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- GlassFish v2: Open for Business
- Open-source software is becoming a very attractive choice for a lot of companies and their in-house developers. That's because the community can freely acquire and upgrade the source code for open-source software. This usually means that the software improves at a much faster rate than does proprietary software, and the...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Project GlassFish, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Developing an Open Source Strategy to Accelerate Software Development
- Open Source software can accelerate software development and cut costs. Today there are billions of lines of open source freely available for download off the Internet, and developers are especially good at finding code to reuse. Then, again, unmanaged open source can introduce issues and business risks. Some open source...
- Tags: Software, Software Development, Black Duck Software, Open Source
- Webcasts 2008-08-30
- 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
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- Week in Open Source: June 13, 2008
- This week in open source, Microsoft apologized for its Sandcastle project, an OpenOffice vulnerability came to light, and the new iPhone is proving not much friendlier to open source developers. by Selena Frye
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Puppy Linux 4.00, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Selena Frye
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- 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
- Fedora seeks developers with two X chromosomes
- Calling all female developers: The open source community wants you put some of your skills and energy towards creating free and open source software. Check out the news article, "Fedora wants to draw in women." According to the story, "Open-source project Fedora has launched Fedora Women, a forum and mailing...
- Tags: Developer, Women, Fedora Project, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-08-01
- Security certification for open-source projects
- Under a contract from the Department of Homeland Security, open-source projects are being certified for security. An excerpt from TechWorld: The programme, called the Open Source Hardening Project, is sponsored by the DHS and carried out by Coverity and Stanford University. Launched in March 2006, the...
- Tags: Security, Certification, Coverity, Open-source Project, Open Source, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Open-source Java coming in '07
- Sun is on plan to release open-source JavaSun Microsystems’ executive vice president of software, Rich Green, says that the company is “on plan” to release significant pieces of the open-source Java platform in the fourth quarter of this year and complete the process in 2007. Sun also intends to eventually...
- Tags: java, news, open source, open-source Java, software, Sonja Thompson, sun microsystems, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-24
- Open Source is like a box of chocolates...
- bad linkthe link you supplied for jitterbit is bad. here's a link to the application site:http://www.jitterbit.com/There are many excellent quality open source projectsThese days it isn't difficult to find very high quality software from the open source world. I like this business model where the software is free and you...
- Tags: jlwallen@..., Vtiger, open source, networking, linux, it management, software, business model
- Discussion threads 2006-12-02
- Netgear launches open source wireless router with support for third party apps and firmware
- The newly-released Netgear Open Source Wireles-G Router offers developers the opportunity to customize the firmware and add open source applications. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Wireless Router, Router, Firmware, NetGear, Wireless, Home Networking, Routers & Switches, Open Source, Networking, Personal Technology, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Turning profit with open source software: Possible?
- Recently, a slashdotter posed the question to slashdot readers: how could he make money with the open source software he created? The software, ironically enough, was a financial application and he really wanted it to live under the GPL. But how could he make a buck if anyone could have...
- Tags: Software, Developer, Open-source Software, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- HP NonStop Open Source Software for Software Developers
- If one wants to develop software on an HP NonStop system or would like to inexpensively increase their Productivity and would like to take advantage of already ported software such as Samba, OpenSSH, and Apache then open source software is for them. This paper describes some of the open source...
- Tags: Software, Developer, Hewlett-Packard Co., Open-source Software, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Microsoft opens code to .NET developers
- Developers on the .NET framework will be able to view and debug .NET framework source code with the .NET Framework Reference License in read-only format. The plans to make the source code available was announced a few months back, and now it's official. An excerpt from InfoWorld:...
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft .NET Framework, Source Code, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- 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
- Linux Vs. Windows: A Comparison of Application and Platform Innovation Incentives for Open Source and Proprietary Software Platforms
- The paper analyzes and compares the investment incentives of platform and application developers for Linux and Windows. It is found that the level of investment in applications is larger when the operating system is open source rather than proprietary. The comparison of the levels of investment in the operating systems...
- Tags: Innovation, Incentive, Fordham University, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Sales Force Management, Software, Sales
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Sun and MySQL: How It Stacks Up for Developers
- Most business analysts have applauded the announced acquisition by Sun Microsystems of open-source database provider MySQL AB. Although the business case for bringing MySQL under the Sun umbrella is clear, the acquisition leaves many developers wondering just what is in store for them. Developers want products that are easy to...
- Tags: Developer, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Mergers & Acquisitions, Databases, Investment, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Are BOTs aided by Open-Source model?
- Dave Marcus ofMcAfee’s Avert Labs says that developers of malicious software includingTrojans and bots are benefiting from the open-source development model. Apparently developers of the Agobot malwarefamily are using CVS ConcurrentVersions System to manage source file and collaborate—this greatlyincreases the speed at which updates can be propagated and modificationschecked/tested.A...
- Tags: bot, McAfeeÂ, open source
- Blog posts 2006-07-28
- Google's Universal Gadgets woos developers
- Developers have access to Google’s Gadgets frameworkGoogle recently announced that it’s opening up its Gadgets framework to Web developers. This will allow developers the ability to use Google’s Universal Gadgets mini applications on their own Web pages. Google is also encouraging developers to share their code with others by publishing...
- Tags: applications, developer, developers, gadgets, google, Google Gadgets, Google Inc., Google Universal Gadgets, job, news, programming, Sonja Thompson, w/o
- Discussion threads 2006-10-05
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