2009
Sub-archives
Jan 20, 2009
Open source move: PDS acquires Provident Technologies
Oconomowoc, Wis. - In a move to expand its expertise in open source software, Paragon Development Systems has acquired Provident Technologies, a Sheboygan information technology company. read more...
Open source again
The blog entry on open source seems to have generated more comments than anything else. read more...
Jan 19, 2009
Open Source Helps In Economic Crisis
BizCubed, the premier Australian Pentaho partner and BI consulting company, announced additional Pentaho training courses, reduced course costs in Australian dollars and Pentaho introduction packages to support companies during the economic crisis. read more...
Sun releases open fork of Sun Java System Web Server
Sun Microsystems has released the open source fork of its Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 (SJSWS) as Open Web Server 1.0. read more...
Jan 16, 2009
Will Tough Times Lead to Open-Source Deals?
The economy may be crimping companies’ expenditure plans, but it may lead to heightened deal-making activity in the commercial open-source sector, according to a report by the 451 Group. read more...
From the Editors: Microsoft and open source
Microsoft has long had a hate-hate relationship with open source—not only with specific open-source projects like Linux, but also with the concept of non-proprietary software. read more...
Jan 15, 2009
Marketcetera Releases Industry’s First Open Source Automated Trading Platform
New product targets $1 billion financial services trading software industry read more...
Linux Magazine Selects Open-Xchange among “20 Companies to Watch in 2009”
Open-Xchange, the leading provider of open source collaboration software, has been named one of the top 20 Companies to Watch in 2009 by Linux Magazine. read more...
Jan 14, 2009
Corporate IT Skills in an Open Source World
It's a given on this blog that open source is changing the world of computing. read more...
Open-source gaming: GP2X Wiz release slips
Euro release now confirmed for early March read more...
Jan 13, 2009
How Open Source could save the Media Industry
Youtube was a brilliant idea. Allow users to sign up for accounts and upload video after video after video. read more...
Google Creates Open-Source App Engine Project for Exporting Blog Content
Google unveils the open-source Blog Converters project for federating the exchange of data between blogging platforms, including Blogger, MoveableType, WordPress and LiveJournal. read more...
Jan 12, 2009
10 predictions for Linux and open source in 2009
2009 is here. And for people like me, that means it's time to put together not a "year in review" but a "year in preview." read more...
Rapid mobile OS development hurting Windows Mobile
Lost in the Palm Pre device and WebOS is this fact: It’s an exciting time of non-stop development for mobile operating systems–and it’s killing Windows Mobile. read more...
Jan 09, 2009
Open Source In Obama's Tech Agenda
Much noise has been made in the past week or so about President-elect Barack Obama's creation of a governmental chief tech officer position. read more...
Customer service, say "Hello," to open source
On a mission to bring open source and software-as-a-service (SaaS) to the customer service and support markets, SpiceCSM has introduced their first set of products to the open source community. read more...
Jan 08, 2009
FreshBooks time tracking iPhone app is now open sourced!
Many an iPhone enthusiast (like this writer) have attempted to write a native iPhone app. But many of them (like this writer) have failed to do so due to the fact that there aren’t many native iPhone apps examples available. read more...
Open source trends
What are the hot trends in open source for the new year? read more...
Jan 07, 2009
Open source makes its way into educational institutions
Hyderabad: For all those engineering students who have to put up with installing and uninstalling various software pertaining to their course of study, a new "free software Operating System" developed by 'e-Swecha', a variant of Linux, aims at rectifying the quandary students would be put through all over the country. read more...
Open Source film wins audience award in Amsterdam
Montreal filmmaker Brett Gaylor's documentary exploring copyright issues in the information age has won the top audience award at the 21st International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. read more...
