Open Source at Cloud Expo
For small and mid-sized businesses, there often is a question about whether
to stick with tried and true software providers such as Microsoft for your
servers, e-mail and business applications or consider adoption of open-source
products such as Linux.
I've witnessed in this region some hesitation toward adoption of open-source
products. I believe it's important to be able to make a rational evaluation
of the two paths so you can make the best decisions.
First, what is open-source software?
Taken strictly, the term refers to software licensed under a specific type of
license requiring the source code be made freely available. Anyone can
contribute to the code base, but those contributions must be given freely to
the community and available for ... (more)
Firefox Session at Cloud Expo
Mozilla has been going toe to toe with Microsoft on the browser front
standing solidly behind the European Union‘s stance against the software
giant over monopoly abuse for tying the Internet Explorer browser to the
Windows operating system.
Mozilla, is also rapidly digging a hole in Internet Explorer‘s dominating
market share.
So it just does not make any ... (more)
eZ Systems announced that former IBM and BEA executive Christoph Rau will
join the company as CEO, effective immediately.
Rau brings 25 years of management experience from the international IT and
software industry, He takes over the CEO positon from co-founder Aleksander
Farstad, who will become chief business development officer.
With innovative, leading-edge product design and a highly... (more)
Open Source Journal
Welcome to our new blog.
This blog is part of a new educational initiative to foster a deeper
understanding of the capabilities and issues involved with administering FOSS
(Free and Open Source Software) to deliver concrete business benefits.
Although our subject will sometimes become technical, we will strive to
address the business benefits at the beginning of each ... (more)
Sun has released VirtualBox 3.1.0, it's cross-platform virtualisation
software to include support for 2D video acceleration for Windows guests.
Virtual Box is available in two versions. The open source edition is
available under the GPL, but is only available from Sun as source code.
The full version is also available free of charge, but under a personal use
and evaluation license that req... (more)