In a surprising move today, Google chose to feature the HTC Droid Incredible instead of its own Nexus One on Verizon. Could it be a sign, they are backing off from their branded phone?
Read more »Riptano to provide support for Apache Cassandra
Founded by a leading Cassandra developer, new company Riptano offers training, consulting, and support for the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database
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Red Hat, HP: Together Targeting Sun Solaris and SPARC
Sources say Hewlett-Packard and Red Hat are set to meet for dinner in Las Vegas the night of April 26. So what's on the menu? How about a healthy serving of Sun Microsystems customers. Here are the details.
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Freescale tips embedded partnerships for multi-core SoCs
Freescale Semiconductor announced that it has signed strategic agreements with Enea, Green Hills Software, and Mentor Graphics to support Freescale's QorIQ, PowerQUICC, and StarCore processors. The agreement with Mentor Graphics calls for the company to work with Freescale on developing a common Linux build and distribution methodology for PowerQUICC and QorIQ system-on-chips (SoCs).
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Enterprise Linux
Enterprise Linux is the open source Linux operating system used by corporate and SMB clients for servers, desktops, workstations and mobile deployments. Enterprise Linux has become increasingly popular due to cost and customizability factors.
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Corporate contributions and open source innovation in the context of NoSQL
The rise of the NoSQL movement is also highly relevant in the context of open source software, however, especially in relation to two key issues related to open source software.
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Canonical announces an Ubuntu certification scheme
Canonical has announced that, for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, it will offer its own certification programme and graduates will be entitled to claim a "Professional" Ubuntu certification.
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Best Smartphone for the Enterprise: Evaluating the Contenders
While I firmly believe that Android will challenge in the enterprise soon, it's just not happening now. The security and configuration features that IT departments demand simply aren't ready yet.
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Mr. Fixit Goes Open Source With DIY Repair Site
Previously, iFixit was a repair site that posted step-by-step disassembly instructions for gadgets posted by iFixit staff.
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IBM Adopts Novell's Linux OS for Lotus, Websphere Appliances
IBM is turning to technology from Novell to build Linux OS powered software appliances -- a move that aims to deliver easy-to-deploy software for physical, virtual and cloud-based environments in use at small to midsized businesses.
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IBM Should Have Gone With rPath
IBM missed an opportunity to reward the father of GNU/Linux appliances, which is also not paying Microsoft for Linux
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Will 12,000 Ubuntu Cloud Computing Deployments Lead to Profit?
The cloud isn't just a buzzword for Canonical. For the Ubuntu Linux vendor, the cloud is a technology that its users are actually deploying, and it's got the numbers to prove it.
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Why Making Money from Free Software Matters
Free software began as a political movement where the central aim was the propagation of freedom. Later, it became a development methodology too and later still, free software also became a way of making serious money. Glyn Moody examines this evolution
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An Eye-Opening Experience
Most of us who are familiar with Linux are familiar with the advantages of running Linux as a desktop OS. We frequently bemoan the fact that others don’t know what we do about the reality of Linux on the desktop, and we seem to be hampered by difficulties in spreading the word outside our own circles.
Read more »Oracle starts to monetize Free Software, is it wrong?
According to a recent tweet, Oracle (the company which recently acquired Sun Microsystems) has started to charge a license fee for its popular open office compatibility plug-in for Microsoft Office. Is this a signal for other open source and free software vendors to start charging for commercially valuable applications?
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