Governance with FOSSology and FOSSBazaar: Rights and Licensing
Mar 06, 2009At CeBIT Open Source 2009 Martin Michlmayr, past Debian project lead, presented his current projects FOSSology and FOSSBazaar, and spoke about the role his employer Hewlett-Packard is giving him in the governance project and how the FOSSBazaar work group is organized within the Linux Foundation.
more »Microsoft's Battle with TomTom: Shape of Things to Come?
Feb 27, 2009Microsoft's current patent suit against navigation software maker TomTom has caused quite a stir in the Open Source arena and might turn into a wave of MS attacks on Linux.
more »CeBIT Open Source: Live Stream of Forum Talks for Free
Feb 26, 2009In March (3-8, 2009), CeBIT will once again be opening its gates in Hannover, Germany. The world's largest and most renowned trade fair for the world of IT and telecommunications will be featuring Open Source topics in hall 6. The CeBIT Open Source Forum 2009 will be the venue of daily lectures on the use of Linux and free software - and you can watch them online, live and for free!
more »Bash 4.0 Introduces Associative Arrays
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more »101 Linux Hacks - Free eBook with Linux Tips
Feb 17, 2009In his blog, "The Geek Stuff", software engineering manager Ramesh Natarajan offers tips and advice for Linux users.
more »IBM Emerges in Amazon's Cloud
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more »FOSDEM: Enterprise Linux for all, thanks to Centos
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