Most Active Articles 2009-11-24T11:09:45.977-05:00 Business Exchange Business_Exchange@businessweek.com urn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:open-source-software Isaac Sacolick isacolick111 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15162267938841431870-5fbc21f793e2b867506d0025c49bcdad 2009-11-07T13:59:00.776-05:00

After learning that Microsoft opened a Win7-themed cafe, it got me wondering what a cafe would like if it ran in the same style of the OS it was named for...

After learning that Microsoft opened a Win7-themed cafe, it got me wondering what a cafe would like if it ran in the same style of the OS it was named for... http://www.daniweb.com/news/story236836.html Ron Miller rmiller046 149 149 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9530853373405258353-d7b320b8bcc1b06036d2eada25848bed 2009-11-16T18:30:33.614-05:00

LinuxTuts bringing You Your Very Own "favicon generator"( For "FREE" as always at LinuxTuts )

LinuxTuts bringing You Your Very Own "favicon generator"( For "FREE" as always at LinuxTuts ) http://www.linuxtuts.net/favicon/ Brian Wallace bwallace033 14 13 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1681823349392212317-7bd2d69ccdd08530074d3dee29ccfd78 2009-11-18T14:16:39.055-05:00

Have you ever calculated the true cost of an “Open Source” project? At our company, we’ve reviewed a few open source components for our own products, including some aspects of Moodle and Boonex. In certain areas, the integration of these has been...

Have you ever calculated the true cost of an “Open Source” project? At our company, we’ve reviewed a few open source components for our own products, including some aspects of Moodle and Boonex. In certain areas, the integration of these has been... http://www.interactyx.com/blog/the-true-cost-of-open-source Jeffrey Roth jroth968 7 7 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16444505563866774608-ae0f91289beb1be861032e08f28f4ab3 2009-10-28T12:40:58.627-04:00

It's always difficult to make a "top" anything list, but here's my shot at the Top 5 Open Source content management systems including enterprise, web and blogging platforms.

It's always difficult to make a "top" anything list, but here's my shot at the Top 5 Open Source content management systems including enterprise, web and blogging platforms. http://www.fiercecontentmanagement.com/slideshows/five-top-open-source-content-management-systems Ron Miller rmiller046 104 104 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10288672986977076457-9d1f8fa9ed47a1fc801a4779ae7aca6b 2009-11-15T05:15:07.654-05:00

Spamdyke installation is quick and easy. It seamlessly installs between Plesk and Qmail. Below we will show you how to install this application and then how to maintain it with "Plesk Event Manager".

Spamdyke installation is quick and easy. It seamlessly installs between Plesk and Qmail. Below we will show you how to install this application and then how to maintain it with "Plesk Event Manager". http://www.linuxtuts.net/plesk-control-panel-tutorials/169-spamdyke-install-ubuntu-linux-plesk-servers-spam-management.html Brian Wallace bwallace033 3 3 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1310216700314980080-ab687bfeaf74e33973400846fc4747a9 2009-11-15T02:24:49.361-05:00

ZevenOS 2.0 is ready We are proud to announce the release of ZevenOS 2.0 ZevenOS 2.0 is based upon Ubuntu karmic koala (9.10). It brings big changes like a completely new audio subsystem (pulseaudio) and the switch from HAL to Device-Kit, Magi-Kit a...

ZevenOS 2.0 is ready We are proud to announce the release of ZevenOS 2.0 ZevenOS 2.0 is based upon Ubuntu karmic koala (9.10). It brings big changes like a completely new audio subsystem (pulseaudio) and the switch from HAL to Device-Kit, Magi-Kit a... http://www.linuxtuts.net/latest-linux-distributions/172-new-distribution-release-zevenos-2-0-a.html#post187 Brian Wallace bwallace033 6 6 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2366750836767179474-663e9603789b5992c1e98b0cfe6809db 2009-11-03T10:11:10.856-05:00

The recent release of Canonical's open source-based software once again kicked up discussion of whether or not a Linux desktop could compete against Windows 7 -- and possibly even unseat that operating system -- in the enterprise.

