Thursday, October 08, 2009

October 8 Open Source News

Funambol Introduces First Open Source 4G Mobile Cloud Platform for Device ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
There is simply no alternative to an open source approach for optimizing the 4G user experience and performance." The wireless industry is rapidly advancing ...
WebKit and why open standards matter
InfoWorld
By Savio Rodrigues Readers know WebKit as the open source Web browser engine used by several mobile and PC Web browsers, including Apple's Safari, ...
Misys Open Source Solutions Unveils Carbon Trading Solution for UK Organisations
Business Wire (press release)
According to John Winn, Senior Solutions Manager of Misys Open Source Solutions, "The Misys Environmental Trading Platform is designed to help organisations ...
Open Source and Free Software
ScienceBlogs (blog)
by Jim Hall The open source software community is fond of using the comparison of cathedrals versus bazaars to demonstrate the differences between how ...
Terracotta Adds Ehcache Cache Management
InformationWeek
The move meshes Terracotta's distributed Java caching system with popular stand-alone open source caching product, Ehcache. By Charles Babcock Terracotta ...
Content is free. Formats are not
CNET News
In software, I've described current business models for open source as a transitory period, the "awkward teenage years" before models mature. ...
Palm Focuses on Freedom and Openness for Developers
eWeek
"Almost every line of code I have written for the last four years or so has been open source," Almaer said. "The Web itself stands on the shoulders of open ...
Shapps moots 'open source' planning vision
Local Government Chronicle
Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps has unveiled proposals for a more interactive 'open source' planning system. Mr Shapps, speaking at a Conservative ...
FCC Chairman Commits To Open Internet Rules For Cell Cos
Wall Street Journal
On Tuesday, Verizon announced a new venture with Google Inc. (GOOG) to create a market of phones using Google's open source Android operating system. ...
RIM needs more open source
InfoWorld
When I first wrote about the open source PhoneGap project in March 2009 I concluded: "If I worked at RIM, I'd take a trip out to Vancouver to talk to the ...
State Initiatives Regarding Electronic or Open-Source Textbooks ...
By ResourceShelf
A growing number of states are using legislation as a means of enabling the use of electronic or open-source textbooks. This ECS StateNote examines the differences between e-textbooks and open-source textbooks and takes a look at ...





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