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Open-source LAMP a beacon to developers
For years, the business-software development world has been split largely between Microsoft's .Net toolset and Java. Get ready for a third option. Read more »
'LAMP' start-up warms to free DB2
Start-up ActiveGrid has released an update to its toolset for building business applications with open-source software, adding support for IBM's newly introduced free DB2 database. Read more »
LAMP lights way on open source security
The most popular open-source software is also the most free of bugs, according to the first results of a U.S. government-sponsored effort to help make such software as secure as possible. Read more »
Open source: The newest competitive tool
A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line. Read more »
'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools
James Gosling, a vice president and fellow at Sun Microsystems, once quipped that the average software developer spends more on cafe lattes than on tools. Read more »
Microsoft looks to extinguish LAMP
The threat of open source web application software has led the software giant to produce smaller, cheaper versions of some of its tools. Read more »
Microsoft learns to live with open source
Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering. Read more »
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The LAMP development toolkit
Need to dust up your Linux, Apache, PHP, Perl, Python, and MySQL (LAMP) software stack skills? Our LAMP development toolkit is just what you need. Read more »
Jump into LAMP development with XAMPP
Want to get a LAMP development effort fired up without the hassles of configuring everything from scratch? XAMPP makes it a breeze. Read more »
Signals from the open-source LAMP
As PHP apparently becomes the world's leading scripting language, the open-source LAMP burns a little more brightly. Read more »
Is Java getting better with age?
Scripting languages are catching on with developers, but Sun's James Gosling sees plenty of kick left in Java. Read more »
Six barriers to open source adoption
The benefits of open source software are well known--lower TCO, more choice, and increasing quality and functionality of the code. Several barriers must be overcome before Linux and other open source projects are broadly accepted across enterprises, but they aren't insurmountable. Read more »
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Install Web stacks in an instant with BitNami
-- Need to set up a server environment to run Web applications such as WordPress, MediaWiki, Joomla, Trac, DocuWiki, or Drupal? Here's how to do it in less than two minutes with free software. Read more »
Set up Apache, PHP and MySQL like a n00b on OSX
-- Need to set up a local development environment for Web applications using Apache, MySQL, and PHP on your Mac? This one click solution will mean more work and less fussing around in Terminal. Read more »
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