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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 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 »

'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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Red Hat edges into higher-level software

Linux leader Red Hat is selling subscriptions for three collections of higher-level applications that run Web sites' Java server software. 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 »

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 »

When worlds collide: Microsoft funds Apache

Microsoft, one of the biggest rivals to open source programming, has begun funding the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), one of open source software's biggest supporters. Read more »

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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 »

Sophisticated open source ad serving with phpAdsNew

A full-featured, sophisticated ad management system doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg. This well-documented and powerful ad-serving system might just be right for you. 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 »

Explore the Zope open source CMS framework

Find out what makes Zope open source CMS framework different from other OS-CMS frameworks and why those differences may prove useful. Read more »

Is it kill or cure for Oracle's database buy?

Purchase of a company with close ties to open-source rival MySQL has people wondering about the database giant's motives. Read more »

Use MySQL to build your own CRM project

MySQL is great for building CRM Web site back ends through MySQL-specific features or tweaks to the source code. Here's how MySQL can help. Read more »

Install, configure and integrate PHP and MySQL on Windows

PHP and MySQL are a powerful combination when it comes to providing dynamic content to your user base. Get the step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring these products in a Microsoft Windows environment. Read more »

Interview with Brian Randell

We caught up with Brian Randell from MCW Technologies at TechEd/Canberra to talk about some of the new features in SQL Server 2005 and it's role as an -Access Killer". Read more »

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Install Web stacks in an instant with BitNami

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- 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 »

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