The recent release of Canonical's open source-based software once again kicked up discussion of whether or not a Linux desktop could compete against Windows 7 -- and possibly even unseat that operating system -- in the enterprise. http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid192_gci1372877,00.html Jessica Attanasio jattanasio105 29 28 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5677691481177507278-1355365655a0f715e605533f405ef7fc 2009-11-15T04:39:08.282-05:00

This is just one thing you can do and one of the Most important things you can do to "Prevent Your Outgoing Email From Going Into Junk/Spam Box in Plesk with SPF records". If you find yourself in the situation where you need to bulk add SPF records...

This is just one thing you can do and one of the Most important things you can do to "Prevent Your Outgoing Email From Going Into Junk/Spam Box in Plesk with SPF records". If you find yourself in the situation where you need to bulk add SPF records... http://www.linuxtuts.net/plesk-control-panel-tutorials/175-prevent-your-outgoing-email-going-into-junk-spam-box-plesk.html#post190 Brian Wallace bwallace033 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9096807487246556611-b2d4d7786dd22562109d66cf3b42ee6f 2009-03-31T11:36:49.495-04:00

Roundup of this year's cool open source projects includes a look at browsers, operating systems, mobile software, programming tools, content management, collaboration tools and more.

Roundup of this year's cool open source projects includes a look at browsers, operating systems, mobile software, programming tools, content management, collaboration tools and more. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9130401 Sharon Machlis smachlis691 351 347 1 3 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5881093942109071534-0def38b0ac4b6f26300923b618ce4751 2009-10-31T10:33:43.421-04:00

Gartner has released a few days ago the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010 list. Here you can see the wordle cloud [...] While I don't want to spend time talking about the usual suspects (Cloud, Green, Mobile and Virtualization) I wish to share my thoughts on two topics: Advanced Analytics and Reshaping the Data Center. Advanced Analytics I'm surprised that a branch...

Gartner has released a few days ago the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010 list. Here you can see the wordle cloud [...] While I don't want to spend time talking about the usual suspects (Cloud, Green, Mobile and Virtualization) I wish to share my thoughts on two topics: Advanced Analytics and Reshaping the Data Center. Advanced Analytics I'm surprised that a branch... http://justaboutcommunication.blogspot.com/2009/10/gartner-identifies-top-10-strategic.html Luca Olivari lolivari885 29 29 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11514865703497475694-4a5bb989b856d502854b9756f8718cf3 2009-11-12T14:10:56.395-05:00

Here’s a thought experiment: try to imagine what it would have been like to create Google before the era of the Internet and open standards. You would probably have had to pay millions of dollars to create the necessary software on a proprietary operating system. The effort would have required a huge team of people taking many years. Since Google is a search engine, it most likely would have been given to the phone company to design and run. If you were using X.25, the international networking standard (the Internet equivalent of its time), you would have been charged for each packet of information that you sent or received, in a network in which each network operator had a bilateral agreement with every other network operator. This total project probably would have taken a decade, cost a billion dollars, and not have worked very well.

Here’s a thought experiment: try to imagine what it would have been like to create Google before the era of the Internet and open standards. You would probably have had to pay millions of dollars to create the necessary software on a proprietary operating system. The effort would have required a huge team of people taking many years. Since Google is a search engine, it most likely would have been given to the phone company to design and run. If you were using X.25, the international networking standard (the Internet equivalent of its time), you would have been charged for each packet of information that you sent or received, in a network in which each network operator had a bilateral agreement with every other network operator. This total project probably would have taken a decade, cost a billion dollars, and not have worked very well. http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/internet/creative-commons-enabling-the-next-level-of-innovation Terri Griffith tgriffith986 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2846134672577386203-9124221c10ebfd7af3ec5b7f16611510 2009-10-26T09:31:14.597-04:00

President Barack Obama's White House has chosen Drupal to run the whitehouse.gov Web site. They say George W. Bush's old CMS wasn't cutting it any longer. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers resist equating open source with socialism.

