Open Source Developer
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Open source stands up for its rights
Insight commentary Open source developers need to guard their intellectual property rights if they want to compete with the big boys, says consultant.
Tags: Open source, Copyright, Creative Commons, Open-source Developer, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, software, financial, software-as-a-service, U.S.
Commercial desktop Linux unready: Japan
News China, Japan and Korea have allied to create an open-source desktop operating system because commercial versions just don't make the grade, according to a senior Japanese official.
Support issues top OSS concerns
News Worries about training and support pose biggest barrier to open-source software adoption among Asian businesses, Sun executives say.
Tags: Support, Open source
Five reasons to hire open source developers
Techguide Afraid an open source developer will be a liability to your organization? TechRepublic's Jack Wallen offers some reasons to think otherwise.
Tags: Open source, Protocols and platforms, Human resources, Trends, Apache Software Foundation, Open-source Developer, Apache Web server, Open-source Community, Microsoft Windows, proprietary software
Open source developers reach for the cloud
News Forty percent of open source developers are planning to use cloud services, far more than among the general developer population, finds new survey.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Virtualization, IBM Corp., Google Inc., Open Source, Survey, Developer, Evans Data Corp., Open Source Developer, Environment
Sun: We screwed up on open source
News Simon Phipps, Sun's chief open source officer, says the company alienated open source developers from 2001 to 2002 but is now healing the rift.
Tags: Open source, Officer, Open-source Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, software, Project GlassFish, sourcing, Java, application server
Mozilla calls on coders to build Web-tool index
News It is asking programmers to help build an Open Web Tools Directory in a bid create a comprehensive index of all open source developer tools available.
Tags: Open source, Web servers, Business applications, R&D, Web Browser, Database, Tool, data entry, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox
The latest from Facebook: 'Open Stream API'
News The social-networking giant will let developers tap into and tinker with the Twitter-like flow of user content that Facebook calls the "stream".
Tags: Web 2.0, Interfaces, buses, I/O, MySpace, Twitter, Photo-sharing, Developer, contact management, API, social networking, Facebook
Scripting flaw threatens Web servers
News A vulnerability found in newer versions of the PHP Web server scripting language allows attackers to crash, and in some cases control, computers over the Internet.
Apple guru combats month of bugs
News Open-source developer is attempting to ensure that a patch exists for every flaw found by the Month of Apple Bugs project.
Lindows opens second Sneak Preview
News Lindows.com this week released a second Sneak Preview of its Linux-based operating system.
VA Linux aims to be "leading Linux company"
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SCO Web site under attack
News update The SCO Group's Web site is blocked by a denial-of-service attack, as the company becomes caught in an increasingly acrimonious row with the open-source community.
Sun's Jxta dives into the P2P fray
News One of high-tech's next great battles will be around the standards that define how PCs and mobile devices find each other, and how they swap information and software over the Internet. And Sun's bid is Jxta.
Doubts raised over Android fragmentation
News Symbian's research chief warns there will be multiple versions of the search giant's mobile stack, but Google says there will be little motivation to make versions incompatible.
Tags: Symbian, Linux, Handhelds, Smart phones, Mobile, Google Inc., Open Source, Fragmentation, intellectual property, phone
