Open Source / GPL

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Open source gets training boost

The ECDL Foundation will now include a module on the use of Sun's Star Office Writer, Calc and Base applications for word processing, spreadsheets and database work.

Although the Star…

OpenClovis Launches New Application Open Source Projects

Aims to Bring Telco Capability to Popular Enterprise Applications, and Interoperability to Telecom ISV Solutions

PETALUMA, Calif. – Oct. 31, 2006 – OpenClovis, Inc. today announced it will…

VCs' Open Source Attraction

As VCs continue to demonstrate their willingness to fund young open source companies, many closed source companies are trying to adopt an open source-type business model just to be more appealing…

How to advocate for FOSS in schools

As in business, free and open source software (FOSS) is spreading rapidly in educational systems. Yet, despite the growing acceptance, experienced advocates are unanimous in observing that…

Does free software taste great, or is open source less filling?

Which do you like best: the satisfying, rich taste of principle in free software? Or do you prefer the less morally filling and pragmatic goodness of open source? Do you wish people would stop…

Why Opera isn’t planning to go open source

Suppose there was a software category so ubiquitous that virtually everyone used it and anyone could get the software for free. Suppose, also, that the software was highly standards-based, so much…

Open source can be more profitable than proprietary

HP claims it has started to make higher margins from open source than proprietary software in some instances, due to the support costs associated with migration.

Speaking to ZDNet UK on…

Walmart.com Relaunches With Open Source Features

The world's largest retail has relaunched Walmart.com after a 13-month overhaul.

Complete with features built on open source OpenLazlo and Flash, interactive functions in the toy section…

Curtin undergrad wins open source contest

Curtin University of Technology Sarawak undergraduate Lai Chiong Ching emerged winner of the Sarawak open source competition with his entry File Injection and Retrieval Application Version 2 (…

Open source advocates step up government lobby efforts

A Canadian open source group focused on the public sector is bypassing this week's GTEC conference in favour of a direct marketing approach to members of parliament.

Getting Open Source…