Red Hat vs. Microsoft... who would win the patent battle?
Four years ago, Red Hat got tired of SCO's FUD and told them to "Put up or shut up." Now Microsoft is smearing around the FUD with its patent claims. Should Szulik put on a fedora and "Prove It!"…
Microsoft and Linux/Open Source: Oh, Dear
So Steve Ballmer's rattling the sabers again, saying that Red Hat is violating Microsoft intellectual property , and that Red Hat customers should pay for the privilege. More of the same old song…
Ubuntu Open Week Announced
Jono Bacon, the Ubuntu Community Manager, has announced Ubuntu Open Week, a week full of 42 free IRC tutorial sessions designed to help people join the Ubuntu community easily. It takes place from…
WordPress makes a stand for open source morality
The open source aspect is important. "For me, open source is a moral thing. Software should be free; it's our philosophy as a company," he says. There is one exception: Akismet, his spam detection…
Canonical chases deal to ship Ubuntu server OS
Canonical, the company that supports Ubuntu Linux, is trying to work out a deal with hardware vendors such as Dell to make Ubuntu available preinstalled on servers.
So far, Canonical has…
Fortify Identifies Vulnerabilities in Open Source Software
Fortify Software announced that Fortify’s Security Research Group has identified a new class of security vulnerabilities, known as cross–build injection. These vulnerabilities, which Fortify…
MPlayer 1.0rc2 Released
MPlayer now supports Real RTSP authentication and the libnemesi streaming library as an alternative to live555. Also, many QuickTime over RTSP streams can now be played. There have been various…
IBM SOA Sandbox
People, process, information, reuse, and connectivity – five simple ways to get started with SOA. This SOA Sandbox makes it easy to learn about these entry points by providing a low-risk "tinker…
Pentaho Delivers First Open Source Metadata and Ad Hoc Reporting Capabilities
Pentaho Corp., creator of the world’s most popular open source business intelligence (BI) suite, today announced delivery of Pentaho Open BI Suite 1.6. The new release provides general…
Making Open Source Software More "Humane"
A lot of digital ink is spilled over the usability of open source software and how a lack thereof hinders the adoption of both Linux and open source software packages in general. Among the…