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Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source

Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source

The success of consumer IT products like the ASUS Eee PC will help provide the leverage needed to get hardware vendors on board with open source, according to Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief technologist for open source.
Sarah Stokely Jan 31 2008, 2:43PM Hardware
Sun sets US$1m open source bounty

Sun sets US$1m open source bounty

Sun Microsystems has announced plans to kick-start the development of its open source projects.
Shaun Nichols Jan 31 2008, 7:34AM Data centre
IBM again declines to open source OS/2

IBM again declines to open source OS/2

IBM has confirmed that it will ignore a second petition to open source the OS/2 operating system.
Iain Thomson Jan 23 2008, 7:37AM Software
OSI approves Microsoft's open source licenses

OSI approves Microsoft's open source licenses

The Open Source Initiative has approved the Microsoft Public Licence and Microsoft Reciprocal Licence, officially branding them as open source licences.
Tom Sanders Oct 17 2007, 6:42AM Software
Open source winning Asia security battle

Open source winning Asia security battle

Improving security is the number one reason for companies to switch to open source software in several major IT markets in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new survey.
Simon Burns Oct 3 2007, 2:52PM Security
Google balks at Microsoft's open source licence

Google balks at Microsoft's open source licence

Venture into open source approval proves an ethical minefield.
Tom Sanders Aug 23 2007, 12:35PM Software
Open source marching on system management space

Open source marching on system management space

BMC, CA, IBM and HP forced to respond.
Tom Sanders Aug 1 2007, 3:48PM Software
Open source attribution licence approved

Open source attribution licence approved

Socialtext goes open.
Clement James Jul 31 2007, 7:28AM Software
Source of Opportunity

Source of Opportunity

How do resellers make revenue out of what has traditionally been a free service?
Alan Hartstein Jun 20 2007, 1:10PM Software
Open source revenues to reach US$5.8bn

Open source revenues to reach US$5.8bn

Relatively small sales tell only part of the open source success story.
Tom Sanders Jun 4 2007, 7:00AM Software
Open source guru slams Red Hat

Open source guru slams Red Hat

'Bad management and poor technology'.
Iain Thomson Feb 26 2007, 2:53PM Software
Nokia Australia goes Open Source

Nokia Australia goes Open Source

Local solutions development consultancy, GLiNTECH has revamped Nokia Australia's Care Centres.
Staff Writers Jan 10 2007, 1:06PM Software
Open source booming in Asia

Open source booming in Asia

Open source code is now used by over 70 percent of software developers in Asia, according to a new report.
Simon Burns Dec 11 2006, 2:24PM Software
Open source databases '60 percent cheaper'

Open source databases '60 percent cheaper'

Inexpensive products put price squeeze on database giants.
Tom Sanders Nov 21 2006, 11:19AM Software
Getting to the source of the problem

Getting to the source of the problem

Con Zymaris is a man on a mission, and that is to educate both the local IT community and government to the benefits of Linux and open source technology.
Alan Hartstein Oct 25 2005, 4:15PM Software
Microsoft funds African PCs amid open source debate

Microsoft funds African PCs amid open source debate

Microsoft Corp. is funding computer centres it hopes will reach half a million poor South Africans and argued on Monday that free open source software is not always the best option for developing countries.
Rebecca Harrison Oct 4 2005, 2:00PM Software
SourceCode eyes .NET workflow sales

SourceCode eyes .NET workflow sales

US-based developer SourceCode has opened an office in Sydney to serve the expanding market for its .NET-based edge workflow software in Australia and New Zealand.
Fleur Doidge Sep 1 2005, 9:30AM Collaboration
IBM ups open source efforts

IBM ups open source efforts

IBM Software is contributing some 30 projects to SourceForge.net, a US repository of open source code and related material.
Barbara Darrow Feb 28 2005, 12:00AM Software
Open source to rocket in 2005

Open source to rocket in 2005

Open source software will influence the VoIP market in a big way next year, according to VoIP pioneer Jeff Pulver, who released his predictions this week in the US.
W. David Gardner Dec 21 2004, 12:00AM Software
Open source pioneers take on EU patent issue

Open source pioneers take on EU patent issue

With the European Union's Council preparing to take up an important software patent issue later this week, a group of open-source software pioneers, led by Linux developer Linus Torvalds, has issued an appeal to the EU Council to block the legalisation of software patents because they are "deceptive, dangerous, and democratically illegitimate."
W. David Gardner Nov 24 2004, 12:00AM Software

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