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Wind River joins open source high-availability group

Wind River Systems has joined the OpenSAF Foundation, which aims to standardize high-availability (HA), open-source middleware for Linux-based carrier-grade systems. Wind River will contribute...

Critical OpenSSL vulnerability in Debian and derivated distributions.

Author: JT Smith Debian and Ubuntu published fixed packages of the OpenSSL software and urge all users to install them in order to bypass a...

Wireless mesh standard gets boost from OLPC, open source

The proposed IEEE wireless LAN mesh specification is already getting some traction, though still over 18 months from final ratification, thanks to early experimentation...

Open-Source Software: How the Stock Market Views It

OVER THE PAST decade, companies have been experimenting with a radical concept: openness. Instead of keeping proprietary information close to the vest, they make...

Read the Fine Print on “Open Source” Software

Back in the 1980s, when Richard Stallman was the only one talking about the need for "free software," no one quite knew what he...

Centralized Security Reporting for Open Source

In a community as widespread and decentralized as open source, how do you coordinate information about software vulnerabilities? Link: internetnews.com Category: Open Source

Connect OpenOffice.org to Zoho Writer and Google Docs with OoGdocsIntegrator

Author: Dmitri Popov Do you fancy Web-based word processors but aren't ready to leave OpenOffice.org? You can work with your Zoho Writer and Google Docs...

Millionaires, Billionaires, and Open Source

Thanks to a recent column by my friend Andy Patrizio, I found out that there’s “been an ongoing debate among bloggers and industry observers...

Samba 3.2 reflects open source project’s ambivalence toward Microsoft

Samba’s forthcoming version 3.2 release capitalizes on Microsoft’s interoperability commitments while also guarding against patent covenants that threaten the GPL. Link: blogs.zdnet.com Categories: Open Source Windows &...

JavaFX: A Bright Future on Open Source-Based Mobile Devices?

Sun Microsystems is out with an answer to Adobe's AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight Rich Internet Application tools: JavaFX. At the JavaOne show in San...