Saving Lives With Mobile Open Source
News EpiSurveyor has now been officially adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a standard for data collection in sub-Saharan Africa and Datadyne is working to make it compatible with an increasing number of more low-end mobile handsets.
[June 6, 2008, 15:25]
Gates' Interoperability Claim 'is Nonsense'
News Open source developers are unlikely to create incompatible versions as there is no advantage, said Barnett, adding that an incompatible open source project is less likely to be adopted by users and less likely to be built on.
[February 7, 2005, 12:50]
Open Source Sharpens Competitive Edge
News Several start-ups have adopted open source business models in an attempt to unseat incumbent business software providers. Open source challengers, from database to desktop software vendors, usually promise lower costs than closed-source software.
[August 16, 2006, 17:30]
MySQL Co-founder Clarifies Closed-source Strategy
News Until MySQL adopted the GPL licence in 2000, the whole database had been closed source since its origins in 1995, and could only be used once a fee was paid. MySQL's move to begin offering parts of its namesake database as closed source only will...
[April 25, 2008, 16:54]
MySQL Backtracks On Closed-source Plan
News Until MySQL adopted the GPL licence in 2000, the whole database had been closed source since its origins in 1995, and could only be used once a fee was paid. We are working on the idea that plug-ins — for encryption and compression, for instance...
[May 8, 2008, 15:17]
Open Source Could Save NHS
News Other medical practitioners also call for open source software to be adopted within the health service. It isn't hurting companies to use the "open source" buzzword to open press and venture funding doors that might otherwise be closed to it.
[October 30, 2000, 13:31]
Intel, Red Hat Cure Open-source Hiccup
News Ximian adopted a more liberal licence for some of its Mono software to create an open-source version of Microsoft's .Net, so that Intel software could be incorporated into the project. Intel's move illustrates the legal complications that crop up...
[February 17, 2003, 8:09]
ICANN Secures Temporary Funds
News On 26 July, ICANN held a closed-door "special meeting" in which it adopted a resolution that allows it to borrow up to $2m in unsecured loans from "various lenders" selected by Roberts himself. Until we get a regularised funding source, we're going...
[August 20, 1999, 8:56]
Patent Intervention Gives Poland The Popular Vote
News The directive was due to be adopted, without discussion or a vote, during an Agriculture and Fisheries meeting on 21 December. Linux creator Linus Torvalds has said that software patents constitute the single biggest threat to the future success of...
[December 30, 2004, 14:55]
Open Source Debate Brought To A Close - For Now
Talkback Another reason for moving is Star- Office/OpenOffice's use of the Open Document Format, which is open for use by other software: earlier this month, the format was adopted by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).
[November 20, 2006, 22:59]
Pervasive Pulls Plug On PostgreSQL Support Business
News Open source business models are becoming widely adopted by start-ups and venture capital investors. Many companies have taken the tack of selling a licence for a high-end, closed-source version with more advanced features while having a low-end...
[August 2, 2006, 11:00]
