May
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May 25, 2010
Google vs. Apple in the battle of the fanboys
Something strange happened last week at Google I/O, Google's big developer event. Google may have attained cult status. There was an energy in the halls normally reserved for Apple events like WWDC, as 5,000 attendees chattered about Google TV, Android, WebM, and more. read more...
Microsoft launches open source Outlook tool, SDK projects
Microsoft appears to be serious about making Outlook more accessible to open source developers.On May 24, the Redmond, Wash software giant announced two new open source projects designed to complement its recently released technical documentation for Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders. read more...
May 20, 2010
Codeplex hopes Walli can heal breach with open source
The author of the blog “Once More Into The Breach” is now the technical director at the Codeplex Foundation.It’s fitting, because Stephen Walli’s job is nothing less than healing the breach between Microsoft and the open source movement, through Codeplex. read more...
Alfresco, SpringSource launch Activiti BPM open source project
Alfresco has launched a new Business Process Management 2.0 suite and related open source project called Activiti. read more...
May 19, 2010
Why some open source crosses the chasm and some falls in
Matt Asay has a piece out today that praises Facebook, whose open source bonafides are under attack in the wake of its deliberate exposing of user data to advertisers.I don’t want to get into the Facebook argument. read more...
Alfresco, SpringSource launch Activiti BPM open source project
Alfresco has launched a new Business Process Management 2.0 suite and related open source project called Activiti.Activiti, which will be offered under an Apache 2.0 open source license, is a lightweight business process management platform designed to operate in cloud environments, the companies announced Tuesday. read more...
May 18, 2010
eXo Social now open source
eXo Software said its eXo Social 1.0, which follows the Open Social standard, is now available under the Affero GPL License.The AGPL makes server enhancements as well as software available to others. read more...
Open source can juice the video game market
Video games, as a market, have always made the Mac look open. Closed platforms are the rule. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is considered a mandate.But the good times are no longer rolling. read more...
May 12, 2010
EU IT Ministers Endorse Open Standards in Tech Procurements
European IT and telecom ministers called for the introduction of open standards and interoperability in government procurement of IT on Monday, sparking applause from the industry. read more...
May 11, 2010
Ubuntu developing new Unity UI, instant-on versions for netbook
Canonical is making fast progress on a promise to improve the netbook experience by launching a new user interface dubbed “Unity” and plans for light editions of Ubuntu.In a Mark Shuttleworth blog posted today, the Unity interface and light editions of Ubuntu under development are aimed at the dual-boot-instant-on netbook market. read more...
Fragmenting Linux is not the way to beat Apple
In an attempt to copycat Apple's hardware-plus-software vertical approach to the mobile market, the Linux industry is fragmenting fast and risks undermining its best chance for beating the iPhone. read more...
May 07, 2010
Open source solves the mobile app dev dilemma
Early-adopter developers feel forced to choose mobile platform 'winners' -- but you don't have to read more...
May 06, 2010
Black Duck survey sees open source strategy beating the squeeze
Black Duck Software has released a small survey of top global enterprise developers, which sees open source meeting a continuing squeeze to do more with less. read more...
Why the fall of Explorer matters
Microsoft’s browser share continues to fall, reports Net Applications, and is now below 60%. Firefox now definitely has a place at the table, with nearly 25%, while Google Chrome leads a second tier of Safari and Opera on 6.73%. Starcounter reportedly has it even closer, with Explorer down to 51% and Firefox nearing 33%. read more...
May 05, 2010
Open source my software but not my data
It's pretty easy for software to move up and down the open source incline. For data it's proving problematic. read more...
Children hospitals saving money by using open source
Italian children hospitals are saving money by using the 'Smart Inclusion project' using open source technology and offering access to for instance medical data and e-learning applications. According to a statement from the Ministry for Public Administration and Innovation, hospitals can save about 1000 Euro per PC and about 500 per thin client. read more...
May 04, 2010
Open-source support: Can it scale?
Open-source software had a very good 2009, and all indications are 2010 is on track to be even better. Enterprises turned to open source to shave money in the economic downturn and are staying with it now to drive greater innovation and productivity. read more...
Will Apple put its lawyers behind the open codec patent attack?
Regardless of the merits of a case against open codecs Ogg Theora and VP8 for patent infringement a very important question remains unanswered. Who will pay the lawyer bills? read more...
May 03, 2010
Behind the open codec FUD attack
The FUD attack launched against Ogg Theora and VP8, the very idea that they violate patents, is not aimed at the courts, but at the W3C, which held a conference on the coming HTML5 standards last week in Raleigh. While audio and video files are currently handled through object tags, HTML5 will support standard audio and video tags, support for which will be defined in the browser. read more...
Will open source IaaS platforms ever challenge Amazon, Microsoft, Google?
Increasing popularity of open source cloud infrastructure platforms such as Eucalyptus, OpenNebula, Nimbus, Xen Cloud Platform and OpenQRM has raised hopes that open source can establish a stonghold in the IaaS platform space. read more...