President Barack Obama's White House has chosen Drupal to run the whitehouse.gov Web site. They say George W. Bush's old CMS wasn't cutting it any longer. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers resist equating open source with socialism. http://blogs.computerworld.com/14977/obama_drupal_ing_around_whitehouse_gov_goes_open_source Tom Giles tgiles603 17 16 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16476213040123360490-afebbc9f34051daa865e69e6181bbe7d 2009-04-20T22:08:11.741-04:00

Oracle’s planned acquisition of Sun not only makes it a hardware giant but also a huge open source player, Ubuntu’s founder said. On Monday, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu Linux, said the deal makes Oracle one of the largest if...

Oracle’s planned acquisition of Sun not only makes it a hardware giant but also a huge open source player, Ubuntu’s founder said. On Monday, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu Linux, said the deal makes Oracle one of the largest if... http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4020 Steve Bobrov sbobrov064 142 141 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12460870920451034601-25bc96e54e13152ed1626ca4110a01dc 2009-10-27T21:35:15.812-04:00

The US Department of Defense is making a serious effort to improve open-source adoption. It will be issuing new...

The US Department of Defense is making a serious effort to improve open-source adoption. It will be issuing new... http://www.ironpaper.com/current/2009/10/us-department-of-defense-improves-open-source-adoption/ Jonathan Franchell jfranchell521 6 5 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6139112656617997330-72eee8e8783e1d3b350ae85068c10c7e 2009-05-12T01:22:41.327-04:00

Adobe Systems today (May 12) announced that global media companies, content delivery networks (CDNs), publishers, and advertising networks are embracing Adobe’s open framework for building custom media players. It’s code-named “Strobe.

Adobe Systems today (May 12) announced that global media companies, content delivery networks (CDNs), publishers, and advertising networks are embracing Adobe’s open framework for building custom media players. It’s code-named “Strobe. http://www.mytechboxonline.com/mtodcon/dcon-strobe-05.html Rakesh Raman rraman103 88 88 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6715667578331528885-9ee69fca96accde2a0b9a9facd53918f 2009-09-30T09:01:07.147-04:00

Smartphone owners love their push email and easy syncing options. Let's face it, without those handy features, handheld mobile devices are little more than really clunky cell phones. Now Open-Xchange customers can use the newly released OXtender for Business Mobility

Smartphone owners love their push email and easy syncing options. Let's face it, without those handy features, handheld mobile devices are little more than really clunky cell phones. Now Open-Xchange customers can use the newly released OXtender for Business Mobility http://ostatic.com/blog/open-xchange-offers-push-email-and-ota-sync-for-blackberry-and-iphone Isaac Sacolick isacolick111 29 28 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13756902057068299078-4db62ac0c5f30e2a57f191d7c147d199 2009-10-29T03:22:00.000-04:00

its 40 years with a brand-new domain housed in an Y3980 PC running Apache 2.0.46 on Linux. Viva internet! J Arturo Perez, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan All it seemed to be was bulletin boards about Star Trek and techie chat. I announced I saw no future in it

its 40 years with a brand-new domain housed in an Y3980 PC running Apache 2.0.46 on Linux. Viva internet! J Arturo Perez, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan All it seemed to be was bulletin boards about Star Trek and techie chat. I announced I saw no future in it http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r2298650444&f=9791 5 4 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5183608050455139274-d4f54d433c0b885a485802c890e869ab 2009-09-30T09:06:30.579-04:00

For years, Red Hat has happily sold Linux to Unix shops anxious to save money at equivalent or better performance. During this time, the company largely avoided Microsoft, which has tended to compete much higher up the stack. No longer.

