Zenoss The Most Downloaded Commercial Open Source IT Management Platform

Network and Systems Monitoring Project Surpasses 50K Downloads in 120 Days from Sourceforge.net

Annapolis, MD — November 10, 2006 — Zenoss, Inc., a leading provider of open source…

Open-source vendors seek help from Congress

Open-source software vendors are prodding Congress to define some legal standards to support the development and deployment of such software.

The vendors, which have formed the nonprofit…

Novell-Microsoft agreements worse than useless

The Software Freedom Law Center's CTO Bradley Kuhn has issued a statement regarding the Novell-Microsoft agreements and how they will impact FOSS developers. They have analyzed in particular…

Open Source Indemnification: More Harm than Good

Since SCO filed its lawsuit against IBM several years ago, a number of vendors have stepped forward to indemnify their customers from suit if the customer becomes embroiled in any litigation…

Open-Source Ventures: Where's the Money?

Open source has plenty of supporters—among them venture capitalists who view the software as a disruptive technology with huge potential. But that doesn’t mean they’re about to throw cash at open-…

Red Hat and VMware Expand Relationship

Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, and VMware, the global leader in virtual infrastructure software, today announced an expanded relationship to…

Cleaning up a Debian GNU/Linux system

You arrive at a Debian GNU/Linux server which has some history of neglection. Let's suppose someone else neglected it but if your new-year resolution is to stop neglecting your beloved server,…

Charity shuns open source code

The theory behind open-source software is that it avoids many of the pitfalls - including cost - of closed alternatives.

But Steven Buckley, who runs Christian Aid's common knowledge…

A five year deal with Microsoft to dump Novell/SUSE

Wake up little SUSE, Wake up. No, that's not good enough. Wake up SUSE customers, wake up. Novell is jeopardizing the future of Linux for its own short-term rewards. If you want to see Linux…

Microsoft says open to more Linux-type deals

Microsoft Corp. is open to more deals like one it just agreed with Novell for open-source Linux software, but believes customers will continue to pay for software, its chief executive told an…