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Global Open Source Census Launches to Count Enterprise Use of Open Source Software

BROOMFIELD, CO--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 16, 2008 -- The Open Source Census, a new global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, today announced its founding sponsors and launched the Census. With this announcement, companies and individuals are now able to anonymously submit data on their use of open source through The Open Source Census web site: www.osscensus.org. Participants in The Open Source Census will also gain access to reports that benchmark their open source usage.

Opening The Source On Your Host

It's widely accepted by many that open-source software has many advantages over closed-source software. Whichever side of the fence you're on, one can't deny that it's an excellent way to learn the practical side of programming. In this article you'll learn how you can configure Apache to allow your visitors to learn from (or offer advice on) your source code through browsing it, in a manner similar to browsing ordinary Web pages.

Open Source Growing At an Exponential Rate

sipmeister writes "Two computer scientists who work for enterprise software giant SAP have shown that open source is growing at an exponential rate. Not only is the code base growing exponentially, but also the number of viable projects. Researchers Amit Deshpande and Dirk Riehle analyzed the database of open source startup ohloh.net and looked at the last 16 years of growth in open source. They consistently got the best fit for the data using an exponential model. Relating this to open source market revenue, Desphande and Riehle conclude that open source is eating into closed source at a non-trivial pace."

VCs regain interest in open source

Venture capitalists (VC) first discovered open source during the dot-com bubble at the turn of the millennium. When the bubble burst, open source was connected closely enough with its general failure that all but a handful of VCs lost interest. In the last few years, however, investor interest has started to return, due to growing acceptance of open source software and the success of existing open source companies. What now attracts investors to open source companies, VCs say, is the higher probability of innovative ideas and quicker time to market, as well as the ability to develop niche markets that were previously too small to develop profitably. If they see that the fundamentals for any successful business are in place, investors are finding firms founded on open source well worth considering.

Microsoft Gets a New Open Source Chief

mjasay writes "Microsoft just promoted Sam Ramji to run its growing Linux and open source operations. The former head of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab, Ramji has a long history with open source, having built out large-scale open-source based applications while at Ofoto, and continuing to run applications like World of Warcraft and Office 2003 on WINE. Microsoft has been putting increasingly open-source savvy people in this role, starting with Jason Matusow and most recently employing Bill Hilf in the role. Ramji has made friends with many in the open-source business and development communities, but will his promotion spell any sort of an about-face for Microsoft in its patent policies? It's unlikely, but at least it demonstrates a step in the right direction.

Ingres CEO to Discuss Innovation at Infoworld's Open Source Business Conference

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Roger Burkhardt, president and CEO of Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software, will peer into the future of open source at InfoWorld's Open Source Business Conference (OSBC). The 2008 conference will bring together senior business leaders, C-level technical strategists, lawyers, and venture capitalists to collaborate on emerging business models, strategies, and profitability for open source software use. This year's conference theme "Putting Open Source to Work" will explore how both traditional and non-traditional open source businesses are achieving benefits. The conference is scheduled to take place at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA, March 25 - 26.

Ingres CEO to Discuss Innovation at Infoworld's Open Source Business Conference

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Roger Burkhardt, president and CEO of Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software, will peer into the future of open source at InfoWorld's Open Source Business Conference (OSBC). The 2008 conference will bring together senior business leaders, C-level technical strategists, lawyers, and venture capitalists to collaborate on emerging business models, strategies, and profitability for open source software use. This year's conference theme "Putting Open Source to Work" will explore how both traditional and non-traditional open source businesses are achieving benefits. The conference is scheduled to take place at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA, March 25 - 26.

OPENLOGIC CERTIFIED LIBRARY NOW INCLUDES 400 CERTIFIED OPEN SOURCE PACKAGES, ADDS OPEN SOURCE COMPARISONS

BROOMFIELD, Colo. April 28, 2008--OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced that the number of certified open source packages available in the OpenLogic Certified Library surpassed 400. In addition, OpenLogic broadened functionality of OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX) Enterprise Edition, the industry's first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for comprehensive sourcing and governance of open source in the enterprise.

