November 13 Open Source News

Boxee Box hardware announced for open source Media Center Neowin Based on open-source technology first designed to bring media center capabilities to the original Xbox, Boxee is currently available as an open alpha for ...

EU 'optimistic' Oracle will see reason on MySQL Register Oracle said the regulators' assessment revealed a "profound misunderstanding of both database competition and open source dynamics. ...

apachecon US 2009 Draws Unprecedented Support From the Global Open Source ... PR Newswire (press release) Subversion, the award-winning Open Source version control and software configuration management tool, formally submitted itself to the Apache Incubator with ...

Facebook: Please Back Developers vs iPhone Washington Post The post was about the irony of developers and advocates who were otherwise open standards and open source champions being absolutely pro-iPhone, ...

Did Microsoft just sneakily patent an open-source tool? Seattle Post Intelligencer Raging through the tech blogs Thursday was a Groklaw report that Microsoft seemingly has sneakily patented an open-source technology called "sudo. ...

Open source software needs marketing Times of India PUNE: There is a need for greater promotion of the use of open source software for information and communication technology (ICT)-based teaching and ...

The Department of Defense and Open Source Software ZDNet Is open source software a viable strategy for large-scale SOA deployments, especially at the US Department of Defense? This white paper looks at the pros ...

Apache: 'No jerks allowed' CNET News It seems like reasonable advice, but it's discouraging to see this basic rule of polite society regularly broken within the wider open-source community. ...

Consultancy, Open Source Firm Target HIEs Health Data Management Consulting firm Healthcare Innovative Solutions has partnered with Misys Open Source Solutions to offer the expertise and technology to build health ...