Open Source at Microsoft
“In 1995, Microsoft was the company that missed the Internet. In 2005, I don’t think you could say that. It was the company that missed open-source. In 2015, I don’t think you’re going to be able…
Open source ... hardware? Someday, say ETech attendees
If sci-fi author William Gibson’s claim that "the future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed yet" is correct, then how we will manufacture physical goods tomorrow may be augured by how we…
Queensland govt readies open source analytics
A desire to make spatial decision making more transparent has led the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water to develop a Web-based application called Spatialise, which is on the…
Groundwork And Actuate To Deliver Industry's First Open Source It Management Reporting Framework
GroundWork Open Source, the leader in open source systems and network management software, has announced that it has purchased support from Actuate Corporation, the leader in Business Intelligence…
In defense of Red Hat (sort of) and trademarks
Is Red Hat Acting Like Microsoft? was the question posed by eWeek this, er, week, in relation to this blog, accusing Red Hat of distinctly Redmond-like behavior. Specifically, Red Hat sent a cease…
'Boring' SAP dismisses open source threat
SAP AG will not be impacted by open source ERP software, chief executive Henning Kagermann is adamant.
Despite evidence of open source creep, Kagermann thinks it is still a database and OS-…
OpenVZ Software Available for Latest Linux Kernel 2.6.20
Keeping in step with the Linux kernel development, the OpenVZ project (http://openvz.org) today announced availability of its operating system (OS) server virtualization software for the most…
Run Linux, lose warranty
Laura Breeden bought a new Compaq Presario C304NR notebook in January. She bought it because she wanted to get rid of Windows and all the malware that surrounds it and move to Linux, and her old…
Four Google open source tools on Google Code
Over the past two years, Google has released several infrastructure tools as open source software. Google Code project hosting has four new tools available.
gflags: Commandline flags module…
Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise conference
Gomez, Inc., the leader in web application experience management, today announced that its recently appointed Chief Open Source Evangelist, Patrick Lightbody, will discuss the challenges of…