June
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Jun 06, 2005
Spezielle Open-Source-Lizenz für CherryOS geplant
Streitigkeiten um den Plagiatsvorwurf gehen weiter. Wie bereits bekannt, will das Unternehmen Maui X-Stream den Mac-Emulator CherryOS als Open-Source-Projekt veröffentlichen. Gegenüber dem US-Magazin eWeek.com gab das Unternehmen weitere Auskünfte zu den künftigen Planungen... read more...
Jun 01, 2005
IT giants accused of exploiting open source
Commission launched an outspoken attack on several major American IT firms on Monday, accusing them of exerting too much influence on the progress of the open-source community. read more...
Open Source: Open for Business
In November CSC Leading Edge Forum completed 18 months of research into OSS. The report "Open Source: Open for Business" (7.8 MB) explores the usage and potential of open source both within the company and amongst its heavyweight client base. read more...
Open Source im öffentlichen Sektor
Vor drei Jahren hat die Stadt München beschlossen, ihre EDV auf freie Software umzustellen...Das Projekt hat Signalwirkung für viele andere Städte und Behörden, noch dazu, wo der Betriebssystem-Monopolist Microsoft im Umland von München seine Europa-Zentrale hat read more...
Entrepreneurs turn to open source DBMS vendors
For company CEOs on limited budgets, open source databases are making their mark. read more...
Microsoft server software challenges Linux offerings
Windows is taking the server operating systems market by storm - and Linux has no hope of catching it, according to market research IDC. read more...
Open-Xchange Server 5 Eases Migration
Last week’s release of Open-Xchange Server 5 will allow IT administrators to migrate systems to and integrate them an open-source environment as well as create and implement applications without having to change existing infrastructure components… read more...
Is Open Source more Secure?
The question of whether open source is inherently better than closed source was addressed by the English author Jim Coplien. read more...
IBM enhances support for open-source training
IBM announced...a clutch of new initiatives to promote teaching of open-source technology in academic institutions. The computing giant said it´s expanding its relationship with Red Hat to promote teaching of open-source, standards-based skills at different levels. read more...
Nasdaq integriert Akquisitionen mit Open-Source-Software
Die US-Technologiebörse Nasdaq will ihr proprietäres Order-Erfassung- und Ausführungs-System "Super-Montage" durch eine Open-Source-Software ersetzen. Die neue Applikation gehört zur Mitgift des Broker-Unternehmens Instinet Group Inc., dessen Akquisistion die Nasdaq angekündigt hat read more...
EU to fund global research on open source
The European Union is putting money toward research into open source software and standards across the world. The newly approved funding--660,00 euros, or $825,594--is for the two-year FLOSSWorld project, Europe's first initiative to support international research and policy development on "free/libre/open source software read more...
South Africa in key open source project
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the Council for Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR) are SA's representatives in a European Union-funded international research project on free and open source software read more...
Sun ad campaign to buff "sharing" image
As part of its effort to move out of the shadows of technology discussions, Sun Microsystems will begin a multimillion-dollar rebranding effort...that spotlights its new emphasis on sharing read more...
Free CDs spread open source in India
The Indian government is trying to encourage the use of computers across the country by distributing free CDs that contain localized versions of popular open-source applications...including the Firefox browser, the OpenOffice.org productivity suite and the Columba e-mail client read more...
