Apache Velocity 1.5 Released

The Apache Velocity Team announces the immediate availability of the of Apache Velocity 1.5. This long-awaited release is the first major release of the Velocity engine as an Apache top level…

Cracking Open the Door to Open Source

When Bill Hilf came from IBM Corp. to join Microsoft three years ago, the company's stance on open source vacillated wildly. It would swing from outright indifference to overt nastiness. Today,…

Dell survey will help forge Linux offerings

"Your feedback on Dell IdeaStorm has been astounding. Thank you! We hear your requests for desktops and notebooks with Linux. We’re crafting product offerings in response, but we’d like a…

Evolution 2.10.0 Released

Evolution 2.10 has been released and brings integration with gtk-print, customizable fetching of IMAP headers, faster Performance, lots of memory fixes and memory reduction. Along with several bug…

HP Touts its Prowess in Linux and Open Source

While everyone knows that Linux is now pervasive in IT organizations, the slippery nature of open source software makes it difficult to gauge how deeply it has penetrated into the data centers of…

The Business Case for Open Source Software

For all the hype regarding Open Source Software (OSS), we sometimes forget logic in the excitement of trying to get on board with this latest trend. What we really care about (or should care about…

Three Minutes With IBM's Linux Leader

Scott Handy started with IBM in 1983 as a systems engineer and went on to sales, marketing, and strategy positions covering large accounts, channels, small and medium business, and IBM products…

GUADEC 2007 Call for Papers deadline extended

The GUADEC 2007 Call for Papers deadline has been extended to Thursday 15th March. For more information and to submit a proposal, see http://guadec.org/callforpapers.

OpenSER v1.2.0 Released

OpenSER (an open source SIP server) has a new major release OpenSER v1.2.0. Bringing lot of improvements to existing features and a handful set of new functionalities, v1.2.0 can be considered as…

Ubuntu founder joins Linux Foundation

"I’ve been nominated for and elected to, and have accepted, a seat on the board of the Linux Foundation, not in my capacity as founder of Ubuntu or via Canonical, but as an independent…