There appears to be quite an Australian presence involved in the US$420 million buyout announced this week of US-based software house SpringSource by virtualisation leader VMware.
Offering a free clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux turned out not to be such a simple matter after all.
The Open Handset Alliance, which promotes the use of Google's Android mobile operating system, added 14 new members this week, including Vodafone, the world's largest mobile operator.
Google has published its plan to build into Chrome what is arguably its most requested feature: the ability to accept extensions that can customise how the open source Web browser operates.
Google is tight-lipped about the Linux version of its Chrome browser, but the company's programmers have proved a bit more forthcoming with a brief announcement that they have a crude version of Chrome working on Linux.
Microsoft has created the non-profit CodePlex Foundation to target increased communication between open source communities and software companies.
Google's decision to create its own Linux distribution and splinter the Linux community decisively once again can only be seen as foolhardy and self-obsessive.
In the tragic circumstances that unfolded in Victoria on Black Saturday, no one could deny that as the fires raced across public land towards their homes, those residents had a clear right to information.
Ignite Sydney kicked off its inaugural event last night, with the goal of ending the "death by PowerPoint" presentation style. Twelve presenters took to the stage to take on the unique Ignite format.
It has competed hard with the likes of Microsoft and IBM, but over the years Novell has remained a smaller player than either of its two main rivals. CTO Jeff Jaffe tells what Novell has up its sleeve to bring the company up to speed: Fossa, an open source project named after the Madagascan relative of the Mongoose.
The software company has made a big show about opening up its APIs, but has it really changed its stance towards open source?
Simon Phipps, chief open source office at Sun and OpenSolaris board member discusses the issues in trying to impose a governance model on open source projects.
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Google has rethought the Internet browser some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 is a free, open source alternative to Microsoft's Office application suite. It is fantastic if you need basic office applications such as a word processor or spreadsheet at no cost. However, large organisations and power users may be disappointed by its lack of features and support.
Given all the great consumer-facing open source software available, I figured I'd try to evaluate and write reviews on those I use most often. Open source long ago stopped being about developers for other developers. Here's proof.
Outlook has been copping some heat lately, largely for attracting virus writers, while Thunderbird has been getting all of the good press. We examine the two products, and other e-mail clients available today, so you can see if replacing Outlook really is an option.
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