A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line.
Businesses that run on the Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Python (LAMP) model will have to "grow up" to avoid reliability issues in future, an IBM executive said.
Start-up SourceLabs announced a partnership on Thursday with Oracle to stress-test popular open-source infrastructure software components on Oracle's Java application server.
As PHP apparently becomes the world's leading scripting language, the open-source LAMP burns a little more brightly.
Builder Australia recently caught up with PHP innovator Rasmus Lerdorf, to talk about the success of PHP, the open source movement and what we can expect to see in PHP 5.
As PHP apparently becomes the world's leading scripting language, the open-source LAMP burns a little more brightly.
PHP, a server-side scripting language popular with Apache Web server administrators, has a serious flaw that could give an attacker complete access to the server.
With versions on most Web platforms, a library of databases and Web/XML services, PHP may be the next-generation Web language for your network.
Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.
Community developers claim the Linux Standards Base could be the perfect retort to fragmentation scare stories bandied about by critics of open source.
The Rack Station RS408 is an attractive NAS solution with plenty of performance, plus lots of extras to tempt the smaller business.
Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade.
Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.
If a dictionary-sized PC is too big, how about one the size of a video cassette? Or a pack of playing cards?
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Microsoft slams Google on privacy
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