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Open source CRM firm targets Oracle customers
News SugarCRM is offering support for the Oracle 9i database in the latest edition of its open source CRM product, Sugar Enterprise Edition. The previous edition of SugarCRM, Sugar Professional, could only be used with the open source MySQL database.
[August 17, 2005, 17:00]
CA dangles open-source carrot
Talkback Nobody ever mentiones FIREBIRD, an open source (FREE) DMS that runs on Windows an Unix/Linux http://www.firebirdsql.com http://www.jvz.co.za click on FireBird Hi Thx Johan van Zyl
[September 15, 2004, 16:49]
Trend Micro: open source is more secure
News Antivirus vendor Trend Micro is claiming that open source software is inherently more secure than proprietary software such as Microsoft Windows. Trend claimed that one reason open source software has fewer security issues is the variety of Linux...
[June 13, 2006, 15:40]
Sun: Open source Java won't change anything for developers
News Sun's decision to make Java SE open source won't make any difference to the majority of Java programmers, according to the company's chief open source officer. Simon Phipps, speaking at a breakfast briefing in London on Tuesday, told Builder UK...
[August 16, 2006, 13:05]
Open source sharpens competitive edge
News One of a growing cadre of open source companies, Zimbra plans to add joint document creation and sharing to its messaging and collaboration software at the LinuxWorld conference. A significant difference with Red Hat and the round of open source...
[August 16, 2006, 17:30]
Code search is not the source of all evil
Leader The latest monster to escape from Google's labs is Code Search, a service designed to reach into every scrap of source code published on the Web and expose it to curious minds. It is true that hackers, crackers and the rest of the black hat gang...
[October 9, 2006, 14:50]
Behind SCO's open source challenge
Leader If true, enormous implications would follow for open source in general and Linux in particular. But there's no denying that whatever the original intentions of the bringers of the case and under almost any conceivable outcome on the current...
[October 10, 2006, 15:15]
Visit Source
Downloads Visit Source is a useful marketing tool . You don't have to worry or visit all these sites, VISIT Source does it for you. Visit Source scans all the external sites that had generated at least one visit in your site and it presents reports with...
[November 8, 2002, 7:00]
Ten reasons open-source smart phones will not win out
Blog Comment You are muddling open standards with open source.you know how to use Google don't you? Also the smartphones all have an App Store/App market or whatever.they all have a browser.open or closed source wont change anything here.
[July 24, 2009, 0:18]
Government endorses open source
Talkback They support open source software yet they also support EU Patent laws which will kill off open source. Twofaced goverment! Goes to show what two months can make!
[December 13, 2004, 9:32]
Europe extends open source resource
News The European Commission is launching a resource for public sector organisations to share open source code and applications. The uncatchily named OSOR (Open Source Observatory and Repository) aims to improve the return on investment of open source...
[October 12, 2006, 17:25]
An Open Source Census?
Blog Comment Some of the larger organizations might be afraid to reveal how many open source apps they use, if they are locked into a Microsoft deal. Frankly I don't see how this tool can actually reveal the exact amount of open source in use, as the source...
[December 24, 2007, 13:53]
Real prepares to unwind source code
News Thirteen weeks after its surprise announcement that it was releasing parts of its source code into open-source development, RealNetworks will make the first installment of that code available on Tuesday.
[October 24, 2002, 8:14]
Open source high on UK companies' radar
News UK companies are increasingly convinced that open source technologies will play a major role in their IT strategy. In an online survey of 140 senior technology executives, conducted by the National Computing Centre, more than 50 per cent have...
[August 15, 2005, 16:00]
An Open Source Census?
Blog Comment If you're an open source enthusiast, this will help you convince colleagues that it is trustworthy -- because you may well be able to prove you are already relying on it. You're right of course. Like so many of these tools, though, it's attractive...
[December 24, 2007, 6:59]
Lloyd's to provide open source IP indemnity
News Lloyd's of London, the oldest insurance organisation in the world, is to underwrite open source software against claims of intellectual-property (IP) infringement. The insurance will be available through brokers to companies and organisations who...
[August 15, 2005, 13:50]
Linspire boss urges Dutch government to go open source
News Linspire chief executive Michael Robertson yesterday urged the Dutch government to consider open source as an option in an ambitious upgrading of over 260,000 workstations and servers. Privacy and open source advocates have been up in arms since...
[December 15, 2004, 14:30]
Newham CIO sees open source as 'red herring'
News The IT chief at a London Borough which was a key battleground between Microsoft and open source has described open source software as a "red herring". Newham is cited as a critical victory by Microsoft in its battle against open source, after the...
[October 19, 2006, 16:45]
TechNet Webcast: Linux and Open Source Software: A Technical Perspective and Overview (Level 300)
White Papers This webcast offers a look at Linux and open-source software from the Microsoft Linux and Open Source Technology Analysis Center. The presenter of this webcast walks through the open-source stack, including the Linux kernel.
[September 6, 2008, 1:01]
Seizing opportunities to go open source
Talkback Whilst the cost of installing Open Source on the PC's has not been included. What has also not been taken into account which, negates the argument about installing Open Source cost, is the fact that as the PC's are running Windows 98 and Office 98...
[November 5, 2003, 9:36]
