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Mar 19, 2010
'Whole Web' is the OS of the future
SAN FRANCISCO--Open-source developers and businesses are focused on the wrong opportunity, according to industry luminary Tim O'Reilly. The future isn't programming for Linux or MySQL. The future is programming for the "whole Web." read more...
Open source makes another move on Wall Street
Open source has made its third big move on Wall Street with Bloomberg’s decision to open source its proprietary stock identifiers alongside NYSE-Euronext data streams. read more...
Mar 18, 2010
'Fastest broadband in EU' in election promise; Open source debated
The run up to the UK general election is spattered with political hot potatoes, debates and changes afoot, with a bust economy and a range of issues which are drowning the political sphere with up to the minute issues. read more...
Red Hat CEO: Open-source economics key to innovation
At the inaugural Open Source Business Conference in 2004, the discussion centered on how to fund open source's survival. Just six years later, the OSBC conversation has taken a 180-degree shift to focus on whether proprietary software's shelf life is nearing its end as open-source software economics increasingly drive technology innovation. What happened? read more...
Mar 17, 2010
How the Google-Microsoft conflict could hit open source
The continuing conflict between Google and China, which may be a proxy for deeper conflicts over economics and values, could easily impact open source. read more...
Will customers demand open clouds?
The old computing vision of client and server is being replaced by one of device and cloud. read more...
Mar 16, 2010
Open Logic auditing open source for sale
Maybe the merger market isn’t dead after all. Open Logic has just announced an open source audit service for mergers and acquisitions. read more...
Open Logic auditing open source for sale
The Mozilla Foundation will re-write its Mozilla Public License to make it more compatible with Apache and more globally acceptable. read more...
Mar 15, 2010
'Cloud' vs. 'source' in the battle of bland corporate names
The technology industry has many virtues. creativity in naming is not always one of them. Some of the industry's biggest brands are also the blandest. "Microsoft" is just "microcomputer" and "software" squished together. Intel? "INTegrated ELectronics." read more...
Microsoft readies open-source analytics framework for Silverlight
Microsoft plans to release for download via its Codeplex site a free, open-source analytics framework for Silverlight the week of March 15. read more...
Mar 12, 2010
What Apple's and Microsoft's patent threats mean for start-ups
Perhaps retirement doesn't suit former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Just weeks into his post-Sun life, Schwartz offers some delicious anecdotes in a blog post, summarizing Apple's and Microsoft's threats to sue Sun for patent infringement as more about bluster than substance. read more...
Why Google Android is winning
The global smartphone market is still RIM's to lose, with Apple in the pole position to profit from its mistakes. read more...
Mar 11, 2010
Open source first, ask questions later
Once again, Google has bought something only to open source it. This time it’s ReMail, first acquired, then put on Google Code as open source under the Apache 2.0 license. (It previously did the same thing with DocVerse.) read more...
SpringSource launches lightweight tc server for virtual, cloud environments
SpringSource has announced a new lightweight edition of its open source application development and management server optimized for the virtual datacenter, cloud computing — and VMware products, of course. VMware acquired SpringSource in September. SpringSource’s Apache Tomcat-based server is used by more than half of the Global 2000 companies. read more...
Mar 10, 2010
Will Apple be the next SCO or the next Microsoft?
Apple’s suit against HTC could end one of two ways. Either Apple becomes the next SCO, which ran itself aground claiming rights to Linux, or it becomes the next Microsoft, which is prospering while claiming to own Linux. read more...
At Open Source and the Cloud, IT opportunities and challenges
Just as open source has made it easier for developers to distribute software, the cloud has ushered in a new wave of consumption, turning on-premise IT from a necessity to an option. read more...
Mar 09, 2010
Group promotes savings with open-source software
For about a year, a group of heavyweight automotive and technology companies has been working on a way to hasten development of in-vehicle entertainment systems. Their solution: share basic software development using the open-source Linux operating system. read more...
Google and open source want to make us OCD on energy
The low-hanging fruit in the renewable energy business still lies with efficiency. Cutting your energy use without crimping your lifestyle gives you a faster payback than turning into Ed Begley Jr. read more...
Mar 08, 2010
Can open source make 311 relevant?
The 311 service has been a “red headed stepchild” for American cities practically since it was launched in the mid-1990s as a phone service. read more...
Is Ubuntu ready to run your business servers?
Despite its desktop-oriented reputation, Ubuntu is making serious inroads as a business server that can compete with Red Hat. read more...
