Microsoft Loves Open-Source... No Really
I just had a chat with BMC Software's William Hurley (aka whurley, a long time open-source advocate) about the latest moves by Microsoft, Adobe and Sun into open-source development. In the last…
IBM and Red Hat Announce Worldwide Enterprise Linux-On-Mainframe Program
IBM Corporation and Red Hat today announced an initiative to encourage the dramatic growth of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z mainframes. The comprehensive program will further assist…
Money, Not Spare Cycles, Drives Open Source
Wired Magazine editor, Chris Anderson, recently published an article on his blog, The Long Tail, suggesting that, much as spare CPU cycles drive projects like SETI, human “spare cycle” are…
Customers Realize Benefits of Microsoft-Novell Agreement?
Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced that 12 new customers have signed up to take advantage of the companies’ collaboration. These customers, from around the globe, are 1blu, Arsys,…
Red Hat Announces Winners of First Annual Innovation Awards
Red Hat announced the winners of the first annual Red Hat Innovation Awards. The Awards are designed to recognize Red Hat users, customers and partners who stand out for improving processes,…
openSUSE 10.3 Roadmap
openSUSE 10.3 is the next release that incorporates new features from both the community and Novell internal development. The distribution will be build for the x86, x86-64 and Power PC platforms…
A Day Without Open Source
I was at a conference when two techies walked into the open bar, one an open source supporter and one staunchly anti. They got into it a bit after a few drinks, and Mr. Anti commented loudly, “I…
Open Source Opportunities for Cash-Strapped Startups
More companies are using open source programs as they become mainstream, but most still use proprietary software such as Microsoft Office, said Gary Suter, a founder of BitLeap. Proprietary, or…
Fedora 7, what, when and why
The next version of Fedora will be released on May 24th. It will be called "Fedora 7" -- not "Fedora Core 7". It's the most ambitious release of Fedora that we've undertaken, and I hope that when…
You Can Oppose Copyright and Support Open Source
"I'm submitting 'Supporting Open Source While Opposing Copyright' as a response to Greg Bulmash's piece from yesterday. I think there were a number of flaws and mistaken assumptions in Bulmash's…