Sourcing Industry
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Linux gains ground in China
Insight Linux sales momentum is not likely to slow down this year, but "unprecedented" fierce competition is expected, says analyst.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS
When open source comes marching in
Insight Open source is gaining traction in the public sector, as Asian governments look for alternative software that meet business needs and offer more bang for the buck.
Tags: Open source
Open source needs successful champions
News Open source industry needs profitable proponents to illustrate success, attract funding and encourage participation, says Red Hat CEO.
Tags: Open source, Linux server OS, Open Source, Google Inc., revenue, Asia, Red Hat Inc., U.S., ISV, open-source company
Weathering turbulent times
Blogs Each day and week, we continue to read about the global challenges people worldwide are facing. These challenges incl...
Part I: Benchmarking sourcing contracts
Blogs Benchmarking is quite a hotly discussed topic in the sourcing industry, so perhaps it is timely to look at it firstly fr...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
The changing view of sourcing advisors
Blogs The topic of sourcing advisors has been a regular one in this blog, and with all the recent news in terms of "ranking" s...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Fast, competitive, structured
Blogs In my job, I get to spend a lot of time with both clients and service providers, and often find myself discussing the to...
Open source shouldn't just be a marketing exercise
Blogs After a 19-hour flight in economy--why do airlines make their coach seats so darn narrow--I arrived last week in Sun Mic...
FSF advocates express patent license for GPL, BSD
Program Free Software Foundation (FSF) senior counsel Dan Ravicher has put forward a recommendation to help developers avoid potential legal pitfall when distributing software under free and open source licenses.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Software licensing
Nokia and the battle for open source’s soul
Insight news analysis The formation of the Symbian Foundation is good news for the mobile industry but the open source community could see some ethical compromises.
Tags: Symbian, Open source, Mobile, Google Inc., Symbian Inc., software, LiMo Foundation, SIM card, Linux, Nokia Corp.
Open-source board eyes fewer licenses
Insight The Open Source Initiative is taking aim at the "proliferation problem" as the number of open-source licenses grows.
Tags: Open source
BBC to meet open sourcers over iPlayer
News The U.K. broadcaster's online video-on-demand service is currently offered to Windows XP users only. But an open source industry group is pushing the BBC to adopt wider platform support.
Tags: Media players, Video, Open source
iPlayer petition hits 10,000
News Number of petitioners swell as more start calling for BBC's on-demand television service to support non-Windows platforms.
Tags: Music, Video, Digital rights management (DRM), Media players, Multimedia
New Web copyright tool to exclude non-IE users
News Copyright Office says it can't ensure that a planned system for preregistering creative works will work with other browsers.
Tags: Web browsers, Copyright
Microsoft aims for open source certification
News Software giant is to submit its shared-source licenses to the Open Source Initiative, but expects the OSI to pay for its 'generosity'.
Tags: Open source
