Open-Xchange Announces Partnership with MySQL AB
Open-Xchange Inc., the leading provider of open source collaboration software, announced that it has signed a partnership and support agreement with MySQL AB, the developer of the world’s most…
Second Life linux client alpha on Debian
The game’s name is Second Life, and yes, its linux client is the most hassle-free version I’ve ever dealt with. Simply download the package, extract and run the game. There’s no compile-and-…
IBM votes NO on Open XML in ECMA
Directly from Bob Sutor, IBM's Vice President of Open Source and Standards.
"IBM voted NO today in ECMA on approval for Microsoft’s Open XML spec."
"I think Rob Weir and I (as well…
Mission Accomplished: Do We Need the New OSDL?
Since 2000, the non-profit Open Source Development Lab has been a champion of Linux and Open Source in enterprise environments. Primarily an engineering-focused organization, the consortium is…
Building a Car, Open Source-Style
Inspired by Linux, the OScar project is assembling volunteers to apply their collective talents to the task of designing a new breed of car.
Can open-source practices and approaches be…
SugarCRM CEO says attribution in open source licenses is about fairness
Meet John Roberts. Roberts is CEO and co-founder of SugarCRM. To many SugarCRM is thought of as a provider of open source-based customer relationship management solutions. But is it? There's no…
Loves Linux, Runs Windows
In Norway, a project known as eNorway 2009 was begun in 2005 to convert Norway's public sector to open source software.
The goal was for all government institutions to begin replacing…
openSUSE 10.2 Released
After lot of work, the openSUSE team proudly announces the availability of openSUSE 10.2 formerly know as SUSE Linux 10.x
openSUSE 10.2 will be offered as boxed product in Europe through…
Terracotta Enters the Open Source Arena with JVM
Terracotta is planning to open source its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) clustering software. Open source software companies like Spring, Geronimo, Tomcat and others support this move. "Terracotta’s…
Australian Education Dept considers desktop Linux instead of Vista
The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) may increase the penetration of Linux on its 165,000 desktop fleet because open source is "clearly an industry trend".
In the fourth and…