COMMENTARY: Linux and other open source software do not represent breakthrough technologies -- or do they?
When he began his one-man mission in 1984, critics dismissed Richard Stallman as tilting at windmills. Has his labour paid off?
As Australia and various other nations prepare to vote on whether Microsoft's Open Office XML becomes an ISO standard, the Redmond giant is attempting to downplay fears that OOXML adopters will be hooked into the company's technology.
Black Duck has launched an application designed to spot open-source code in proprietary software -- and make sure companies don't get into legal hot water.
video Novell's Chris Stone scoffs at the SCO Group's legal battle against Novell and other Linux users over Unix copyright claims.
The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to security fears, with the code not subject to enough "technical scrutiny".
With Melbourne resuming its rightful place as Sydney's slightly embarrassing provincial neighbour after the Commonwealth Games, the scene is now set for an event of real significance.
The world of speculative telecommunications investments has quieted down considerably since the beginning of the decade, when hype-fuelled carriers plunked down billions to reserve the right to carry mobile phone calls, video calls, and massive volumes of spam at high speed using then-fanciful 3G mobile technology.
Whenever the industry's top execs come together to speak to the masses, expectations are high. This year's Oracle OpenWorld conference provided an insight into which vendors have intriguing grand plans, and which ones prefer to rely on marketing bluff.
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When he began his one-man mission in 1984, critics dismissed Richard Stallman as tilting at windmills. Has his labour paid off?
video Novell's Chris Stone scoffs at the SCO Group's legal battle against Novell and other Linux users over Unix copyright claims.
Whitfield Diffie, the inventor of public key cryptography, and now chief security officer at Sun Microsystems, has spoken out in defense of the security of open-source software.
These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.
Who predicted Linux servers would outnumber Windows servers by 2006? Who said one in five enterprise desktops would be Linux-based by 2008? We look back at the bad (and good) predictions made about Linux over the past decade.
The Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church has decided to cut the Microsoft umbilical cord by moving to open source, starting with Office which will be replaced in the next three years.
The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to fears about security because the code has not been subject to enough "technical scrutiny".
As Australia and various other nations prepare to vote on whether Microsoft's Open Office XML becomes an ISO standard, the Redmond giant is attempting to downplay fears that OOXML adopters will be hooked into the company's technology.
These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.
Chinese engineers have allegedly cracked Skype's Internet telephony protocol, according to a Thursday blog posting.
Red Hat and Intel have settled a licensing hiccup that threatened to prevent the Linux company from contributing to Intel's open-source project--a reminder of the frictions that can arise between the commercial tech world and the open-source community.
Updated code for the heart of current Linux products was released Friday, in the first major revamp to the kernel since November.
Red Hat 9.0 is a boon for those who already use it, but it's too expensive to warrant a switch from Windows. Try SuSE (or the free Red Hat) for a better mix of price and features.
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