Gartner: Open Source Penetrating SaaS Segment
Apr 15, 2008Open Source software is likely to dominate the Software as a Service (SaaS) segment for reasons of economy and community building says market researcher Gartner: Open Source is cheap, and communities keep it popular.
more »Steve McIntyre is the New Debian Project Leader
Apr 14, 2008The results of the election are confirmed: Debian veteran Steve McIntyre has won the Debian Project Leader (DPL) election in the third round of voting.
more »Australia: 41,000 Computers with Open Office
Apr 11, 2008According to reports, the department of education in the Australian state of New South Wales has decided to install Open Office on its 41,000 computers.
more »Resumée: Greg Kroah-Hartman on the Linux Driver Project
Apr 10, 2008For over a year now, the Linux Driver Project (LDP) has offered free development of hardware drivers. Novell gave its employee and the project initiator Greg Kroah-Hartman a sabbatical for driver programming; Kroah-Hartmann recently published a status report.
more »Brazil to Use Linux-based Voting System
Apr 08, 2008The Brazilian election authority has announced that voting systems based on Linux will be used for the election later this year.
more »Chip Manufacturer AMD Announces Job Losses
Apr 08, 2008In a announcement made to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chip manufacturer AMD attributes job losses to poor figures in this quarter.
more »Microsoft's OOXML is an ISO Standard
Apr 02, 2008It's official: Microsoft's Office Open XML format (OOXML) has been accepted as a new standard at a second hearing
more »Adobe Looking to Join Linux Foundation
Apr 01, 2008The Linux Foundation, which also employs Linus Torvalds, has welcomed Adobe as a new member in a press release.
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