Jim Whitehurst warns against overlooking power of open source model to radically improve business
Read more »Red Hat CEO explains business model of 21st century, benefits of open source
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Novell Retreats From New Policy as the Company Loses Sense of Faithfulness
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Novell backtracks on an outrageous little attempt to charge for patches; problems in the UK carry on
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~100 Novell Employees to Work for Xerox
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Novell employees to become Xerox staff (outsourcing revisited)
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The Business of Open Source is Not Software
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I’ve been staying out of the free vs. open source wars running around my little corner of the world of late. There is a lot of talk about whether or not open source has “won”. Open source is free software, so it seems silly to try to differentiate the two.
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Zmanda Does Cloud Storage for Less with Open Source
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Zmanda uses open source-based backup software and Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) to best EMC's MozyPro and Symantec on price. Now the company hopes its latest features will catch on with small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) looking to back up their Microsoft Windows environments while meeting security and compliance demands.
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Red Hat Investors Are Overpaying
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Red Hat, Inc. (RHT), the provider of open source operating systems for enterprises, has seen its stock rocket 268% from the low set last November. Investors are now willing to pay a hefty premium for the stock due to its stable track record of sales and earnings growth.
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Hosted Windows Desktops Meet Open Source
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Consider the following scenario: mindSHIFT, a Microsoft Gold Partner, is pretty excited about Windows 7’s scheduled Oct. 22 launch. Yet mindSHIFT also is launching a cloud service that blends hosted Windows desktops with open source applications like OpenOffice. This is the start of a bigger trend. Here's why.
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Novell Carries on Losing Business
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LSE Dumps .NET and Moves to GNU/Linux — Claim
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One of the biggest proprietary failures ends up turning to Free software; Korea has lesson to teach the UK
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Nominum on the back foot over open source attacks
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Commercial DNS software firm Nominum has responded to the backlash against its criticism of open source alternatives. During interviews promoting its recently launched cloud-based DNS (Domain Name System) service, SKYE, Nominum slammed open source and freeware DNS packages as a recipe for security problems.
Read more »Gentoo in commercial environments
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I've been busy collecting some really great stories from people using Gentoo in places that I really didn't expect. There are some gems like this one:
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Palm to open Pre app developers platform
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In December, Palm will open the official webOS developer program to support the creation of applications for the Pre and other upcoming smartphones. The company also launched its App Catalog of applications available for download.
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Astricon: Has Asterisk Gone Mainstream?
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When the Astricon conference kicks off Oct. 13 in Glendale, Ariz., I will be checking to see if Asterisk (the open source IP PBX) is ready for mainstream partners and solutions providers. Actually, I think I already know the answer to that question. Here’s why.
Read more »Verizon signs up for Android
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Verizon Wireless has signed a deal with Google to co-develop two Android smartphones, says eWEEK. In other Android developments, further rumors about a Motorola Sholes phone heading for Verizon have emerged, an HTC "Dragon" phone using Qualcomm's Snapdragon was tipped, and Google announced improved "AdSense" advertising for smartphones.
Read more »A Big Ole Assortment of 50 Open Source Apps for Small Business
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Small and home businesses (SOHO) can benefit greatly from using open-source software applications. Cynthia Harveys offers a tasty buffet of 50 to get you started.
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