October 2 News IST

Curl to open source libraries, webkit as Adobe, Microsoft target RIA
ZDNet - USA
Adobe is not the only tools vendor planning to make available its rich Internet application (RIA) development environment to the open source community. ...

Asia Finds Security in Open Source
BusinessWeek - USA
1 reason to buy open-source software, an IDC survey says by Victoria Ho Better security protection tops the list of buying criteria for open source software ...

Podcast: Going to the mat for open source
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
By CNET News.com Staff A look at the legal battle to enforce free and open source's main license, and a major milestone for space exploration. ...

The Swedish National Police Move to an Open Source Infrastructure ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Uppsala, Sweden (PRWEB) October 2, 2007 -- MySQL AB, the developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced that the Swedish ...

Delhi FOSS event gets growing attention
Economic Times - India
NEW DELHI: India's free and open source software (FOSS) thrust is growing bigger. Its annual event, freed.in, has just concluded. And it drew some prominent ...

Why choose proprietary software over open source? Survey says!
CNET Blogs - Cupertino,CA,USA
Barracuda talked to 228 enterprise customers and asked what advantages open source has over proprietary software, and vice versa. First, open source's price ...

Speaking of Linux and the spirit of open source
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
It's almost shameful how paltry Novell's understanding of open source is. I don't say this to denigrate anyone personally, but when I read things like this ...

Open source development goes Mac-tastic
Register - London,England,UK
The Register has spotted increasing numbers of Macs at open source developer events during the last year. And next month should see the long-awaited (and ...

Candid, irreverent commentary, news, and analysis of the growing ...
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
As the magazine business is getting disrupted by the web, I've seen countless good magazines fall by the wayside. Intelligent Enterprise, Infoworld, Guitar ...

When open-source GUIs attack
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Blender is a free, open-source tool that is compatible with all major desktop operating systems and even a few relatively obscure OSes -- Solaris, FreeBSD, ...