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Open Source Census Gaining Traction Globally as Enterprises Gain Visibility Into Their Own Open Source Usage

BROOMFIELD, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/16/08 -- The Open Source Census, a global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, today announced that after its first two months, more than 220,000 open source package/project installations have been discovered. Additionally several organizations have joined The Open Source Census at various levels, including: ActiveState, EnterpriseDB, Microsoft, Oregon State University's Open Source Lab, and OSAlt.com (Open Source as Alternative).

Ingres Explores the Future of Open Source at OSCON 2008

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — July 15, 2008 — Ingres Corporation, a provider of open source database management software and support services, announces that Bill Maimone, senior vice president of worldwide engineering, will discuss what lies ahead for open source database management systems at this year's Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon. OSCON 2008 brings together over 2,500 open source developers, hackers, experts, IT managers, and users to champion the cause of open principles and open source adoption across the computing industry. OSCON will take place July 21 - 25 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

Ingres Explores the Future of Open Source at OSCON 2008

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 2008--Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software and support services, announced today that Bill Maimone, senior vice president of worldwide engineering, will discuss what lies ahead for open source database management systems at this year’s Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon. OSCON 2008 brings together over 2,500 open source developers, hackers, experts, IT managers, and users to champion the cause of open principles and open source adoption across the computing industry. OSCON will take place July 21 - 25 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

1,076 developers, 15 years, one open-source Wine

After 15 years of development, a running battle with Microsoft and persistent doubts about its viability, the first proper version of Wine - a middleware tool to run Windows applications on Unix-like operating systems - has finally arrived.

Is Open Source Good for the Java Developer?

Commercial open source software has arrived. There have been commercial sponsors of open source projects for a long time, but the recent spate of high-price (for open source, at least) acquisitions of companies with open source products at the core of their business has made a splash in the technology industry. In addition, Sun’s convulsions into the open source world have left the Java landscape decisively in open source territory.

Actuate Initiates Open Source Advisory Board

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the leader in delivering Rich Internet Applications Without Limits™, today announced the formation of an Open Source Advisory Board. Open Source technology industry luminaries Julie Hanna Farris, a seasoned open source technology entrepreneur and Andrew Aitken, CEO of the Olliance Group, the leading open source management consultancy, are founding members of the board. The board’s mission is to reinforce and extend the leadership and innovation of Actuate’s open source business model, which combines the key elements of open source with the best of enterprise software and to further Actuate’s community contributions and activities.

Is Mule Really Open Source?

"Most Open Source Projects (Not the namesake open source projects) are released under an OSI approved license. The open source definition of OSI states that 'Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria'. It goes on to describe 10 items under this. Item #6 states that 'The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.'

Federal Circuit Says Open Source License Conditions are Enforceable as Copyright Condition

There are so few judicial opinions dealing with open source licenses that any single one is of great interest, but the pro-open source ruling of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Jacobsen v. Katzer, No. 2008-1001 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 13, 2008) easily goes to the top of the charts of this small category. This is a highly significant opinion that will greatly bolster the efforts of the open source community to control the use of open source software according to the terms set out in open source licenses.

Entries Invited for the 2009 Open Source Business Award

NUREMBERG, Germany, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Headquartered in Nuremberg, Open Source Business Foundation e.V. (http://www.osbf.de), the European network of the open source sector, is now inviting entries for the 2009 Open Source Business Award. The OSBA is the largest European business plan competition, and is open to all companies, consortia, public authorities and private individuals concerned with innovative solutions that are based on open source software. Participants have until November 30, 2008 to submit their business plans and concepts to win prize money totaling EUR 78,000, coaching offerings by established experts and venture capital financing. The awards ceremony will be held on January 28, 2009, during the "Open Source Meets Business" congress, which publishers Heise Verlag are staging in cooperation with OSBF in Nuremberg.

Kernel Builders Appeal For Open Source Drivers

snydeq writes "The Linux kernel development community has released a statement emphasizing the need for open source drivers. The statement, signed by 135 developers, is aimed at preventing future vendors from following the closed source path. One holdout cited is Nvidia. The Linux Foundation has also released a statement in support: 'The Linux Foundation recommends that hardware manufacturers provide open source kernel modules. The open source nature of Linux is intrinsic to its success. We encourage manufacturers to work with the kernel community to provide open source kernel modules in order to enable their users and themselves to take advantage of the considerable benefits that Linux makes possible.'"

Open-Source Software: Evolving Toward Broader Acceptance

Open source is assessed for more than half of businesses software acquisitions, according to Saugatuck Technology, a research and consulting firm. A CIO.com survey conducted in April showed that 53 percent of respondents were already using open-source applications in their enterprises and that 44 percent considered open-source applications equally during acquisition processes with proprietary applications. While this may surprise some, most businesses no longer carry the negative perceptions once associated with open-source solutions. The software is in use in some of the world's largest corporations and governments, in some of the most intensive application environments. In addition, open source is easy to acquire within many organizations compared to commercial solutions.

Rising Enterprise Adoption of Open Source Software is Putting Businesses At Greater...

