August
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Aug 28, 2009
Linux in 2013: One *Billion* Dollars!
as the much-anticipated turning point for Linux adoption arrived? Yes, says IDC analyst Al Gillen, who authored a report predicting that global Linux revenues will exceed $1.2 billion by 2013. "The monopoly is failing under its own weight," says blogger Robert Pogson. "If M$ wants to compete on price and features, they cannot continue paying people to use their OS." read more...
Question in Goldman Sachs case: Can open-source software be stolen?
Report: Programmer says he took mostly open-source software that's available to all - Arrested last month for stealing cutting-edge trading software from his former employer, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., programmer Sergey Aleynikov offered up an interesting defense: he was only trying to download open-source software. read more...
Aug 27, 2009
Red Hat open sources Windows virtualisation drivers
Existing drivers low key and unstable - In another sign interoperability between virtual Linux and Windows operating systems is gathering pace, Red Hat has quietly released a set of drivers to improve the performance of Windows guests hosted on Linux's Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor. read more...
Free Software Foundation knocks Windows 7
OPEN SOURCERERS at the Free Software Foundation are staging a demo in Boston in a bid to encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favour of free alternatives. read more...
Aug 26, 2009
Where 2.0 2010 CFP is Now Open
The CFP for the sixth annual Where 2.0 is now open. The three-day conference about location, mapping and geodata will be held from 3/30 to 4/1 in San Jose, CA. This year our focus will be on location-enabled platforms, mobile apps, user-generated geodata, sensors, and augmented reality. Here is more about the conference below, read more...
RIM goes open source for its new Blackberry mobile browser
An on-going complaint from BlackBerry users was about the mobile web browser on their devices. Not that it was particularly bad, at the start at least, but it hasn’t kept up with the rapidly advancing field of mobile Internet browsing. read more...
Aug 20, 2009
DISA promotes open source
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is releasing an open-source code named the Open Source Corporate Management System (OSCMIS) as part of its move to support open-source software across the federal government. read more...
Open Source for America Welcomes The Linux Box as Latest Member in Advocating Open Source in the U.S. Federal Government
Joining a broad cross-section of more than 1,000 companies, academic institutions, communities, related groups and individuals, The Linux Box is now part of Open Source for America, a unified voice for the promotion of open source in the U.S. Federal government sector. read more...
Aug 19, 2009
Google Chrome: Does the World Need Another OS?
When Google first launched its Chrome Web browser, many of us immediately saw Chrome as Google's extension of an operating system. Now, that prophecy is fulfilled with news of Google's plans to open-source the Chrome OS code later this year with view to have it available in the second half of 2010. read more...
Palm Pre Now Open for Paid Apps
Mobile app developers now have another option for cashing in on the smartphone market as Palm gears up for webOS store. read more...
Aug 14, 2009
Chrome OS – Lost in the cloud?
It’s no Windows killer and it'll take some belief in the cloud before Chrome OS can change things. read more...
Towergate Embrace latest Technology with EonicWeb4 and OpenQuote
Towergate Underwriting Group Limited has launched a new website and online quotation service for their Assure UK brand. Developed by a partnership between web design specialists Eonic Limited and insurance software house Applied Industrial Logic Limited, the site utilises the latest software technology to enable the delivery of new insurance products to market quickly and efficiently. read more...
Aug 13, 2009
Investor reveals secret to $1.6 billion in open-source success
No other investor has had as much success in open-source software as Peter Fenton, general partner at Benchmark Capital. read more...
FalconView Mapping Software Goes Open Source
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has released an open-source version of its popular FalconViewTM software read more...
Aug 12, 2009
The Cape Town Open Education Declaration
The Cape Town Open Education Declaration arises from a small but lively meeting convened in Cape Town in September 2007. The aim of this meeting was to accelerate efforts to promote open resources, technology and teaching practices in education. read more...
Open Admin For Schools
Open Admin for Schools is a School Administration Program. It is a freely available, open source software package and is licensed under the GNU General Public License. read more...
