June 24 OpenSource News

Do I look ugly in this open-source license? CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA by Matt Asay A bad economy is good for open source, goes the increasingly conventional wisdom. However, while it's undoubtedly a good time to be in the ...

Open-Source Options Need To Be Opened Up eWeek - New York, NY Open-source software allows a great deal of flexibility and configurability, and can help organizaitons avoid vendor lock-in, but it has to be the right ...

Intel-Nokia deal boosts open source ZDNet - USA That's the key takeaway from today's announcement between the chipmaker and the mobile phone company to develop new devices to compete with the Apple iPhone ...

Trade Group: Free-to-obtain Software Has Long-term Costs PC World - USA But the ACT report doesn't specifically discourage government agencies from using open-source or free software; instead it encourages agencies to consider ...

Reductive Labs looks to tap Oregon's open source community OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA Reductive Labs is the company behind the open source project Puppet, which helps manage large (and not-so-large) IT networks. A 1996 Reed College grad, ...  Melody: Movable Type, Reloaded InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA It's always compelling news when an open source project of some renown is forked. It's twice as compelling when it's a fork of a project you use and rely on ...

Police expert calls for open-source data tools ZDNet UK - UK Police data systems should be based on open-source software, according to a senior member of the Association of Chief Police Officers. ...