MySQL to get injection of Google code
My SQL has laid out its software road map through 2009, including some code contributed by Google and security improvements that are due in MySQL 7.0.
Earlier this year Google signed a…
Misys Leads Industry with Bold Open Source Move
Misys plc, the global application software and services company, took the lead in innovation by announcing that it will make the Misys Connect healthcare solution available to the open source…
GIMP 2.4.0 Released
GIMP 2.4.0 has been released. With a refreshed look and new features sets, GIMP is one step closer to being a true Photoshop replacement.
GIMP 2.4.0 release notes
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Add TurboLinux to the Microsoft patent-protection roster
It’s been a while since Microsoft signed up any more Linux distro vendors to participate as patent-protection partners. But on October 22, the Redmondians announced they’ve added TurboLinux to the…
Italian Organizations Rely on Red Hat
Red Hat today announced that three leading Italian organizations, including CSI-Piemonte, one of the top fifteen software and services companies in Italy, Iride Energia, a leading thermal and…
Interview with Mark Taylor of UK Open Source Consortium
Sean Daly's telephone interview with Mark Taylor, President of the UK Open Source Consortium.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071021231933899
The Mandriva Club is now open to all Linux users for free
Mandriva announces that its Club is open to all Linux users, free of charge. From now on, anyone can access the Club content and use the services of the platform, like any other Mandriva Community…
EU forces Microsoft to cage open source patent dogs
Microsoft's compliance with the 2004 EU anti-trust ruling offering some good news to open source developers and users.
The agreement will make it much easier for commercial and especially…
Predicting Open Source Licensing
What's the most popular open source license currently in use? If you said GPL you would be right. But how did you know?
Plenty of people assume that GPL is the most commonly used because…
Trolltech axes the Greenphone
The mobile Linux development company Trolltech says that it has sold out of its Greenphone reference handsets and that it will not reorder further units, because there are now suitable…