Proprietary Software
372 Stories
Preventing data loss--what's needed
Insight perspective Though there are plenty of tools to help businesses shore up data, the lack of policy standards makes the task more difficult than it should be, says analyst.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, IBM Corp., Security, Policy, LDAP, Server
Winning war won't secure peace for open source
Insight perspective Opposition to free software may have evaporated, but that does not make behavioral change inevitable, says U.K. open source advocate.
Tags: Open source, Business applications, Operating systems, Conference, Open-source Software, health service, Europe, Global Warming, Voice, British Broadcasting Corp.
Bursting the proprietary-software bubble
Insight perspective Strip away all the bluster and jargon and you soon realize the end is nigh for proprietary software, argues open source expert.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Software licensing, Marginal Cost, IT Budget, Bubble, Open Source, Financial Company, software, theory
Mozilla: Firefox 3.6 won't be late
News The first beta of Firefox 3.6 may have crossed the finish line weeks late, but Mozilla says the final version should still be done this year.
Tags: Web browsers, Open Source, Wiki, Web Browser, motivation, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, proprietary software
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
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
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
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
What vendors really mean by 'open source'
Insight perspective Vendors may describe a particular software offering as "open source", but their words should be examined carefully, says legal expert.
Tags: Open source, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Software licensing, Marginal Cost, Europe, Gartner Inc., Advertisement, software, CEO, proprietary software
OSS attacks will grow with adoption
News Although open source software is harder to attack, hackers will increasingly target it as it gets more popular amongst users, says security expert.
Tags: PC security, Security Management, Open source, Malware, Security, Open-source Software, Web Browser, Vulnerability, Attack, Mozilla Firefox
Cut overlaps in software and support costs
News Trimming software spending during the economic downturn is a matter of cutting overlaps in deployments and unnecessary support costs.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, Open source, Business applications, Open-source Software, CIO, business intelligence, software, enterprise architecture, software-as-a-service
Proprietary vendors lose US$60B to open source
News Researchers claim that if open source products and services were calculated at commercial prices, they would exceed the combined income of Microsoft, Oracle and Computer Associates.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Open-source Software, software company, software, BEA Systems Inc., chairman, researcher, Oracle Corp., revenue
SAP winds down TomorrowNow
News SAP is to wind down TomorrowNow, the third party support subsidiary it acquired in 2005.
Tags: Business applications, SAP AG, TomorrowNow, intellectual property, software, Silicon.com, chairman, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., knowledge
Google denies disassembling Vista
News Search giant says it did not use reverse-engineering to bring security feature to its browser on Win XP. But it defends disassembly as aid for software compatibility.
Tags: Windows Vista, Security, Google Chrome, Source Code, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, software company, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, software, Microsoft Windows Server
It's not the Gates, it's the bars
Insight perspective To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point; it is neither Gates nor Microsoft that really matter, says the Free Software Foundation's founder.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Software licensing, Leadership, Creative Commons, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, India, Computer, software
