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OpenSolaris still has some Linux copying to do

Sun has made good on its promise to deliver OpenSolaris, the company's Unix-based answer to Linux, with a company-supported, commercial update arriving in mid-May....

Open Source and Sustainability

Last week I read the book small is possible. It's a great read, and I heartily recommend it to anyone who enjoyed books like...

IBM says it has ‘no plans’ to open-source DB2 database

IBM said today that it doesn't plan to open-source its DB2 database, despite a published report quoting a company executive in the U.K....

What do Free and Open Source Software Leaders Think of Microsoft?

Author: JT Smith Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Jim Zemlin and Peter Brown weigh in on the proprietary software giant and its relationship with GNU/Linux. Link:...

Judging Open Source innovation with Red Hat

Author: JT Smith Linux powers US Navy warships and Soccer playing robots. Who does Red hat choose as an award winner for Open Source Innovations? Link:...

Open source for UK schools. Too little, too late?

Author: JT Smith Slow adoption of open source and free software in UK schools can be attributed to the same kind of inertia that afflicts...

OpenOffice.org PDF import extension is now online

Author: JT Smith Beta version of PDF import extension for OpenOffice.org is now available online. Fully functional version, special features like importing layout of LaTeX...

openSUSE’s Brockmeier sees distro coming into its own

Author: Bruce Byfield Of all the community distributions, probably the least known is openSUSE. After two and a half years, the distro is not only...

Open source project management app hits 500K downloads

Author: Tina Gasperson Open source application OpenProj, a Microsoft Project replacement, has been downloaded more than 500,000 times, says Marc O'Brien, CEO of OpenProj's sponsoring...

Dimdim Open Source is a bright-bright solution for Web conferencing

Author: Mayank Sharma Dimdim Web conferencing software, which competes with services like WebEx and GoToMeeting, provides almost all the important features you need for conducting...