Open Source Software
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Wikipedia campaign raises over US$6.2M
News Fund raising drive by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has led to over 125,000 people making donations to the online community-generated encyclopaedia.
Tags: Web sites, Internet, Internet advertising, Open-source Software, Wikipedia, Advertisement, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Server, software
Right time for China to use open source as alternative
Blogs Sun Microsystems' chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy, told the BBC he had been asked by the new U.S. administration t...
Open source allies woo US govt
News A sprawling list of companies, individuals, schools, and others join in an effort to spur the U.S. government to use more open source software.
Tags: Open source, Federal Government, Zimbra, Open-source Software, EnterpriseDB, U.S. Government, America, Open source, Federal Government
Java gets new math know-how
News Apache Commons developers release major update to Apache Commons Math project, which is designed to extend Java with specialized mathematical and statistical components.
Tags: Business applications, Apache Software Foundation, Open-source Software, random number generator, Java, Java Platform
CentOS Linux developers threaten mutiny
News Programmers behind the Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone demand that its founder share project control--or maybe they'll leave.
Tags: Linux, Open source, PayPal, Red Hat Inc., Project, Open-source Software, Developer, Advertisement, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, proprietary software
Google opens update software to scrutiny
News By releasing the Google Update software as open source code, Google aims to allay concerns over what exactly the program is up to when it phones home.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Apache Software Foundation, Omaha, Open-source Software, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Earth, Software, blog
'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu springs into beta
News Version 9.04 of Canonical's popular Linux distribution is now into the final testing phase before its April launch.
Tags: Cloud computing, Open-source Software, X.org, CD-burning, Storage, Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, Beta, Cloud computing, Server
Open-source leaders see Microsoft-TomTom suit as a threat
News Community pushing open and free software prepares to defend itself in light of Microsoft's "antagonistic" litigation involving Linux.
Tags: Patents, Lawsuits, Open source, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Open-source Software, TomTom, open-source leader, software, Linux Community
US govt Web site makes open source move
News White House Web site now employing open source software. Given the U.S. federal government's widespread adoption of open source, the amazing thing is that it took so long.
Tags: Open source, Government, Drupal, Open Source, Acquia, software, Open-source Software, Associated Press, White House, proprietary software
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Hidden costs mean open source software isn't always an IT budget stretcher, tech chiefs in the United Kingdom say.
Tags: Cost control, Open source, Open Source, Director Of Information Technology, software, Information Technology, IT Budget, Open-source Software, CIO, Silicon.com
Open source groups to merge
News Paris-based OW2 Consortium and Open Solutions Alliance of California, say new entity will be a global platform for supporting R&D, distribution and adoption of open source software.
Tags: Open source, Open Source, Alcatel, France Telecom, Organization, Open-source Software, Ingres, Spokesperson, consortium, Paris
How Yahoo is betting its cloud will pay off
News With Yahoo counting on cloud computing to accelerate development, a behind-the-scenes IT guy like Shelton Shugar moves into the spotlight.
Tags: Cloud computing, Yahoo! Inc., Virtualization, software, Open-source Software, Apache Hadoop, Cloud computing, Server, corporate computing, Internet
Software makers to be held more accountable?
Blogs Software companies throughout the world are taking note of moves in Europe to subject software to the same consumer prot...
UK government open source guidelines ignored, says Ingres
News Software tenders that have taken place since the government published its open source policy in February have ignored those guidelines, according to database firm Ingres.
Tags: Open source, Open-source Database, Chief Information Officer, Open-source Software, Ingres, proprietary software, open standard, Open source, incentive, ZDNet Asia
Open source in action--Xi'An
Blogs Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Xi'an Software Park with Sun Microsystems, Intel and Red flag for "Open Sourc...
