In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call, following revelations of three widespread flaws.
Sun Microsystems' decision to make Java SE open source won't make any difference to the majority of Java programmers, according to the company's chief open-source officer.
No matter what the outcome of SCO's suit against IBM over open-source code, corporations will be wary of any open-source investments, especially those that could unwittingly bring new legal risks.
Until recently, the price of intranet portal software implementations have made them prohibitive for small- to medium-size companies. Enter open source Slash, a free alternative.
The weight of evidence shows that Linux, and open source software in general, can in fact co-exist with proprietary software.
Enterprise technology development and improvement rarely takes place as quickly as most IT managers would like, but blaming that lack of speed on the inherent complexity of the problems involved can sometimes be a lazy knee-jerk reaction.
Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first.
The open-source movement has already rewritten the rules for how software is licensed and used. Now the computer services market is changing to keep up.
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OpenGroupware.org has been launched with plans to create applications that compete with Microsoft Exchange server products.
Why did national radio broadcaster Austereo Group and consultancy Coffey International drop Linux for Windows? And why did soon-to-be-listed Wotif.com abandon Microsoft technologies for Red Hat and Oracle?
But can it walk the walk? Computer Associates' chief technology officer is adamant it already is but some analysts aren't so sure.
At an Apple event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, CEO Steve Jobs launches the company's new iPhone App Store. Third-party developers can build software for the device and have it distributed via the App Store and iTunes.
IBMs chief security architect Anthony Nadalin talks about building an open source platform for identity management, at the AusCERT 2007 conference in the Gold Coast.
Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.
Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is now available: ZDNet has put Build 1289 through its paces.
Want to give an old PC a new lease of life? Why not transform it into a Linux server for your home/small business network?
OpenGroupware.org has been launched with plans to create applications that compete with Microsoft Exchange server products.
The OpenOffice.org group announces a kit that lets programmers build new modules for open-source alternatives to the Microsoft Office suite.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
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