Pay open-source developers

Sun is proposing that open-source developers be paid for the revenue-generating technology that they have made available for free.

At the CommunityOne and NetBeansDay events in San…

Novell Technical Support Wins Industry, Customer Praise

Novell technical support has recently been recognized by both customers and leading industry groups for its quality, scope, and timeliness. The Association of Support Professionals has just named…

Xandros Server Standard Edition 2 Released

Xandros today launched Xandros Server Standard Edition 2, a complete, enterprise-grade SMB Linux server package including Xen virtualization and more than 30 other services. The new Xandros Linux…

How to kill open source

The use of lawyers to go after open source frontally, with copyright and patents, has not worked, so many in the open source community are under the mistaken impression that the war is over and…

FON Abandons Microsoft, Adopts Ubuntu

FON founder and CEO, Martin Varsavsky sent the memo below to all employees.

As of today Fon will disengage from Microsoft and adopt Linux in the Ubuntu form as our operating system of…

Open Source Goals Outlined in Report

In March of this year, representatives from more than 100 software companies met to discuss the state of open-source software. Their conclusions are described in a 16-page report, "2007 Open…

Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition

At the heart of the Ubuntu project lies a belief that open source software and technology can play a key role in enabling individuals to achieve their potential. A central goal has been the…

Dell Joins Microsoft and Novell Collaboration

Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced that Dell Inc. is the first major systems provider to join the business collaboration that was formed by Microsoft and Novell in response to…

Seamless JSF: Conversations with Seam

Developing a stateful CRUD application is a breeze with Seam on the job. Dan Allen shows you how to use JavaServer Faces (JSF) and Seam to develop the create, read, update, and delete use cases…

Dell explains Linux delays

The PC manufacturer is rolling out a number of models with pre-installed Ubuntu Linux later this month. But initially those models will only be available to customers based in the US.

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