The Linux Way: Collaboration and Conflict
"When your development community is completely open, everything is out there for the world to see, including your disagreements. This is just another disagreement on the Linux kernel, and it's…
Levanta 6.0 Automation in Linux-based Data Centers
Levanta today announced a family of no-compromise data center automation solutions for growing Linux environments. With the release of Levanta 6.0, Levanta adds end-to-end automation capabilities…
3Com Expands VoIP Efforts, Taps Open Source
Two of the company's three new VoIP products -- the VCX Connect 100 and VCX Connect 200 -- were developed by 3Com itself. The third, however, the 3Com Asterisk Appliance, comes as the result of an…
Open sourcing the US military
"It turns out that perhaps the best way to beat guerrilla insurgents is by becoming one or, at least, funding one. Or, as John Robb argues on the Global Guerrillas blog, funding and partnering…
Swedish National Police Move to Open Source
MySQL AB, the developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that the Swedish National Police are implementing an enterprise-wide project for building all future IT…
COSSFEST 07 (Calgary Open Source Systems Festival)
COSSFEST 07 (Calgary Open Source Systems Festival) will bring together professionals, students and enthusiasts who share a common interest in Open Source software. This one-day conference and expo…
Why choose proprietary software over open source?
As part of my interview with Dean Drako of Barracuda Networks, he mentioned to me some survey work Barracuda has done. Barracuda talked to 228 enterprise customers and asked what advantages open…
Mexico's Largest Mortgage Lender Chooses SUSE
The Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda (INFONAVIT), Mexico's largest mortgage lender, has tapped SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell as its platform for customer transactions. Providing…
When open-source GUIs attack: The Blender example
TDT 3D has put together a comparison of six 3D modeling tools. I am not going to get too deeply into the finer points of the products and what the TDT 3D reviewer thought of them, but many readers…
Security drives open source technology deployment in Asia
The top most influential factor for deploying open source technology in Australia, Korea, India and the People's Republic of China is better protection against security breaches, according to a…