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- CodePlex: Microsoft's open source initiative
- Print ThisThe "Print This" button is not working very well - it prints pages and pages. Please consider revising this function so that it does not print the surrounding frames and only prints the article text. Thank you.I'm just waitingI'm sure that Microsoft, being the monolithic enterprise that it is,...
- Tags: michael.sanders@..., Open Source Initiative, Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- CodePlex: Microsoft's open source initiative
- The battle between Microsoft and the open source community has been well documented over the years. Microsoft seems to be embracing the open source movement with its CodePlex Web site, which provides a community for sharing code and collaborating on projects. Microsoft includes its own projects on the site as...
- Tags: Web Sites, Programming, Open Source, Microsoft, .net
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- Open-source leader steps aside at industry group
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- Tags: Open Source Initiative, industry, open source, OSI, Eric Raymond, open-source license
- Technical articles 2005-02-02
- Open source development: Right for your organization?
- We've all heard the arguments in favor of using open source applications in an enterprise. But what about open source development itself? Should your next project be GPL'ed? Check out several good reasons why the answer to this question is yes.I’m sure we’ve all heard the arguments for adopting open...
- Tags: Lamont Adams, open source
- Technical articles 2001-04-10
Additional Resources
- Free and Open Source Licensing
- Within free and open source software communities today, licenses have proliferated to the point that, at the time of this writing, there were nearly sixty approved by the Open Source Initiative as open source licenses. From Sun's perspective, the large number of licenses can be streamlined into three main categories...
- Tags: License, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Shared Source and Open Solutions: An e-Government Perspective
- Over the past four years, increasing commercialisation has been a significant influence on free and open source software. At the same time, the community based collaborative development model, which generally connotes open source, has also been studied and adopted by traditional software companies. These trends have led to an understanding...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Software Development, Tools & Techniques, E-government, Open Source, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management, Government
- White papers 2005-07-11
- HP launches tool to track open-source software at work
- HP has launched an open-source initiative called the FOSSology Project. FOSSology is a software tool for tracking and monitoring the use of both free and open-source software in an organization, and it stems from in-house work at HP. According to the official Web site: We...
- Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Open-source Software, Tool, FOSSology, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Open Source, Management, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- Open Source Software's Expanding Role in the Enterprise: Companies Adopt Open Source as Standard
- Open source has emerged as one of the more important IT trends in this young century. The application of open source methodologies has grown significantly in scope, as has its usage, over a relatively short period of time. In the study discussed in this paper, more than half the companies...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Open Source
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Open Source Security Myths Dispelled
- Is it risky to trust mission-critical infrastructure to open source software? Why should we pay an open source vendor when open source is supposed to be free? Will a shift to open source add complexity to our IT infrastructure? These questions all arise from open source myths...
- Tags: Open Source
- White papers 2007-09-25
- Open Source Strategies for Software Developers
- The benefits associated with open source software can be realized as long as there is a plan to mitigate any risks that are part of using open source products. The ubiquity of open source software is increasing. Whether used as a small tool for software development, or as the core...
- Tags: Software, Developer, Open-source Software, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
- White papers
- Open source .NET development: Co-mingling open source and the .NET platform
- Imagine the power of running code created by Microsoft development tools on a Linux machine or including an open source component in a proprietary product. Chapter 2 of Open Source .NET Development, by Brian Nantz, will give you a high-level overview of the numerous large .NET/open source projects currently in...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Addison-Wesley, Open Source, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2004-11-23
- Open source .NET development: Co-mingling open source and the .NET platform
- Imagine the power of running code created by Microsoft development tools on a Linux machine or including an open source component in a proprietary product. Chapter 2 of Open Source .NET Development, by Brian Nantz, will give you a high-level overview of the numerous large .NET/open source projects currently in...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, development tool, Linux, open source, Open-Source .NET Development, tool
- Download resources 2004-11-23
- New open source standards defined
- open source standardIt is a good developement. We need to have a standard for all open source software. All open source communities should come together and form a international association. Define the standard.smanwww.browsetoknow.blogspot.com
- Tags: s-man, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Open Source Applications in the Enterprise
- Is open source ready for primetime? This webcast explores how Commercial Open Source is challenging and changing the enterprise software market. Through the webcast, the viewer will understand how open source technologies are being leveraged by companies both large and small.
- Tags: Webcast, SugarCRM, Open Source
- Webcasts
- Benchmark Results: Scalability of Alfresco Content Management System in a Unisys ES7000/one Enterprise Server Environment
- Alfresco is the leading Open Source alternative for enterprise content management. It couples the innovation of Open Source with the stability of a true enterprise-class platform. The Open Source model allows Alfresco to use best-of-breed Open Source technologies and contributions from the Open Source community to get higher quality software...
- Tags: Unisys Corp., Environment, Scalability, Alfresco, Open Source
- White papers 2007-12-01
- High Quality and Open Source Software Practices
- Surveys suggest that, according to various metrics, the quality and dependability of today's open source software is roughly on par with commercial and government developed software. What are the prospects for advancing to much higher levels of quality in open source software? More specifically, what attributes must be possessed by...
- Tags: Software, Quality, Open-source Software, Open Source
- White papers
- Economics of Open Source: The Motives and Methods Behind the Free Software That Is Challenging Market Leaders
- Open Source Software (OSS) is starting to be known as a viable alternative to traditional commercial software. OSS is being used in almost all fields. This paper aspires to explain the current surge of open source software through economic analysis and to provide insight to the recent success of the...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Leader, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
- White papers 2005-06-03
- Creating and Managing an Open Source Project, Part 1
- The growing popularity of open source software benefits everyone. From simple utility classes to full-blown IDEs, it is hard to find a Java developer that is not using some open source piece nowadays, even though he/she may not be aware of it. By feeling open source has done a lot...
- Tags: Open Source
- White papers 2005-07-28
- E-Authentication Handbook for Federal Government Agencies
- The E-Authentication Initiative (Initiative) will simplify secure interaction with Government Agencies through a trust network that links Agency Applications (AAs) and Credential Services (CSs). The Initiative assists those who are E-Authentication-enabling AAs by providing a variety of resources, such as guidance, tools and technical information. This paper offers guidance to...
- Tags: U.S. General Services Administration, Agency, Government, Initiative, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2005-05-04
- Taking the plunge into open source
- Software companies jump on the open source bandwagonA small company called Aras is adopting an open-source model for its product lifecycle management application that's built with Microsoft technologies. More software companies are deciding that the risks associated with converting to open source--such as lower license revenue and shared intellectual property--offer...
- Tags: daemon, feedback, networking, news, open source, software, Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
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