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Open-source efforts derailed by 'loud minority'
News Efforts to increase the adoption of open-source software are being derailed by the efforts of a "loud minority" within the community who have made personal attacks on individuals who have expressed doubts about the software, according to one of...
[March 20, 2008, 9:45]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback On the other hand, the open source community continues to struggle with developing an integrated patch management solution If you had not been living under a rock for 2 decades, you would have known that patch management is not a problem...
[November 18, 2005, 8:11]
Open source to change the face of software says report
News Open source ideas will change the face of the software industry by the year 2004, according to new research published by research company Forrester. Forrester predicts software companies will be forced to shift from proprietary business models to...
[August 17, 2000, 7:17]
Open-source music format ready to play
News Just a few days after the world got its first look at the updated MP3 music format, rival open-source format Ogg Vorbis is ready to reveal a major facelift. Ogg Vorbis, created by a team of independent developers, has been floating around the Web...
[June 18, 2001, 9:56]
Open-source gurus slam SCO
News Two prominent figures in the open-source realm have rejected SCO Group's argument that Linux users should pay the company licence fees for using the operating system. FSF's Moglen made a more elaborate case against SCO Group in a talk given...
[August 1, 2003, 9:10]
Open source phones face competition from below
Blog I didn't come away from the Smartphone show this week much wiser about the prospects for open source phones. Symbian is going to be open source, the company's research chief David Wood told me again at the show.
[October 24, 2008, 0:18]
Open source could save NHS
News The cash-strapped NHS would benefit from adopting open source software such as Linux, according to health service experts. It is claimed that using open source software would reduce the cost of implementing technology within the health service and...
[October 30, 2000, 13:31]
Open-source geeks are modern heroes, says think tank
News Britain's open-source software developers make a valuable contribution to society and the British economy through the high quality of their work, according to Demos. And Pro-Am software programmers who are part of the 'open source' movement are...
[November 29, 2004, 14:40]
Open source: Supply and demand
Talkback My company is technology consultancy solely focused on Free / Open Source software. Your theory doesn't bear out in real world. We sell no products or hardware, only services ranging from software development to network integration to training, and...
[June 13, 2004, 15:26]
Open source InfoCard rival gets heavyweight support
News IBM and Novell on Monday are expected to announce an open source response to Microsoft's forthcoming InfoCard identity management technology. The companies plan to contribute to an open source initiative code-named Higgins Project.
[February 27, 2006, 15:50]
Open source networking opens its doors to businesses
Blog It's difficult to know exactly how excited to get about open source networking projects. So should businesses be looking at open source networking? And who wants to hack into a little-used open source router?
[February 7, 2007, 17:02]
Coming soon - open source movies?
Blog We all know by now that the open source model doesn't just apply to software - but can it make movies? They hope that the film - and other projects - can be made, like an open source software project, "almost for free".
[April 24, 2008, 22:14]
Open source 'lacks enterprise-grade security'
News The security practices of open-source IT developers should lead enterprises to think twice before using open-source software, according to a new study sponsored by security tools vendor Fortify. The study, carried out by application security...
[July 21, 2008, 17:03]
Open source ERP firm gets new boss
News Compiere, a small company that develops open source ERP software to help customers manage finance, inventory and other business matters, has named LaVonne Reimer its chief executive officer. Compiere aids in support and shares revenue with those...
[February 28, 2006, 9:30]
Open-source rival to MP3 released
News Members of the Ogg Vorbis project have unveiled release 1.0 of their software, an open-source alternative to the MP3 format. The official release of the audio encoding and streaming technology has been widely anticipated by enthusiasts of open...
[July 22, 2002, 9:25]
Open-source code finder aims to prevent lawsuits
News US-based Black Duck Software on Monday released code designed to allow lawyers to resolve the intellectual property issues around open-source software. ProtextIP/development highlights potential licence issues through consulting a knowledge base of...
[October 18, 2004, 18:10]
Open-source search looks for Web niche
News It would be nice if there were an open-source search engine owned by the world. Called Nutch, the project is developing open-source software for locating documents online. If this is Linux, we're hoping there would be Red Hat," Cutting said...
[August 18, 2003, 17:05]
Open source vendor in schools IT supply list
Blog An open source vendor has been made an accredited schools supplier by Becta, the government agency which oversees IT in UK schools. John Spencer, Head of Education at Sirius said: "We are pleased to have shown that open source software is ready for...
[September 23, 2008, 16:18]
Open source MP3 project continues after parent's demise
News Open source software developers hoping to create a free replacement for MP3 technology are pushing ahead with their project after the collapse of their parent, Webcasting start-up iCast. Just how long those batteries will last, and how far they...
[December 12, 2000, 8:54]
Open source gets boost from the cost-conscious
News Big companies are warming up to open-source database software, according to a new study. The open-source database MySQL grew rapidly in popularity over the last year, according to results from a survey released on Monday by research company Evans...
[January 5, 2004, 15:40]