OpenLogic Certified Library Now Includes 400 Certified Open Source Packages, Adds Open Source Comparisons

BROOMFIELD, CO -- 04/28/08 -- OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced that the number of certified open source packages available in the OpenLogic Certified Library surpassed 400. In addition, OpenLogic broadened functionality of OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX) Enterprise Edition, the industry's first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for comprehensive sourcing and governance of open source in the enterprise.

Open source news roundup

Famously conservative, IT analyst Gartner has finally revised its predictions on open source software and now says that by "2012, more than 90 percent of enterprises will use open source in direct or embedded forms". In a report, The State of Open Source 2008, Gartner says that even "users who reject open source for technical, legal or business reasons might find themselves unintentionally using open source despite their opposition". (

Is the Open Source Brand in the Right Hands?

"The methodologies of Open Source are not owned or guided by any one person. The closest thing we have are the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and support of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The OSI certifies what qualifies as an open source license. They have as of late also been adding the TM to the Open Source logo which is the equivalent of the Good Housekeeping seal of approval for open source software. While the Free Software Foundation maintains the Free Software Definition--to show clearly what must be true about a particular software program for it to be considered free software.

Analyst Admits Open Source Will Quietly Take Over

ZDOne writes "In a few years' time, almost all businesses will use open source, according to analyst Gartner — which has up to now been fairly cautious, or downright negative, in its previous predictions about community developed software. '"By 2012, more than 90 percent of enterprises will use open source in direct or embedded forms,' predicts a Gartner report, The State of Open Source 2008, which sees a 'stealth' impact for the technology in embedded form: "Users who reject open source for technical, legal or business reasons might find themselves unintentionally using open source despite their opposition.'"

OpenLogic Survey Debunks Myths About Open Source Developers

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Mar 25, 2008 -- OPEN SOURCE BUSINESS CONFERENCE -- OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced the results of a survey of the OpenLogic Expert Community. The survey shows that OpenLogic Expert Community members, who are leading committers and contributors of open source products, work in a wide range of jobs and have a wide range of motivations for developing and supporting open source software.

Microsoft's Savvy Open Source Move

willdavid writes to mention Joe Panettieri is reporting that Microsoft is continuing their push for open source software interoperability. In the most recent push Microsoft is partnering with a small Silicon Valley company called SpikeSource to certify open source software on Windows 2008. "Despite growing Linux deployments, Windows Server remains quite popular for running open source applications. SugarCRM, the fast-growing open source application provider, is quick to note that many of its business developments occur on Windows Server. And Microsoft itself has sponsored SugarCRM's conferences, in order to stay in front of open source crowds."

Ingres Drives Awareness of Geospatial Software at Open Source Boot Camp 6

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Business Wire) -- Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software and support services, is promoting important and innovative new skills around geospatial open source software at its next and largest Open Source Boot Camp (OSBootCamp). OSBootCamp 6 will provide students, developers, and industry professionals the latest developments around geospatial open source software (OSS) and detail new advancements in geospatial technology. The two-day event will feature industry experts presenting on web mapping, GIS analysis, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) projects, and more. OSBootCamp 6 is scheduled for June 2 - 3 at the Carleton University Campus, Ottawa, Canada. For detailed information and to register, please go to: www.

Source Code for Red Hat Certificate System Released

Red Hat Certificate System was acquired from AOL three years ago as part of the Netscape technology acquisition. In keeping with our commitment to open source software, today Red Hat has released all of the source code to Red Hat Certificate System. Much of the technology in Red Hat Certificate System was already open source, including the Apache web server, Red Hat Directory Server and the FIPS140-2 level 2 validated NSS cryptographic libraries, but today’s move further demonstrates Red Hat’s belief that the open source development model creates more secure software.

