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MySQL seek Australian expansion

MySQL AB, the company behind the popular open source database MySQL, is looking to ramp up its presence in the Australian market. Read more »

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 »

SCO launches LAMP competitor

Will SCAMP be able to outshine the competition? Read more »

Java Portals get a Jetspeed boost from Apache

The latest release of the Jetspeed portal has certified JSR-168 support , and now you can write portlets in other languages. Read more »

SteelEye checks the LAMPs are on

A new version of LifeKeeper will monitor the health of applications bulit on the Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP stack. Read more »

BBC opens up its code

Software developed by the broadcaster's researchers has been collated in a new section of the BBC's Web site. Read more »

SpamAssassin sports new open source licence

Programmers on Wednesday released the new version 3.0 of SpamAssassin, open-source software for filtering out unwanted e-mail, but the changes are as much legal as technological. Read more »

BEA eyes scripting languages

BEA Systems -- a company long committed to the Java programming language -- plans to support alternative scripting languages in upcoming products. 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 »

Lloyd's may offer open-source indemnity

Lloyd's of London, the oldest insurance organisation in the world, may soon underwrite open-source software against claims of intellectual property infringement. Read more »

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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 »

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 »

Put Apache to work as a reliable logging tool

Apache is not just for serving up content--it has myriad other uses as well. For example, it's perfect as a centralised, easy-to-manage tool for logging in a highly distributed system. Read more »

Learn about these four Apache XML tools

Apache's open source XML efforts promise some great new tools. Here's a quick look at four new initiatives, including Xang and Forrest, that you can try out immediately. Read more »

Managing and parsing your Apache logs

Apache server logs contain a wealth of information about the visitors to your site. We show you a few basic tips and tricks for managing and parsing those log files to find the wheat in an ocean of chaff. Read more »

Use SSL to secure your Apache-based e-commerce transactions

Secure Sockets Layer technology ensures that transactions are encrypted and safe from outside influences. Get the basics of setting up SSL on Apache in this overview. Read more »

J2EE Servers Stink

Our project is behind schedule. My other projects are now way behind schedule. And it's all because of the complexity and low quality of J2EE servers. Read more »

Olympian server performance

Look out, Apache--the latest Zeus Web Server is fast. Larry Seltzer looks at benchmark scores for each and tells why you should consider switching. Read more »

Using Perl to take control of HTTP caching

This article shows how to take advantage of HTTP caching and expiry features with the help of Perl. Read more »

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