An upgraded GNOME desktop environment for Linux and Unix is due for release today, with its authors pitching enhanced features for end-users and a commitment to make hardware "just work".
IBM has called for tighter regulation of patents and a review of intellectual property ownership issues in collaborative software development.
If developing code in open source languages and spending time with luminaries in the local developer community sounds like a good way to spend a few days off work, you should probably consider spending early December in Melbourne at the inaugural Open Source Developers Conference.
As Sun Microsystems moves to tie itself more closely to the developer community by releasing an open source version of Solaris, chief executive officer Scott McNealy has reinforced the company's willingness to "take bullets" to protect end-users from patent and copyright litigation.
Developers are gearing up for a fiercely competitive hack-fest at a heavyweight Linux conference in Adelaide this month.
Marketing director Paul Salazar admits there have been plenty of hiccups along the way but says Red Hat is now working hard to please the open-source community and investors alike.
Open source companies are growing up and becoming the profit-oriented entities that companies at their core truly are. But this can be like watching Dr. Jeckyl turn into Mr. Hyde.
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