September 12 Open Source News

Is Microsoft as Free as Open Source? SYS-CON Media By Jeremy Chone Jon has a point; Microsoft's restricted (ie, Express) editions are as free as the open source alternatives. This is undeniably true, ...

The pros and cons of developers for open-source businesses CNET News by Matt Asay Open source offers a fantastic way to reach developers and users of one's technology. Ironically, however, the very group most inclined to ...

Linux and Open Source ZDNet Now before you go all political on me my question is whether we'll ever see Microsoft as meaning anything but Astroturf in open source. ...

Apple Open Sources Snow Leopard's Grand Central Dispatch Apple Insider The user-space implementation of the Grand Central Dispatch services API, called libdispatch, has been delivered as its own open source project, ...

Portions of Apple's Grand Central Dispatch Go Open Source Mac Rumors ... of Grand Central Dispatch, taking a significant portion of the company's technology for more efficiently utilizing multicore processors open source. ...

If Microsoft really wants to be friends with Linux... Computerworld Microsoft has founded a new foundation, the CodePlex Foundation which claims to be about bringing open-source and proprietary software companies together to ...

Open-source fashion SmartBrief Fashion designers are finding inspiration on the Internet, where bloggers offer perspectives from outside the New York or Hollywood bubble. ...

Is cloud computing killing open source? InfoWorld According to Andrea DiMaio, a member of the Gartner Blog Network, the increased use of cloud computing could be diminishing the use of open source. ...

Should Microsoft hire an open-source diplomat or a revolutionary? CNET News by Matt Asay Microsoft has had some exceptional people driving its open-source strategy over the years. Now, with Sam Ramji, senior director of platform ...

Microsoft tightens open-source links with server biz Register The Microsoft group dealing directly with open-source projects is joining the company's server business. The Open Source Technology Center is to work more ...