Sentence examples for on proprietary software from inspiring English sources
Logging in from homes scattered around the globe, its workers seemed more a part of a virtual commune than a corporate monolith, and they relished taking on proprietary software giants like Microsoft.
Before, middleware ran inside the data center, often on proprietary software that locked customers into one vendor.
Microsoft's data centers run on proprietary software that is incompatible with the open-source programs and applications adopted by Yahoo.
Expression data are stored in a database for future reference and data analysis relies on proprietary software, which allows complex comparisons to be performed.
The open source approach to software development has been used by software organizations in tandem with their existing business models, which are based on proprietary software licensing.
While both companies are facing more pressure to open up on their relationship with governments following the Edward Snowden leaks about NSA surveillance, Gal suggests that both Android and iOS continue to share a common trait: their reliance on proprietary software with "almost a complete lack of transparency".
That means businesses don't need to piece together a bunch of different service providers and software products to get all their needs met — they can just go to inDinero, which offers its services on top of proprietary software.
Rather than demote some participants to a "second class" of virtual participation, he would prefer to have everyone participate virtually.Although it may be ahead of proprietary software on some fronts, open-source software lags behind in many areas too, Mr Shuttleworth admits.
Samsung and LG devices, which run on a mix of proprietary software and increasingly the Google-developed Android or Microsoft Windows Mobile operating systems, have struggled to match the Blackberry's e-mail functionality and the iPhone's user-friendly interface and wealth of add-on applications.
My qualified defense of proprietary software rests on my general approach to property rights.
For me, at least, the opposite is closer to the truth: free society also rests on the strong protection of proprietary software.
