IDC: Companies select open source for safety reasons
Oct 04, 2007In a survey by market-researcher IDC, companies in Australia, Korea, India and China quote better protection against vulnerabilities gaps as the main reason for the implementation of Open Source technology.
more »Samba specialist SerNet claims specifications from MS
Oct 04, 2007SerNet claimed the protocol specifications from Microsoft in order to enhance the open source software and make it interoperable.
more »Answered: Ten Myths about Free Software
Sep 30, 2007Within the scope of the EU "FLOSSMETRICS" project, participant Carlo Daffara investigated how much truth the "Ten Myths about Open Source Software" actually contain.
more »Autodesk Looking to Release Geodetic Software as Open Source
Sep 30, 2007Software vendor Autodesk is looking to release a geodetic program for the conversion of geographical data into various formats as Open Source.
more »Next Generation Ubuntu: First Gutsy Gibbon Beta
Sep 28, 2007Release Manager Steve Langasek today announced the first beta version of the next generation Ubuntu, Gutsy Gibbon.
more »DRM Issues: Windows Expert Looking to Move to Linux
Sep 28, 2007Security expert Jesper Johansson is planning to remove Windows Media Center from his computer and to install Linux MCE due to frustration with his former employer Microsoft's DRM software.
more »Applications for Proprietary Unix Becoming Extinct
Sep 28, 2007Analyst George Weiss claims that no new applications will be developed exclusively for proprietary Unix after 2009.
more »Red Hat: More Turnover and Profit Thanks to Linux
Sep 26, 2007Linux distributor Red Hat has reported increased turnover and profits in its interim report for the second quarter. The company mainly owes these promising figures to its Linux business.
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Google and NASA Partner in Quantum Computing Project
Vendor D-Wave scores big with a sale to NASA's Quantum Intelligence Lab.
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Mageia Project Announces Mageia 3 Linux
Many package updates and Steam integration highlight the latest from the Mandriva-based community Linux.
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FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
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Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
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Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.
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ack 2.0 Released
ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
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SUSE Studio 1.3 Released
New features in SUSE Studio 1.3 include enhanced cloud integration, VM platform support, and lifecycle management.
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Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
The Linux Foundation recently announced that the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
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RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode
Open source version of LiveCode is now available for developing apps, games, and utilities for all major platforms.
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OpenDaylight Project Formed
OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.