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Cnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
For years, one of the arguments for using open-source software instead of proprietary software held that open source was more secure. After all, having thousands of eyes looking at the code can't but help find and mitigate potentially dangerous bugs. A new report from Fortify challenges that assertion. Open-source software can be found in over half of the enterprises today. And open source code can...
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Cnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
A group is advocating the use of open-source software and a unique tablet PC and printer as a solution to concerns surrounding voting integrity.
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colin charles blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Sparse notes from the talk, I noticed Sheeri recording some video, so sitting through that at some stage might make sense. There were no slides, this was a panel discussion. Suggested reading: Organic vs. Non-organic Open Source. Does Open Source need to be “Organic”? Brian Aker, Rob Lanphier, Stephen O’Grady, Theodore Ts’o Taking code, and slapping a certain [...]
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Information Week (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Vendor neutrality and greater transparency will increase adoption of the soon to be open mobile platform, executives point out.
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Wired (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Open Web Foundation, founded by Six Apart's David Recordon, will attempt to fill in the legal and business gaps prohibiting the adoption of advanced Open Source technology. The question is, is it just another level of bureaucracy?
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Technology News (Free subscription) | yesterday
During the Ottawa Linux Symposium, VIA Technologies, Inc. announced that it has contracted Harald Welte, recipient of the prestigious Free Software Foundation's "2007 Award for the Advancement of Free Software," as the company's Open Source Liaison. In this role, Harald will be responsible for helping refine VIA's Open Source strategy to optimize its support for Linux across all the components of...
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Internet News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pledging "open and honest" work with the community, the software giant throws in with Apache and other groups -- but not everyone is likely to be as welcoming.
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Cnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
More and more government and enterprises are using open source. A new report looks at how secure these collaborative software projects are and what needs to change.
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Cnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
A group is advocating the use of a open source software and a unique tablet PC and printer as a solution to concerns around voting integrity.
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SocialTech (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week, a bunch of us from the Emerge project were invited to contribute to the OSS Watch expert workshop on profiling communities. I was asked to present, and as part of my talk looked at the current state of...
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InfoWorld (Free subscription) | yesterday
Microsoft expanded its support for the open-source community on Friday by giving money to the Apache Software Foundation, the first time it has given money to the long-standing open-source project. Microsoft also said it is contributing code to support a PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) project and committing to offer royalty-free specifications for Windows Server and .Net Framework protocols as part...
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ITLnet Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
burdastyle.com -- A destination for do-it-yourself style. Think of it as a virtual sewing circle, an open-source hub of ideas, expertise, and amazing patterns you can download and sew at home. [ Link ]
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eWeek (Free subscription) | yesterday
Microsoft is now a major sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation and is putting its protocols and formats into a royalty-free licens, all part of a larger open-source push. - PORTLAND, Ore. Once again, Microsoft has used the O'Reilly Open Source Convention as a venue to make a key announcement about the company's involvement with open-source initiatives. In 2007, Microsoft announced that it had submitted...
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Commercial Open Source Software (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dana Blankenhorn today reports about Louis Suarez-Potts - Community Manager and Chair of the Community Council for OpenOffice.org - claiming that "piracy hurts open source". Piracy, the marketing name chosen by the Business Software Alliance to describe copyright infringement, is defined by the BSA as follows: Software piracy is the unauthorized copying or distribution of copyrighted software. This...
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bizjournals (Free subscription) | yesterday
Google Inc. has given Oregon State University's Open Source Lab $300,000. (GOOG)
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axigen | 07/16/2008
This white paper discusses a high-availability solution for the AXIGEN Mail Server, using the Heartbeat package with DRBD. AXIGEN is a proprietary messaging solution while both Heartbeat and DRBD are open source software released under the GNU Public License (GPL). These software packages can be used together to build scalable and highly available integrated cluster messaging applications on the Linux...
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mbeteta | 06/20/2008
Mozilla, the global community dedicated to building free, open source products and technologies, has released Firefox 3, a major update to its popular and acclaimed free, open source Web browser. Firefox 3 is the culmination of three years of efforts from thousands of developers, security experts, localization and support communities, and testers from around the globe. Available in approximately 50
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ionela | 06/06/2008
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