happens to those who break open source license?

What happens if you break an open source license and include a code released under GPL in a closed source project? Can you go to jail? Who will sue you? For what? "Not respecting the will" of those who created the free source code? Is there any…
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Best workflow when forking and renaming a GitHub project

I am trying to figure out the best workflow for working with a fork of an existing opensource project in Github. I want to take an existing project and make significant changes to it, in this case to port it to android and add specific android only…
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C++ how to manage dependencies (use libraries from github for example)

I'm very new to C++ world, so please, sorry for such a dummy question. I googled a little, but wasn't able to find a proper answer. My question is fairly simple - how should I use libraries in C++ world. For example in Java - there is maven and…
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Does Paint.Net still provide its source code

Paint.Net used to provide a link to its source, but I can't find it (although if I recall the link was hard to find). Does any one know if they no longer provide the source. I'm only looking for it as a .Net application to learn coding practices…
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Online Based Apache Web Log Analyzer By Submitting Just the Raw Logfile

I have a raw "access.log" file from Apache. Is there any web based version tool where I can just submit this raw log file and return me the analysis results I am aware of the code such as AWSTATS, but it require us to install it in the server, which…
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What license should I choose from codeplex for my open source project?

What license should I pick on codeplex if I want an open source project? What are the pros and cons on all licenses?
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Examples of good JavaScript code in open source web apps

I'm struggling to find a way of writing good JavaScript code that would be efficient, widely accepted by other developers and not very ugly. Until recently, what I used were just literal objects and bits of jQuery but after reading Douglas…
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Where can I obtain an English dictionary with structured data?

I would like to download an English dictionary -- not just a word list -- in a structured format such as TXT, XML, or SQL. Specifically, I need phonetic pronunciation and parts of speech (definition is not required). Surprisingly, I can't find this…
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Anybody knows any knowledge base open source?

I want to build a web-based knowledge base system for our call center. To save some development time, I am looking for a open source. Does anybody know any good one out there?
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Java open-source project to contribute

I want to contribute as a developer to an open source java project. Most of the projects in apache/java.net are not in development or are very difficult to be a commiter. Can anyone please suggest projects which are relatively easy to get into as a…
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How/where to start reading open source code?

I have always wanted to participate in an Open Source project but once I got the source code, I don't know where to start. Sinatra framework (Ruby-based) and Apache Maven 3 are in mind but I don't know where to start. How usually starting…
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What are the open source tools and techniques to build a complete data warehouse platform?

I'm looking for these open source tools possibly free or with free trial version to set up complete data warehouse stack. I know about few like Pentaho open source Mondrian server, but couldn't get any google result to setup complete platform. I'm…
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