Stories about: Open Source Initiative

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    Has Microsoft lost its war on open source? 21/04/2009 05:58:00

    Is Microsoft a friend or foe of open source? Going by the company's actions, Microsoft can't seem to decide whether to make love or war. But if it's war, Microsoft appears to lack the legal weaponry to defeat or even disturb its adversaries.
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    IBM exec on Linux apps: 'I'm tired of waiting' 08/08/2008 08:28:20

    Open-source software may not make major inroads into industry-specific enterprise applications, according to an IBM open-source guru.
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    IBM exec predicts the future of Linux, open source 08/08/2008 08:19:38

    With LinuxWorld showcasing the popularity of the open source operating system, and with open source in general finding its legs in the enterprise, Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards, made a slate of predictions for Linux and open source during his keynote address on Wednesday at the Black Hat conference.
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    Microsoft's open source guru faces slings and arrows 31/07/2008 08:20:20

    Microsoft's Sam Ramji is like a turkey knocking on Thanksgiving's door. Ramji has the unenviable task of stretching his neck out into the open source world as Microsoft's representative. And on top of it, his employer has preheated the oven with years of hubris, sleights of hand and broken promises.
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    Boy Scouts of America look to open-source community for help 10/06/2008 11:50:18

    Scouts honor, the 98-year-old Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization is adopting open source software as a path to building better software that supports the almost 3 million scouts and 1.1 million adults who make up the group.
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    'PatentGate' one year later: MS against open-source world 22/05/2008 08:43:57

    It was just over a year ago that Microsoft dropped a bombshell of a claim: users of Linux and open-source software were unwittingly violating as many as 235 Microsoft software patents.
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    The state of open source: Avenues for acceptance 26/03/2008 08:10:49

    What are the next steps needed for open source as a software production methodology to reach the next level?
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    Google: Android won't suffer from incompatibility 07/03/2008 09:35:07

    Google's Android team isn't worried about wireless carriers building Android distributions that are incompatible with one another, Google developer Dan Morrill said this week at the O'Reilly ETech conference on emerging technology in the US. He also said security problems on Android-powered smartphones will be minor compared to the potential benefits.
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    What Android means for Apple, MS, open source, enterprises 12/11/2007 07:47:13

    What, no GPhone? That was the reaction from numerous commentators after Google unveiled its long-anticipated mobile phone plan on November 5. Yet what Google and partners such as T-Mobile, Motorola and Sprint Nextel of the newly formed Open Handset Alliance are doing will have broad impacts on wireless technology.
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    A second life for 'Second Life' with open source? 03/11/2007 03:22:09

    Until recently, the business news media fawned over the Second Life online virtual world. Stories fixated on Second Life "residents" who got rich brokering virtual real estate, or on the numerous corporations and consumer brands rushing to claim their presence within it (by building virtual kiosk centers or "islands"). Virtual world hype trumps open source hype, so little virtual ink has gone into discussing the open source initiative that Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual world, established to further its development.
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    Networking's greatest debates in Software 29/10/2007 07:42:58

    A Look at the all time greatest controversies in the history of the networking industry.
 
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