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The Power of Google Gears (Part 1)

Web application development is the perfect 95 percent solution. It's very easy to develop a simple HTML frontend to something like PHP or Rails,...

Could open source BI close out incumbents?

A threat to traditional markets? JasperSoft has just released version 2.0 of its software, which makes this a good time not just to consider JasperSoft's...

PEAK is dead… kinda, sorta

Author: Shirl Kennedy The Python Enterprise Application Kit no longer exists as an integral project, according to a status report posted by its developer earlier...

Yoper 3.0 requires some tinkering

Author: Susan Linton Yoper claims to be a high-performance Linux distribution optimized for newer processors. It incorporates components from other distros, but its packages have...

Eclipse Foundation releases humongous open development platform

Author: Shirl Kennedy The non-profit, member-supported Eclipse Foundationannounced the availability of its "largest-ever" release. The release includes 21 projects by 310 developers in 19 countries,...

Open Source Apps: Now With Smaller Teams

What used to be created by a team of open source programmers is now being done by one or two programmers. I have seen...

WHAT IS… Linux?

Linux is a UNIX-based operating system  like Windows, but also not like Windows, if you know what I mean  through which you...

Open Solutions Alliance invites customers to join

Author: Shirl Kennedy In an effort to promote more communication between open source users and vendors, the nonprofit Open Solutions Alliance, Inc. (OSA) is opening...

Twitter.com CEO: With open source, it’s all about the people

Author: Tina Gasperson Jack Dorsey wants to change the way people communicate on the Internet. Are you used to updating your blog once every 24...

New AntiX distro makes older hardware usable

Author: Susan Linton I've been a fan of SimplyMEPIS for years. The distribution was one of the early pioneers in the field of user-friendly Linux...