February 5 Open Source News

Read all 'free market' posts in The Open Road CNET It's arguably even more important, and doesn't necessarily derive from a software license (though it's no doubt better when protected by an open-source ...

Is open source the right way to the moon? Techworld.com This could be a great environment and opportunity for an open source space programme. Of course this is a huge departure for the NASA we have known. ...

Nokia C5 leaks, Symbian goes open source, Blackberry Curve 8900 axed at PhoneMag.com (blog) The Symbian Foundation announced today that the Symbian OS is now open source. The OS can be downloaded and modified free of charge. ...

5 open source office suites to watch Computerworld Australia The latest open source and Web-based office tools are proving to be worthwhile alternatives to more expensive packaged software suites -- and they won't ...

Finland, FAO to develop open source land registration software Africa Science News Service The $2.4 million project will help FAO member countries to test and adopt low-cost open source technology for the benefit of their land records maintenance. ...

Retail Industry and Open Source ERP SYS-CON Media (press release) They wanted to compare open source and commercial ERP systems for the retail industry and evaluated opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM, openbravo, and Microsoft ...

Inside Contactless Releases Open-Source NFC Middleware for Phones RFID Journal In offering open-source NFC software, the company says it intends to drive the adoption of NFC RFID technology for mobile phones, ...

Laid off Wonderland developers to continue project Hypergrid Business Project Wonderland has always been an open source project, Yankelovich explained. "The beauty of an open source project is that it's already out in the open ..