The Role of Open Source Software for the Development of Information Society
The conference “The Role of Open Source Software for the Development of Information Society” was held in Yerevan, capital of Armenia from October 31 to November 1, 2006. The conference aimed at…
Microsoft / Novell deal not about open source
More comments on the MS/Novell deal: "You would have to be a little gullible to believe that the agreement announced on Friday between Novell and Microsoft has much, if anything, to do with open…
Nuts and Bolts of Open Source Business Models
There's a tendency to think of the community as being entirely volunteers somehow working for free in their basements, but invariably they're in government or research," said Red Hat's Rick Carr…
Would open source make elections fair?
I'm voting tomorrow, and hope you will too.
I will line up and use a Diebold voting machine, like everyone else in Georgia, and hope that the vote count is accurate. But that's all it will…
Linux Smartphone Firm May Be Headed for China IPO
Taiwanese entrepreneur Roger Kung has bet on Linux for its low-cost, high-flexibility, customizable user interface. Linux-based smartphones held a 48 percent market share in China in 2004,…
Motorola speeds open source momentum with Apache
The biggest obstacle in Java's path to becoming the dominant software architecture for mobile phones has been its fragmentation - both in terms of technical features and the various licensing…
Linux on More Dell Client Systems?
As highlighted in Michael Brown's post, we put a lot of effort into our Linux offerings on our workstations and servers.
On the client side, our efforts are much more behind-the-scenes. We…
Former SCO CEO admits under oath that SCO's lawsuit against IBM is bogus
Ransome Love basically admits that all of SCO's claims against IBM and against Linux are bogus. For example, SCO says Linux is derivative of Unix code that it owns. Bull. "To my knowledge, while I…
FOSS.IN 2006
FOSS.IN is one of the world's largest and most focussed FOSS events, held annually in India. Over the years, it has attracted thousands of participants, and the speaker roster reads like a "Who is…
Google Pledges Annual Donation to Samba
The Samba Team is delighted to announce that Google has committed to providing the Samba project with an annual donation of US $20,000.00.
"This is fantastic news for the Samba project"…