A new report says that large IT vendors are responsible for open source’s accelerated adoption and change.
Read more »Companies drive open source success?
http://blogs.zdnet.com –
Category: Business Tags:
- Login to post comments
Open source isn't free software
http://blogs.computerworld.com –
There's a long standing argument over the differences between "open-source" software and "free" software. But, a more common error outside of software ideology circles is that you can use open-source software anyway you please. Nope. Wrong. It's never been that way.
Read more »
Category: Legal Tags:
- Login to post comments
There’s No ‘Open Source’ with Microsoft
http://boycottnovell.com –
Attempts to marry open source and Microsoft are further debated across the Web
Read more »
Category: Opposition Tags:
- Login to post comments
Microsoft Appoints Robert Duffner to Fight Freedom and Harm GNU/Linux
http://boycottnovell.com –
A new Microsoft guy, Robert Duffner, is 'marketed' to the press where he promotes open source just on Windows
Read more »Category: Opposition Tags:
- Login to post comments
Is Microsoft Embracing Open Source? Like a Python Embraces a Gazelle
http://boycottnovell.com –
A few remarks about Microsoft "Oxite" and a video about "embrace, extend, and extinguish" (EEE)
Read more »Category: Opposition Tags:
- Login to post comments
Amarok 2.0.0 Released
http://amarok.kde.org –
After nearly 2 years of work, the next major version of the music manager Amarok is released. On its own, this release brings a ton of cool new features to the player, but it also provides the platform on which future improvements will be added. Cool new stuff includes smooth integration of Internet content and a brand new playlist.
Read more »
Category: End User Tags:
- Login to post comments
A look at free software in Ecuador
http://news.northxsouth.com –
Marco Fioretti recently published an article (A look at free software in Ecuador) about his experiences at the Congress on Free Software and Democratization of Knowledge hosted in Quito, Ecuador. Rafael Bonifaz, a friend of North by South, is cited in the article talking about Elastix, a GNU/Linux distribution mostly developed in Ecuador.
Read more »Category: Community Tags:
- Login to post comments
FLOSS & the Hacked Ideology
http://kin.calvin.free.fr –
A poem about the impact of the process of software compilation over Freedom. Who can affirm that the meal we give you to eat is in correlation with the recipe we said it was made of ? Provocative thought.
Read more »Category: Philosophy Tags:
- Login to post comments
Sun on open source: What doesn't kill you...
http://news.cnet.com –
Open source is the very thing that has crippled Sun, yet Sun is looking to open source, to hobble its competitors and revive its future. We often talk in the technology industry about the need to cannibalize your own business before someone else does it to you. Sun may be a little late off the starting blocks, but it's fascinating to watch its race against time
Read more »Category: Business Tags:
- Login to post comments
6 Diamonds in the Rough for Evaluating Open Source Apps | OStatic
http://ostatic.com –
In addition to the information we provide on open source projects, there are many good sites that allow you to further investigate open source projects before you make the decision to download and install. Sure, you're likely to know SourceForge and Eclipse, but where else can you look? Here are six good choices.
Read more »
Category: End User Tags:
- Login to post comments
Take Back the Tech Campaign in Central America
http://news.northxsouth.com –
Today more than ever, it is important for women and girls to use technologies to improve their lives, especially in Central America.. In spite of this, there are amazing women from all the region, who write primarily about technology and who try to make a difference in the lives of women.
Read more »Category: Community Tags:
- Login to post comments
PatientOS Open Source (GPL) EMR/EHR v0.85 released
http://www.patientos.org –
PatientOS is an Open Source EMR for Hospitals, Physician Offices and other Healthcare Facilities. Version 0.85 brings the following features:
- All new look and feel.
- Role based security.
- Multi-facility logic.
- Extensive tool and chart enhancements.
- Progress Notes
- Custom physician documentation
- Detailed allergy, symptom, diagnosis, problem lists.
Category: Industry Tags:
C++ Code Completion and Qt Signals/Slots in KDevelop 4 IDE
http://zwabel.wordpress.com –
Most C++/Qt programmers love the signals and slots, since they allow getting stuff up and running really fast. KDevelop 4 allows you to see all places where a signal/slot is connected, intelligently rename it, and to intelligently rename any types involved in the signature. Together with highlighting this can help detect broken connections.
Read more »Category: High End Tags:
- Login to post comments
Free Software Supply Chains
http://aseigo.blogspot.com –
Over the past few months I've been quietly tracking our upstream and downstream interactions. The motivation for this has been my experience with the KDE 4 series, in which we have both been on more people's radar (when was the last time NVidia mentioned KDE 3 in a driver release?) and seen more train-wrecks both up- and down-stream from us.
Read more »Category: Community Tags:
- Login to post comments
KDE 4.2 Beta 1 Provides First Look at Upcoming User Experience
http://kde.org –
KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of "Caterpillar", (a.k.a KDE 4.2 Beta 1), the first testing release of the new KDE 4.2 desktop. Caterpillar is aimed at testers and reviewers. It should provide a solid ground to report bugs that need to be tackled before KDE 4.2.0 is released. Reviewers can use this beta to get a first look at the upcoming KDE 4.2 desktop which provides significant improvements all over the desktop and applications.
Read more »Category: End User Tags:
- Login to post comments
