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Open-source Encryption Software Gets Update

News The latest version of popular open-source encryption software TrueCrypt is available for download. The free open-source disk-encryption software for Windows Vista/XP/2000 and Linux allows people to encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a storage...

[March 21, 2007, 14:23]

Open Source Software: Can Everyone Benefit From The New Emerging Gift Economy?

White Papers This paper seeks to measure the practicality of open source alternatives to common proprietary software through an experiment carried out on a small community of students. The experiment is used as a platform on which open source paradigms are...

[October 29, 2007, 23:00]

Open-Source Software In Digital Management In The Public Sector

White Papers This white paper contains an economic analysis of open-source software and analyzes the extended of use open-source software. It also presents a series of suggestions as to how the public sector can further the use of open-source software.

[August 20, 2004, 0:00]

Open Source Software: Guidance On Implementing UK Government Policy

White Papers The best open source is demonstrably at least as good as, or better than, proprietary software by the only real test - it is in widespread operational use in the real world, particularly in infrastructure deployments such as operating systems and...

[April 29, 2005, 0:00]

Open Source Strategies For Software Developers

White Papers The benefits associated with open source software can be realized as long as there is a plan to mitigate any risks that are part of using open source products. The ubiquity of open source software is increasing.

[March 9, 2006, 23:00]

Open Source Versus Free Software Debate Rages

News Love was defending himself and the open source movement against reproaches by Richard Stallman, the chairman of the Free Software Foundation. I know that the open source movement has no clue about marketing, they underestimate it.

[June 25, 2001, 15:05]

Guide To Open Source Software In Government: Open Source And MySQL @ Work In Applications

White Papers Many such applications are built on the LAMP open source software stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Python / Perl) which provides the main infrastructure for cost-effective application development and deployment.

[September 1, 2005, 0:00]

HP To Resell Open-source Email Software

News Hewlett-Packard has signed an agreement to sell Sendmail's email software, the latest move by the longtime Microsoft ally to also woo open-source players. HP has a long history of working with Microsoft -- whose Exchange software competes with...

[June 14, 2004, 9:05]

Understanding Open Source & Free Software Licensing: The MIT, BSD, Apache, And Academic Free Licenses

White Papers The MIT (or X), BSD, and Apache Licenses are classic open source licensing software licenses and are used in many open source projects. These licenses, as applied to the original licensed code, allow that code to be used in proprietary software and...

[October 24, 2007, 0:00]

Intel Gives PCs Eyes With Open-source Software

News Intel has updated its open-source software to help computers use two cameras in the same way that people use their eyes to recognise objects and gain depth perception, the company said on Tuesday. The library's source is accessible to the public...

[December 12, 2001, 12:10]

Open Source Software's Expanding Role In The Enterprise: Companies Adopt Open Source As Standard

White Papers However, because there are differences between open source and commercial software, customers want their concerns about open source software addressed before they incorporate open source more completely in their IT portfolios.

[June 5, 2007, 0:00]

Internet Entrepreneurship: Linux And The Dynamics Of Open Source Software

White Papers Linux is taken as one example of open source software, and the analysis focuses on the reasons for software development, particularly in terms of the underlying dynamics of incentives, skills and entrepreneurship for open source software.

[April 18, 2007, 0:00]

Managing The Risks Of Open Source Software

White Papers The recent evolution of the telecommunications and IT markets has promoted the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the telecommunications industry. The necessity to cut time to market requires the use of mature, standard software.

[May 18, 2007, 0:00]

Government Preferences For Promoting Open-Source Software: A Solution In Search Of A Problem

White Papers Governments around the world are making or considering efforts to promote open-source software (typically produced by cooperatives of individuals) at the expense of proprietary software (generally sold by for-profit software developers).

[August 23, 2005, 0:00]

A Business Case Study Of Open Source Software

White Papers This paper was prepared as part of The MITRE Corporation’s FY00 Mission-Oriented Investigation and Experimentation (MOIE) research project "Open Source Software in Military Systems. This paper analyzes the business case of open source software.

[September 11, 2003, 0:00]

Free And Open Source Software For Translators

White Papers Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is gaining popularity in the translation industry, due to its low cost, flexibility, reliability, security and freedom from licensing hassles. With a range of free and open source translation memory suites, web...

[November 28, 2006, 23:00]

NASA May Launch Open-source Software Projects

News An analyst for NASA recommended in a recent paper that the agency move some software development to an open-source model. The paper, published in late April and featured on the Slashdot discussion Web site on Friday, argues that developing software...

[May 19, 2003, 8:07]

Perspective On Open Source Software (OSS) Vs. Commercial Proprietary Software

White Papers Although software that has been unencumbered by intellectual property restrictions (or at least enforced restrictions) has been freely developed and shared since software was created, it is only within the last few years that the phenomenon most...

[June 8, 2004, 0:00]

Free And Open Source Software (FOSS) Usage In Military Computing

White Papers Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has been constantly growing in importance and expanding in many software architectures all over the world. This impressive growth has been supported by the numerous successes, the high-quality reputation of FOSS...

[February 23, 2006, 23:00]

The Total Cost Of Security Patch Management: A Comparison Of Microsoft Windows And Open Source Software

White Papers There is conflicting information in the IT community about whether security patch management in Microsoft Windows client and sever operating systems is more expensive than their open source software (OSS) counterparts.

[July 9, 2007, 0:00]


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