At MIX09, Microsoft announced several components of the Microsoft Web Platform, which is a set of tools that interoperate with open-source applications and products. The Microsoft Web Platform includes the Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta, […]
An article in LinuxInsider caught my attention, because it mentioned a comment by Jeremy Allison, a member of the Samba project, to the effect that Tom Tom may be violating the GPLv2 license agreement that […]
The Guardian reports that the UK government has just evened the procurement field for open source software . This means that open source software companies are able to respond to RFPs from the UK Government […]
Last September I blogged about Splashtop which Asus was embedding on its motherboards, so when you turned the machine on it would boot Linux almost instantaneously, and you could do email, internet and other routine […]
According to Slashdot, “The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an administrative ruling increasing the use of Free Open Source Software products at state agencies, increasing the software’s use both in the back […]
I have just received a very sad letter from Dr Dobb’s Journal that in some ways signals the end of an era, “we regret to inform you that Dr Dobb’s Journal ceased its standalone monthly […]
According to a report on Slashdot, Russia is planning to develop a Linux-based national operating system (OS). The original Russian report is translated here.
Recently I blogged about a new military “open source” site Forge.mil. I’ve received more information and a location where you can track the development of this site. The correct URL for the site will be […]