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Open source bug threatens Linux

A weakness in the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS) development aid has left Linux and open source code vulnerable to attack. Link: VNUnet.com Category: Security

Open Source in Mexico – Part Two

- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - While attending CONSOL 2003, I quickly realized that the Open Source movement in Mexico is just barely starting to...

Secret Microsoft plot to promote open source exposed

Anonymous Reader writes "Consider for a moment what a well-orchestrated promotional stunt the Microsoft SQL Server Slammer worm proved to be. Does anyone honestly...

Open and closed security are roughly equivalent

Open and closed approaches to security are basically equivalent, with opening a system up to inspection helping attackers and defenders alike. That's the surprising conclusion...

Open Content Music Database Launched

Slashdot: An anonymous reader writes "The open source music database MusicBrainz was launched officially today." Link: Slashdot Category: Open Source

Microsoft to Open Source: You guys are hypocrites!

- by Tony Stanco -Leave it to the kooks in the community to make Microsoft look sympathetic. I heard from Microsoft yesterday on the chatter over...

Free- and Open-Source Software in Trinidad and Tobago

A look at the IT industry in the host country of the Free, Libre and Open Source Software conference. Link: Linux Journal

Open Source in Mexico – Part One

- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I spent most of last week attending CONSOL 2003 in Mexico City. It was a lovely conference,...

Open source knowledge base

Anonymous Reader writes "Part technology, part academia, Wikipedia is taking the open source idea to new levels with an online, collaborative encyclopedia to which...

Government delves into open source

The increasingly influential role of open source software as an alternative to proprietary solutions has prompted the federal government to put together a new...