Topic: open source

True cost: Managing open-source and third-party code

Using open-source code can lower costs dramatically, but you have to use it the right way to see the benefits … continue reading

SD Time Blog: Google expands its open-source commitment

Google becomes a full member of the Open Invention Network, an organization that aims to protect the open-source community … continue reading

Code Watch: It’s enough to make you sick

The government’s portal for health insurance is the perfect example of terrible software-development bureaucracy … continue reading

From the Editors: The big hole in Big Data

Companies that use Big Data products have to ensure security, or else; do not mistreat your open-source developers … continue reading

SD Times Blog: Google, Oracle and Java legal soup

Oracle’s copyright battle is understandable, but the company is making the wrong move regarding open source … continue reading

TOGAF, COBIT and the governance and management of open-source software

These two frameworks can help organizations map their use of open source … continue reading

DreamFactory releases back-end service platform

Company seeks to differentiate in mobile backend-as-a-service market with enterprise-scale, open-source offering … continue reading

SD Times Blog: Microsoft Open Tech turns one

Subsidiary advances Microsoft’s cooperative stance toward open source … continue reading

Zeichick’s Take: Coping with the data

Black Duck’s survery on open-source software adoption reveals some interesting attitudinal shifts … continue reading

When good open-source projects go bad

Projects that are scooped up by enterprises have to battle the “sellout” stigma … continue reading

JavaScript, mobile projects top Black Duck ‘Rookies’ list

Open-source projects reflect continuing trends in those areas … continue reading

Open source is done. Welcome to open development

Without bosses or overly centralized structures, developers can be more productive … continue reading

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