For years, Red Hat has happily sold Linux to Unix shops anxious to save money at equivalent or better performance. During this time, the company largely avoided Microsoft, which has tended to compete much higher up the stack. No longer. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10363396-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad Isaac Sacolick isacolick111 28 27 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12234736679120197667-4945d046dcbd82548a220635aa0b805c 2009-01-02T22:34:06.526-05:00

Earlier today, a reader reminded me about OpenGoo, a free, open source suite of web-hosted productivity applications. I’ve used OpenGoo in the past, but hadn’t checked back in on it for a while. It has a nicer interface than it did before, and...

Earlier today, a reader reminded me about OpenGoo, a free, open source suite of web-hosted productivity applications. I’ve used OpenGoo in the past, but hadn’t checked back in on it for a while. It has a nicer interface than it did before, and... http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/12/29/opengoo-a-free-open-source-productivity-suite/ Isaac Sacolick isacolick111 118 113 3 2 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13904163681220960867-69b69a3c2a5c73fc799a0fe9393583f4 2008-12-01T17:00:29.449-05:00

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_64/s0804046902010.htm John Boukis jboukis913 140 137 1 2 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16092383044055221111-990130313ab7b82b8061fa41859e1f07 2009-10-19T22:56:02.740-04:00

Thanks to researchers from IBM, Nokia, and VTT, avatars and people will come together for virtual meetings in physical spaces. The new technology will allow voices, head and hand gestures, and movements to change in concert with the behavior of...

Thanks to researchers from IBM, Nokia, and VTT, avatars and people will come together for virtual meetings in physical spaces. The new technology will allow voices, head and hand gestures, and movements to change in concert with the behavior of... http://www.mytechboxonline.com/mtomobility/avatar-ibm-10.html Rakesh Raman rraman103 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5672886743373416995-428ed939eabe6cc5792e1d4cfd069ea3 2009-10-04T17:51:20.899-04:00

Red Hat has filed an amicus curiae brief in a major Supreme Court case. In the brief, Red Hat makes a strong case against software patents, arguing that the legal reasoning that led to software patents was flawed and that the pending Bilski case...

Red Hat has filed an amicus curiae brief in a major Supreme Court case. In the brief, Red Hat makes a strong case against software patents, arguing that the legal reasoning that led to software patents was flawed and that the pending Bilski case... http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/10/red-hat-bilski-brief-says-software-patents-stifle-innovation.ars Michael Arndt marndt561 13 13 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5531716927133186994-2f7f68b74ae67b07926b06987eb2efce 2009-10-24T03:27:17.402-04:00

Yesterday we realeased the press release titled "Italy's CASPUR Relies on MySQL Enterprise to Support its Scientific Research" and I want to spend a few lines in commenting it. First of all it's really shocking how extensively MySQL in particular...

Yesterday we realeased the press release titled "Italy's CASPUR Relies on MySQL Enterprise to Support its Scientific Research" and I want to spend a few lines in commenting it. First of all it's really shocking how extensively MySQL in particular... http://justaboutcommunication.blogspot.com/2009/10/supporting-bioinformatics-with-open.html Luca Olivari lolivari885 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5105849466734459367-9340a404cfb09056be64eb51d1a6a89e 2009-10-04T23:23:43.691-04:00

Oracle is determined to keep MySQL if it acquires Sun, but the reason likely has little to do with open source and everything to do with Microsoft. Oracle doesn't compete with open source. Not really. Open source is simply a means to an end, and in...

Oracle is determined to keep MySQL if it acquires Sun, but the reason likely has little to do with open source and everything to do with Microsoft. Oracle doesn't compete with open source. Not really. Open source is simply a means to an end, and in... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10365128-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad Isaac Sacolick isacolick111 5 4 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2352133155446141157-bec27870b2bb10a32f0978e0b36224f4 2009-08-11T22:15:56.724-04:00

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor?

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2009/08/11/how-to-compete-against-open-source-competition/ Isaac Sacolick isacolick111 14 10 2 2