Rising Enterprise Adoption of Open Source Software is Putting Businesses At Greater Risk New data from Fortify Software finds that widely-used open source software packages do not employ best practices for securing code SAN MATEO, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortify Software, Inc., the market leader in enterprise application security solutions for business software assurance, released today its Open Source Security Study which reveals that the most widely-used open source software packages for the enterprise are exposing users to significant and unnecessary business risk. The study validates that Open Source Software (OSS) development communities have yet to adopt a secure development process and often leave dangerous vulnerabilities unaddressed.

Study Says Open Source Software a Security Risk

chareverie writes "Fortify Software released a study where they concluded that open source software poses a large security risk to corporations who have implemented it. They reason this by stating that the fault lies within the open source communities and their failure to adhere to minimum security practices. Fortify Software studied 11 open source software packages, where the application server Tomcat was determined to be the best. The other 10 were found to have poor results, with those being Derby, Geronimo, Hibernate, Hipergate, JBoss, Jonas, OFBiz, OpenCMS, Resin and Struts. Jacob West, manager of Fortify's research group, reminds that purpose of the study was 'not to condemn open source software, but rather to point out that the security practices need to improve because open source adoption by enterprises and governments is growing

Microsoft doet aan Open Source

Wij hebben enkele experimentele fases doorlopen om te Open Source te begrijpen, ons te positioneren en Open Source projecten te testen�, verklaart Marc Gardette, verantwoordelijke van de groep architecten van de researchdivisie en het bedrijfsplatform van Microsoft Frankrijk. De uitgever neemt uiteraard al twee jaar deel aan de vrije wereld, al was het maar met Codeplex, het hostingplatform voor Open Source projecten. Het bedrijf vermenigvuldigt nu ook haar partnerakkoorden met de gemeenschap dankzij een samenwerking met Novell, Apache en zelfs Mozilla. Ten slotte is het bedrijf dit jaar ook sponsor van organisaties zoals Open Source Census en Oscon (Open Source Convention).

Nokia: Open Source Developers Should Play By Our Rules

"Nokia has been involved with open source for several years. Notably, it used Linux and several open source code libraries as the foundation of Maemo, the operating system for its line of Internet tablet devices. To be fair, Nokia has also contributed to a number of open source projects in return. But if Jaaski thinks that gives Nokia a right to dictate terms--sorry, to 'educate developers'--I think he's in for a rude awakening.

Party of one: Surviving the solo open source project

With more than 100,000 open source projects hosted on SourceForge alone, starting a new one is no small undertaking, and bringing it to the masses is hardly a sure thing. In this article reprinted from Pushing Pixels, Kirill Grouchnikov explores the challenges and pitfalls of being the sole developer on an open source project. Whether you're thinking about starting a solo development project or struggling to maintain one, get tips for structuring your development timeline, managing development priorities, and finding a niche for your project, even in the vast sea of open source software.

Open Source Census Reveals Trends After More Than 275,000 Installations of Open Source Software Found to Date

The Open Source Census, a global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, today announced at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo it has identified more than 275,000 open source installations on more than 2,000 machines.

Open Source Census Reveals Trends After More Than 275,000 Installations of Open Source Software Found to Date

BROOMFIELD, CO, Aug 06, 2008 -- The Open Source Census, a global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, today announced at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo it has identified more than 275,000 open source installations on more than 2,000 machines.

Open Source Census Reveals Trends After More Than 275,000 Installations of Open Source Software Found to Date

BROOMFIELD, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 08/06/08 -- The Open Source Census, a global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, today announced at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo it has identified more than 275,000 open source installations on more than 2,000 machines.

Open Source Helps New IT Grads Get Foot in the Door

Yes, some US IT jobs are disappearing, but Linux.com (which shares a corporate overlord with Slashdot) has a recent story emphasizing the job advantage that involvement in open source projects can give young programmers who aren't planning to ditch their dreams of making a living in the field. The article focuses on one programmer's experience with Google's Summer of Code, which led directly to her job working on the Drupal content-management system. But the underlying message (that involvement in open source projects provides a background of experience otherwise difficult to obtain because of the chicken-and-egg problem of "experience required" job opportunities) is generalizable to many other forms of open-source involvement. Do you have a job that you landed because of your unpaid open-source programming?

SourceLabs Upgrades Open Source Support Tools

Seattle-based SourceLabs, which develops software for helping Linux and open source developers manage their open source software, said this week that it has upgraded its software. According to the firm, it has upgraded its Self-Support Tools software with new features, including automatically tagging hardware compatibility issues. SourceLabs' software is used by companies to gain support for open source software. The firm's software provides access to information about known issues, bugs, and software updates for open source Java and Linux software. Sourcelabs is venture backed by Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, and Madrona Venture Group.

Netgear Launches Open Source-Friendly Wireless Router

An anonymous reader submits news of Netgear's release of the "open source Wireless-G Router (model WGR614L), enabling Linux developers and enthusiasts to create firmware for specialized applications, and supported by a dedicated open source community. The router supports the most popular open source firmware; Tomato and DD-WRT are available on WGR614L, making it easier for users to develop a wide variety of applications. The router is targeted at people who want custom firmware on their router without worrying about issues, and enjoy the benefits of having an open source wireless router."

Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years

pshuke writes "After 15 years of development, Wine version 1.0 has been released. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix. While perfect windows compatibility has not yet been achieved, full support for Photoshop CS2, Excel Viewer 2003, Word Viewer 2003 and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 have been among the goals prior to the release. For further information about supported applications, head over to the appdb. Get it (source) while it's hot."

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