Topic: open source

The five “Next Big Things” in open source

What do experts see as the “projects to watch” for 2011 and beyond? … continue reading

Integration Watch: Open-source presumptuousness

Apache’s actions stem from two poor assumptions about open source: that it needs defending, and that it is innately superior … continue reading

Red Hat broadens scope of open-source academic program

POSSE gives students access to open-source projects, aiming to increase experience … continue reading

Open-source Outercurve Foundation makes changes

Group expands size of board and offers indemnification to project contributors to try to grow project galleries … continue reading

The FSF pushes free (as in speech) hardware

Software for building open, freedom-preserving hardware devices already exists, says the FSF … continue reading

Integration Watch: The myth of open-source forking

Forking is talked about a lot, but in truth there are rarely enough resources and open-source developers to make them work … continue reading

A fast start for an open-source cloud

Three developers from the OpenStack project talk about its already-thriving community and what it plans to do next … continue reading

From the Editors: Keeping Sun’s open-source software open

Oracle’s lawsuit against Google over Java is very troubling; the future of multicore development looks bright now … continue reading

Breaking down barriers for women in open source

The Free Software Foundation recommends mentoring and greater recruitment will get more women involved … continue reading

Illumos spoons OpenSolaris

The newly announced project is seeks to open up OpenSolaris, making a fork of the codebase possible … continue reading

Integration Watch: Are open-source foundations still relevant?

Organizations like Apache and the FSF no longer push the relevant open-source projects as others do today … continue reading

Windows & .NET Watch: A distraction into optimization

Larry O’Brien’s quest to fix his star-capturing camera leads him to multithreading and open-source wrangling … continue reading

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