December
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Dec 13, 2005
Sun furthers open source commitment
Sun Microsystems, already waist-deep in open source, is getting in deeper. The company announced yesterday that it would be releasing more of its software for free -- and, eventually, as open source software… read more...
Open-source antivirus tech may get commercial help
To plug a hole in its intrusion-prevention product, eEye Digital Security may adopt the Clam AntiVirus project and improve the open-source software… read more...
City of Cape Town to be a “leader in OSS”
The City of Cape Town is positioning itself to be a leader in open source software. This is the goal of Nirvesh Sooful, head of the IS&T Directorate in the city, who was speaking yesterday during the second Cape IT Initiative-hosted FOSS seminar... read more...
Linux Standard Base approved as international standard
An international organization is preparing to publish its approval of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) as a worldwide standard, which could potentially lead to easier migration to and software development for Linux… read more...
Mozilla issues Firefox alert
The Mozilla Foundation has issued a security advisory, acknowledging concerns about a potential flaw in its Firefox 1.5 browser that could cause a buffer overflow error… read more...
Western Cape businesses embrace open source
Small and medium IT companies in the Western Cape have been quick to take advantage of open source software according to a recent survey of Western Cape open source companies… read more...
Sun sends open source to school
school Sun Microsystems recently announced a curriculum, a contest, and a university-level collaboration involving open source software, but aimed squarely at the company's own Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris platforms… read more...
Report: Open source years from mainstream
Open source is still up to five years away from mainstream use in enterprise IT infrastructures, despite the progress made in the commercialization of the platform, according to analyst Gartner… read more...
Italian public employees join to promote open source
With a few notable exceptions, such as the Massachusetts directive in favor of OpenDocument, government agencies usually do not experiment or promote technological innovation in their own offices. However, a small and scattered group of public employees in Italy is trying to join forces to reverse this flow… read more...
Update to Linux kernel debuts after “false alarms”
The latest version of the Linux kernel has been released, almost a month later than originally planned. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, said the delay in the release was disappointing as it was partly caused by mistaken bug reports and was therefore potentially unnecessary… read more...
