open source

Bruce Perens: A Big Change for Open Source

Linux Today  Fri, 10/03/2008 - 19:03

Datamation: "The man who prompted that decision could be described as the worst enemy a Free Software project could have.

This is the story of how our community was able to benefit from that enemy."



 

Red Hat Reaches Out to Uncle Sam

Linux Today  Fri, 10/03/2008 - 01:02

The VAR Guy: "And now, Red Hat is campaigning for change. The software company will spend next week evangelizing the government’s growing need for open source.

It’s a smart, timely move by Red Hat. Here's why."



 

Is the End Near For Independent Open Source?

Linux Today  Thu, 10/02/2008 - 23:32

The Open Road: "For the first time I'm scared for open source. Not open source as a global movement and way of doing business and software development - that's safe.

Even Microsoft believes in it."



 

Conflicting Opinions on Windows Mobile: Open Source or Open FUD?

Linux Today  Wed, 10/01/2008 - 16:05

The Open Road: "So, which will it be? Open-source Windows Mobile or proprietary Windows Mobile, continuing to be sold at an outlandish $8 to $15 per phone for software that Businessweek's Stephen Wildstrom calls "awkward to use after a decade of tweaking by Microsoft.""



 

Survey Says: Windows and Open Source Play Well Together

Linux Today  Tue, 09/30/2008 - 14:34

LinuxInsider: "Through its Open Source Census initiative, OpenLogic hopes to gain a clearer picture of the OSS landscape.

Now in its ninth month, the census has found a sizable presence of OSS among Windows users, European governments and the financial industry."



 

Review: Intellectual Property and Open Source

Linux Today  Tue, 09/30/2008 - 09:31

LWN: "Regardless of one's own feelings in the matter, the fact remains that the legal system exists, it affects our lives, and that we can only be better off if we understand it.

To that end, O'Reilly has published Intellectual Property and Open Source by Van Lindberg."



 

Easy Backups with AMANDA

Linux Magazine: Top Stories  Mon, 09/29/2008 - 08:46

Using Amanda allows you quickly and easily implement a robust Open Source backup solution to almost any device, or even multiple devices simultaneously.



 

Will Mobile Open Source Learn From Closed?

Linux Today  Fri, 09/26/2008 - 12:39

the 451 group: "... as Google attempts to leverage a mobile Linux OS and open source to garner its usual developer strength, and Apple works to control its mobile OS and the applications that may or may not run on it."



 

Open Source: The New Usability Testing

Linux Today  Thu, 09/25/2008 - 16:05

The Open Road: "Open source offers the most comprehensive way to ensure software actually works before you pay for it, and to tweak it to make it work how you want it to work."



 

Five Reasons to Forego the G1

Linux Today  Thu, 09/25/2008 - 12:28

DaniWeb: "On one level, the geek in me certainly shares the excitement. It's open source. It's Google's first entree into the phone market."