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At 20, Linux gets more enterprise-capable, and just a little bit smug

Posted April 7, 2011 - 11:56 am

The Linux Foundation is celebrating 20 years of Linux, which underpins much of the Internet and many of the smart devices revolutionizing commercial IT.
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Google tries to become Apple

Posted March 31, 2011 - 4:02 pm

The closer Google gets to establishing Android as the OS to beat in smartphones, the more it seems to want to become Apple.
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Yahoo plans to open source code for non-core technologies

Posted March 28, 2011 - 1:44 pm

Yahoo is planning to release some technologies to the open source community
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Red Hat shares soar after hours following Q4 results

Posted March 23, 2011 - 6:07 pm

Shares of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) skyrocketed almost 11 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday following the release of the open-source software vendor's fiscal fourth quarter earnings report. (Also see: Red Hat Defends Kernel Code Obfuscation)
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Cloud computing inches toward open source

Posted March 17, 2011 - 1:27 pm

With backing and additional services from Rackspace and Cloud.com, OpenStack may be a reasonable open-source alternative someday; just not yet.
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PHP user group lauds Microsoft's open source contributions

Posted March 1, 2011 - 2:33 pm

PHP user group president says Microsoft's effort to woo PHP developers qualifies as a success story.
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Yahoo to open-source cloud-serving engine

Posted February 18, 2011 - 5:11 pm

Yahoo is developing an internal cloud-serving engine to boost its own productivity, and intends to release the code as an open source this year.
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Microsoft to WP7 app developers: Use our open source licenses

Posted February 17, 2011 - 6:50 pm

Microsoft has prohibited developers from using GPLv3-licensed open source software in any application distributed on the Windows Phone Marketplace.
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Top 10 free open source tools for network admins

Posted February 3, 2011 - 11:46 am

From troubleshooting DNS queries and misbehaving network applications to keeping your configurations and passwords organized, these free open source tools have you covered
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Don't suffer from 'Microsoft-trained brain syndrome'

Posted January 28, 2011 - 3:08 pm

Windows users have many, many reasons to consider switching to Linux, as I've pointed out on numerous occasions already. For many, however, there's one big, fat obstacle standing in the way: "Microsoft Trained Brain Syndrome."
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Five open source network management projects to watch

Posted January 18, 2011 - 2:26 pm

Open source software has a long history in lower-level network software so it's not surprising there is a healthy range of free tools available for network and systems management. Often with commercial support available, open source network management tools offer an easy way to gain more visibility into the workings of disparate systems and software. In this edition of 5 open source things to watch, we take a look at network management projects that will allow IT managers to take control of the shop without selling the farm.
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10 new open source projects to watch

Posted January 10, 2011 - 6:16 pm

One of the most exciting things about open-source software is the sheer diversity of projects that are always under way. Aiming to recognize some of the most promising of those projects, Black Duck Software on Friday announced its 2010 open-source "Rookies of the Year" list.
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Is Microsoft helping HTML5 or trying to co-opt it?

Posted December 21, 2010 - 5:30 pm

Microsoft leaped into support of HTML5 with online resources to help developers, and morale-weakening descriptions of it as "unstable" after quick turnaround on Silverlight.
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Oracle puts OpenOffice in the cloud, but not for nothing

Posted December 15, 2010 - 7:07 pm

Oracle announced it is making a version of OpenOffice available through the cloud, but appears to be offering only paid versions of the open-source suite.
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FSF essay argues freedom over quality

Posted December 13, 2010 - 11:47 am

An examination of the true merits of collaboration turns into an excuse for the Free Software Foundation to take a whack at the open source community, and in so doing downgrades quality over freedom. How well will that sit for most end users?
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Open source IP PBX saves serious cash for Michigan CAT

Posted December 2, 2010 - 11:56 am

In a move that might send shivers down the spines of mainstream IP PBX vendors like Avaya, Cisco and ShoreTel, Michigan CAT has deployed an open source Asterisk IP PBX to handle its phone calls and contact center at half the cost of what commercial vendors would have charged.
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Be cautious about open source data mining software

Posted November 16, 2010 - 3:07 pm

Businesses should not deploy open source software for data mining just because it is generally cheaper, an open source consultant has advised.
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Samsung shares Galaxy Tab's open source code

Posted November 15, 2010 - 3:03 pm

Samsung's Galaxy Tab has only been out a few days in the United States, but already the benefits of its open source roots are becoming evident. Specifically, Samsung has released the open source portions of the software code used to run the device, opening up the doors to a potentially exciting array of third-party modifications and enhancements.
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'Free' may do more for cloud than VMware, Microsoft or Amazon ever did

Posted November 11, 2010 - 6:17 pm

Open-source version of Rackspace's OpenStack cloud platform may make core functions common enough to help standardize the excessively heterogeneous cloud market.
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Oracle may be righteous vs. SAP, but open sourcers call it the oppressor

Posted November 10, 2010 - 1:40 pm

Since buying Sun in 2009, Oracle has made huge changes to Sun properties, among them changing open-source projects in ways that have the best developers bailing.
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For once, Microsoft "anti-competitive" practice really is a benefit

Posted November 8, 2010 - 12:11 pm

Trend Micro is complaining that Microsoft's free anti-malware gets updated via the ubiquitous Windows Update, though it genuinely benefits users.
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10 Reasons Open Source Is Good for Business

Posted November 5, 2010 - 5:22 pm

With the many business and government organizations that now use open source software such as Linux, it's becoming increasingly clear that price is not the only advantage such software holds. If it were, companies that adopted it during the Great Recession would surely have switched back to the expensive proprietary stuff as soon as conditions began to ease, and that's clearly not the case.
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Open source vendor battles VMware lock-in no one else sees

Posted October 22, 2010 - 12:31 pm

Cloud.com built support for Hyper-V into open-source cloud software in response to rebellion from VMware users no one else sees.
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Burning Man's open source cell phone system could help save the world

Posted August 30, 2010 - 8:39 pm

Today I bring you a story that has it all: a solar-powered, low-cost, open source cellular network that's revolutionizing coverage in underprivileged and off-grid spots. It uses VoIP yet works with existing cell phones. It has pedigreed founders. Best of all, it is part of the sex, drugs and art collectively known as Burning Man. Where do you want me to begin?
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Why Microsoft is Being Nicer to Open Source

Posted August 30, 2010 - 12:34 pm

Companies and independent developers have been using open source for years now, with little regard to the old FUD that said "if you use this software, little Stallman-like demons will eat your soul!" But the growth of open source has led to some interesting scaling problems, and the reason why Microsoft no longer openly uses such FUD.
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