open source platform

The Register: "VMware has invited Scala programmers onto Cloud Foundry, its open source 'platform cloud,' an online service for building and readily scaling applications."

Linux and Open Source: "Google insists that Android will remain an open source platform and takes great exception to reports to the contrary. That's good news."

IT World: "If you missed it, and I think that unlikely given the buzz the announcement got this week, Cloud Foundry is VMware's open source platform as a service (PaaS).

And, unlike last week's Facebook hardware announcement, this baby is actually open source, released under the Apache license."

Howtoforge: "This tutorial explains how to install OpenPublish on an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server. Open Publish is an open source platform designed specifically for the online news industry."

Which CMS does The Real Story Group Use? (Tony Byrne / CMS Watch):

In a new article on the Personal Democracy site Nancy Scola looks at the recent change of the Whitehouse.gov website over to use the Drupal content management system.

InformationWeek: "From the end user perspective, there wasn't really an open source platform for devices. Sure, there was the Yopi device in the late 90's that was based on Linux, and we can't forget the famous Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC that had a Linux build floating around for a while."

Computerworld UK: "The News International-owned publication, which is read by over one million people in the capital each day, claims it is the first newspaper to run its website on an open source platform."