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Brian Proffitt is a veteran Linux and open source journalist/analyst with experience in a variety of technologies, including cloud, virtualization, and consumer devices.

Accessibility Grant Sparks Needed Development

Posted Feb 04, 2010 - 03:43 pm

Have no doubt, this is a really nice thing for the Mozilla Foundation to do. So where, I would ask, are the corporate donors for accessibility? I can't remember the last time I heard about a big donation to any project's a11y efforts--oh, wait, that was 2008.
Open Source, a11y, accessibility
Is Android Forking from Linux?

Posted Feb 03, 2010 - 10:33 am

On Monday this week, kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman removed the drivers for Android from the Linux kernel's staging tree, thus insuring that--for now--Android is not headed for the mainstream Linux kernel. Which brings up this unpleasant question: did Android just become a fork from Linux?
Open Source, Android, drivers
Microsoft/Novell: Breaking Down the Coupon Numbers

Posted Feb 01, 2010 - 09:22 pm

Recent reports reveal that Microsoft has just about finished handing out all of those SUSE subscription coupons it got from its 2006 investment/partnership with Novell. The question becomes, just how many actual deployed boxes could this investment represent?
Open Source, interoperability, Microsoft
Wanted: Community Manager

Posted Jan 29, 2010 - 03:39 pm

Today marks the end of the Era of Zonker at Novell, as Joe Brockmeier ends his tenure as Community Manager of openSUSE.
Open Source, community, community manager
OpenSolaris Appears Missing from Oracle-Sun Party

Posted Jan 27, 2010 - 04:31 pm

There is a lot of news coming out of Silicon Valley today, as Oracle and Sun host a five-hour marathon briefing on just how Oracle's approved acquisition of Sun will effect both companies' present and future customers.
Open Source, OpenSolaris, Oracle
Red Hat Extends Open Source Conversation Beyond Technology

Posted Jan 26, 2010 - 06:20 pm

I know what you're thinking, because I thought the same thing when I read the news on the wire. Opensource.com? Really?
Open Source, education, intellectual property
Linux Foundation to World: Get a Job!

Posted Jan 26, 2010 - 09:52 am

2010 will be a bumpy start to the inevitable climb in IT jobs, as the US economy struggles to reset itself after a deep recession. Today the Linux Foundation expanded its training program to get more Linux workers ready to fill those jobs.
Open Source, employment, jobs
Android Poised To Take Runner-Up Phone Slot by 2013

Posted Jan 25, 2010 - 10:09 pm

In a new report from IDC, analysts predict there should be 68 million Android-based devices on the market by 2013. Huge growth, but is even this underestimating Google's mobile OS?
Open Source, Android, Google

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AMD pushes forward with new video cards and a few surprises

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BRIC Nations Plan Their own "Independent Internet"

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