Open Source Census: Stand Up And Be Counted

Just how much open source software are people using? Getting hard numbers about open source usage is one of those tough-to-crack problems that doesn't seem to have a definitive solution -- partly because of the nature of open source itself. Self-reporting seems to be about the only way to get any numbers at all, unreliable and biased as that may be. But if self-reporting open source usage is made as easy as a couple of mouse clicks, why not do it?

Naked CIO Says Open Source Is Not Dead, Just Limited

Open source isn’t dead, says the silicon.com columnist known as The Naked CIO, it’s just limited to those niche areas in which it has reached maturity, such as the Web and network security. The beginning of his piece indicates that open source evangelists and open source developers still have a lot of work to convince CIOs like this writer that open source is right for their organizations. The Naked CIO says:

Open Source Watch: Specialty Hosts for E-tailers

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Valve Source engine coming to Linux?

We usually don't cover games here, but since this is so closely related to Linux we're going to make an exception. It has been confirmed that Valve is going to port its very popular Source engine to Linux. Source is the heart of many of the most popular online games we have today; Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2, Day of Defeat: Source, Portal, Garry's Mod and Team Fortress 2, and it based on Microsoft's DirectX API, but also supports video game consoles Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

DP6789 Microstructure of Collaboration: The 'Social Network' of Open Source Software

The open source model is a form of software development with source code that is typically made available to all interested parties. At the core of this process is a decentralized production process: open source software development is done by a network of unpaid software developers. Using data from Sourceforge.net, the largest repository of Open Source Software (OSS) projects and contributors on the Internet, we construct two related networks: A Project network and a Contributor network. Knowledge spillovers may be closely related to the structure of such networks, since contributors who work on several projects likely exchange information and knowledge. Defining the number of downloads as output we finds that (i) additional contributors are associated with an increase in output, but that additional contributors to projects in the giant

Open Source Movement as Terrorism?

"Because it is widely understood that for anything to have any real meaning or be properly studied that it must first be stripped of its outward trappings and pigeon-holed as narrowly as possible, I, The Objective Observer, have risen to the challenge and will now properly classify the open source movement. In three scintillating acts I will first describe what open source is, dispel certain myths and pejorative characterizations of it (what open source isn't) and finally analyze the open source movement's goals and tactics to properly and succinctly explain its true nature..."

Report: Subscriptions to Surge for Open-Source Licensing

"Open source has it all over traditional software when it comes to cost, flexibility and freedom from vendor lock-in. According to a new study from Northbridge Venture Partners on the future of open source, released on March 25 in conjunction with the Open Source Business Conference, those were the top three factors that make open source attractive.

Compiere Delivers Open Source ERP Solution on EnterpriseDB

EDISON — EnterpriseDB, the leading enterprise open source database company, and Compiere, Inc., the global leader in open source business solutions, announced today that Compiere will offer EnterpriseDB’s Postgres Plus Advanced Server as a database option for its open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, Compiere. Postgres Plus Advanced Server is an enterprise-class relational database management system (RDBMS) that runs applications written for Oracle databases with little or no modification. Postgres Plus Advanced Server is built on PostgreSQL, the world’s most advanced open source database, and enables Compiere to offer its customers a solution having the same functionality, performance, and security as Compiere’s Oracle-based offering at a price that is significantly lower.

Is Open Source the Answer To Giving?

uctpjac writes "Mark Surman, Shuttleworth Foundation fellow, writes that open source is the answer to philanthropy's $55 trillion question: how to spend the money expected to flow into foundations over the next 25 years. While others have lashed out at 'Philanthro-Capitalism' — claiming that the charitable giving of Gates and others simply extends power in the market to power over society — Surman believes that open source shows the way to the harmonious yin-yang of business and not-for-profit. Sun, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Yahoo, and Facebook are big backers of Creative Commons; Mozilla has spawned two for-profits. Open source shows that philanthropy and business can cohabit and mutually thrive. Indeed, philanthropy might learn from open source to find new ways to organize itself for spending that $55 trillion.

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