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OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Open source is a development method that harnesses the power of peer review and transparency. The results are often better quality, higher reliability, more flexible and lower cost solutions.

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Calix Files IPO. Will Cyan Be Mike Hatfield's Next Big Hit?more

ten times the bandwidth, he says. He says Cyans costs are so much lower becuase it relies on open source software and...

Educating IT decision makersmore

issues of fact on which Im convinced my conclusions are largely unassailable. For example, I expect to use open source...

EU extends review of Oracle’s Sun dealmore

in the US, had been held up because of the commission’s concerns over Oracle’s assumption of MySQL, an open source...

Have you tried out Google Chrome?more

lid on its operating system, known as Chrome OS. Have you tried the new system? The free and open source system is...

Will it be a winner-take-all market for the cloud?more

that there's been a ton of cloud news recently. Amazon announced its Relational Data Service based on MySQL, adding to...

Microsoft's embrace of MySQL could kill itmore

For those who have fret about Microsoft fighting against open source, I have news for you: Microsoft's impact on open...

LiMo grabs limelight from Android with Korea winmore

LiMo could do with a little of the limelight. The mobile Linux operating system has been almost forgotten as Google-led...

Oracle wins more time for Sun mergermore

which has been holding up the deal because of antitrust concerns over Oracle’s acquisition of a Sun-owned open source...

Corporate IT turns to open-source virtualizationmore

is the ability to tweak the software to suit specific requirements. [ Check out InfoWorld's Best of Open Source...

E.U. Takes More Time to Review Oracle-Sun Dealmore

month laying out competition problems that they see with the deal, claiming Oracles purchase of open-source database...

EU Extends Deadline For Review Of Oracle/Sun Dealmore

extension in order to complete its response to the EUs concerns, which center on Oracles acquisition of Suns MySQL...

EU extends review of Oracle plan to buy Sunmore

that had been scheduled for next week. The Commission said in a preliminary assessment that combining Sun's MySQL...

Microsoft Azure set to capture open source revenue streamsmore

can't be far behind Three weeks ago I wrote that Amazon RDS was going to eat into MySQL's revenue potential.

Oracle opponent cheers delay in mySQL decisionmore

Florian Mueller, coordinating opposition to Oracles purchase of Sun Microsystems and mySQL, sent a note today cheering...

Google Chrome OS - an Android in the making?more

Apple tablet soon. Netbook makers had begun by offering devices using Windows XP or operating systems based on open...

Google previews operating systemmore

search giant Google has lifted the lid on its operating system, known as Chrome OS. The free and open source system is...

Google aims to take over the netbook market with its Chrome operating ...more

a companion device. Most users we expect to have another machine at home.' Chrome OS is based on open source software...

Conservative Technology Forum focusses on data ownershipmore

slash IT budgets for government projects and level the playing field, particularly through the more widespread use of...

Theory of competition fails in open source, elsewheremore

Lilliputian-sized competitors. Rather, markets tend to crystallize around a few dominant players. Ironically, this is...

Making money from open source: Still an issuemore

Novell official notes it can be difficult to generate revenues via new give-it-away software paradigm Several years...

LIVE: Peek at Google's Chromemore

powerful. Chrome for Mac will be ready before the end of the year, he says, plus Chrome for Linux. There are also...

Business.view column: A drive to turn the whole world into entrepreneu...more

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Actuate Names Leslie Jarrett of the Bank of East Asia 2009 BIRT Innova...more

Innovative BIRT Implementation Proves That the Numerous Advantages of Open Source Outweigh Concerns in the...

Europe's dishonest squeeze play on Oracle over MySQLmore

The EU claims to be the friend of open source. But insisting on a spin-off of MySQL benefits no one -- except a tiny...

VirtualBox for Windows 3.0.12more

high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available...

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  • ostatic.com
  • Computerworld
  • fiercecontentmanagement.com

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