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The myths of open source

Once seen as flaky, cheap and the work of amateur developers, open source has emerged blinking into the daylight. So who's using open source?...

State adopts open-format docs, edges toward Linux

Author: DesktopLinux Anonymous Reader writes "The state of Massachusetts will revamp its digital output during the next 16 months to create only open-format documents and...

‘Plone’ and the open source software reformation

Author: Shane Schick Like any decentralized business with many branch locations, the diocese is discovering that Web content management is a vital part of working...

Commercial open source, a misnomer?

I received an e-mail from Simon Romanski, director of information systems at Fulfillment America, asking about the nature of open source software and its...

New Maui Snapshot Improves Open Source Resource Ma

Amber Webb writes "Cluster Resources recently released a new Maui snapshot that fixes a number of internal job management issues, improves fault handling and...

US state embraces open standards

Massachusetts is planning to move away from proprietary formats by only allowing OpenDocument and PDF file formats. Link: news.zdnet.co.uk Category: Open Source

TechEd: Microsoft to clone open source

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, developer of the open source fire transfer tool rsync, Andrew 'Tridge' Tridgell has every reason to...

Open-source projects intertwine for integration

Three open-source projects are teaming up to create an alternative to software-integration products from IBM and other heavyweights. Link: news.com Category: Open Source

Open-Source Project Aims At Middleware

The open-source community is aiming at another market. The Apache Software Foundation last week launched its Synapse initiative, an open-source effort that seeks to...

Linux/Unix e-mail flaw leaves systems open to attack

Two serious security flaws have turned up in software widely distributed with Linux and Unix. The bugs affect Electronic Mail for Unix (Elm), a...