The Amarok team is giving away an iAudio player. Kudos to them, but also to Cowon, a company that has boldly proclaimed support for GNU/Linux for some time now.
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Hiring the open source way
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Working with open source software doesn't just give a company a code base to draw from. An open source project can be a hiring advantage too.
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Red Hat Ready to Rumble With Microsoft in Server Ring
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Software maker Red Hat could be within a decade of catching up with Microsoft in the business of selling server software. That's according to CEO Matthew Szulik, who said that by 2015, his Raleigh, N.C., company could gain half or more of the market for the server operating systems that businesses use. Microsoft is far and away the leader in that market
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HP: I'm In! Send All SCO's Bankruptcy Notices Please!
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Now it's Hewlett-Packard that has answered the call from the bankruptcy court and filed a notice of its interest in SCO's bankruptcy
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Are proprietary firms paying gringo price?
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The open source discount, the lower price one would pay to acquire an open source company because its code is not proprietary, seems to be going away...
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Asterisk creator Acquires Switchvox
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Digium, Inc., the Asterisk Company, today announced it has acquired Switchvox, a leading provider of IP PBX phone systems for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The acquisition bolsters Digium's presence in the SMB market and provides a strong platform on which to advance its Asterisk-based unified communications solution.
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Firefox: The problems ahead
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One of the reigning mass market champions of open source software appears to have hit choppy waters. With Firefox 3 on the horizon, IT PRO finds out what's happening with the world's favourite non-Microsoft browser.
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Novell's Linux business spikes since Microsoft deal
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Novell's Linux business has soared 243 percent since last November when the company signed its controversial deal with Microsoft.
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Good and Bad Reasons to Open Source Your Software
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A company's decision to contribute to open source projects is usually business-driven. This article offers a review of the top reasons that can influence your company to contribute source code to open source or to start new open source projects.
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OpenProj Review: An OSS Alternative to Microsoft Project
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It's great to see a Microsoft Project alternative built with the open source user in mind. In a bit of haste, I downloaded and installed the app to see what it had to offer. What I found was a mixed bag of tricks and treats, no Halloween reference meant to be implied.
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Gustavo Mendes: Neoscopio Ahead of Expectations
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Last year, I interviewed the team behind Neoscopio, then just a Free/Open Source Software business concept. Now, just a scant 3 months into their official business venture, they are well ahead of where they thought they would be right now. I asked Gustavo Mendez to bring us up to speed on where the fledgling company currently stands...
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SCO's Finances May Come Crashing Down
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In August, Darl McBride, The SCO Group Inc.’s president and CEO, declared it “one of the more exciting times” ever for the software vendor. But by last week, the excitement had taken on a whole new dimension.
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The Best Kept Secret in Open Source?
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While it's nice that AMD appears to be making moves in the right direction with their ATI drivers, the fact remains that the only major vendor to release and fully support open source graphics and wireless drivers on Linux is... Intel.
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Open Source Meets Managed Services
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Sometimes The VAR Guy just can’t let go of a hunch. For a few weeks now, he’s been asking MSP platform providers if they would ever open source their software.
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Intel: Why Open-Source Drivers Work
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This afternoon Intel's Chief Linux and Open-Source Technologist, Dirk Hohndel, talked about why Intel's commitment to open-source drivers creates a difference and advantage for Intel's architecture platforms
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