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Government CIOs 'do not understand open source'
Government CIOs that dismiss open source software because of support issues, which is the case for the Australian Tax Office, Defence and Centrelink, simply do not understand the concept, according to Sun Microsystems. Read more »
Lundy: Time is right for open source in government
Open source might get a better look-in within government, says Senator Kate Lundy, if those responsible for purchasing decisions were forced by policy to evaluate all the options on the market. Read more »
Government backs renegade open source licence
The federal government's recently-launched open-source content management system does not meet industry standards, local software developers and a leading IT lawyer claim. Read more »
Open source in government: Forget support, focus on value
While government departments remain concerned about the implications of using open source, successful projects have overcome that concern by simply demonstrating better value for money. Read more »
NZ Ministry of Justice: We want open source
The New Zealand Ministry for Justice believes that open source software is a more stable, supportable, and cost-effective choice compared to proprietary solutions. Read more »
Red Hat exec hits back at govt open source shyness
A visiting Red Hat executive has said that wariness on the part of a number of government CIOs over adopting open source is not a reflection of Australia's tech savvy, but the result of a "lack of understanding" of the software and its community. Read more »
Govt CIOs still misunderstand open source: Novell
The problem with open source software is a lack of understanding, not a lack of support, according to a Novell executive who hit back at the CIOs from some of Australia's top government agencies. Read more »
Europe extends open-source resource
The European Commission is launching a resource for public sector organizations to share open-source code and applications. Read more »
Open-source bug hunt project expands
Bug tally is at 6,000 on the first anniversary of a US government-sponsored project, which is adding more open-source code to scan. Read more »
AU government commissions open source procurement guide
The federal government has commissioned a sourcing guide designed to give departments and agencies an improved understanding of the procurement processes involved for open source software and solutions. Read more »
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Open source for government
Despite the UK government's reluctance to embrace open source, Martin Brampton points out the many ways they're suited to each other -- the least of which is cost. Read more »
Open source: More than just free beer
In response to a recent article questioning the motives of governments that use open source technology, Australian commentator Con Zymaris hits back at Andrew Parsons' anti-open source stance. Read more »
Green Party urges EU to go open-source
Some EU politicians are claiming that shifting from proprietary software to open-source could improve security and save money. Read more »
Labor should promise the kids XO, not XP
Should Labor get into power at the federal election next month, its promised "education revolution" rebate would be better spent on the world's largest single order for Negroponte's XO laptop instead of being a boon for traditional PC retailers and a certain software vendor from Redmond. Read more »
Study: Open source poses security risks
A conservative US think tank suggests in an upcoming report that open-source software is inherently less secure than proprietary software. Read more »
The very real limitations of open source
Yes, open source software benefits society. However, some programmers are questioning the practicability of open source development. Read more »
Realise the flexibility of OpenSSH
OpenSSH is one of the most useful tools available. With it, you can access systems remotely and securely, transfer files securely, execute single commands on remote systems, secure normally insecure services, and much more. Read more »
Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source
Red Hat's acquisition of JBoss is one step toward what many consider inevitable: the creation of open source companies that rival the clout of entrenched software-providers. Read more »
Open source closes in on Microsoft
Microsoft has changed its tune toward open-source software--from denouncing it as a "cancer" that stifled innovation to "loving" the concept of shared source. Read more »
Unix pioneer an open-source killjoy?
Bill Joy, Sun's chief scientist and a pioneer in designing Unix, has voiced doubts about Linux's open-source underpinnings. Read more »
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Handling governance of open source projects
Simon Phipps, chief open source office at Sun and OpenSolaris board member discusses the issues in trying to impose a governance model on open source projects. Read more »
Blog (11)
Sun open sources Niagara 2 chip
-- Sun Microsystems has followed through on a promise to release the designs of a second server processor as open-source software. Read more »
Jonathan Schwartz's free software foundation
-- Sun has become its own free software foundation, open sourcing everything from Java to Solaris, and acquiring the open source MySQL database for $1 billion in January of this year, as a way to grow its revenue. Read more »
How Microsoft beat Linux in China and what it means for freedom, justice, and the price of software
-- Thanks to some major concessions on source code and a precipitous price drop, the Chinese government has now thoroughly embraced Windows and Office, what does this mean for the world? Read more »
Samba gets an inside look at Microsoft documentation
-- A complicated third-party arrangement means that the open-source Samba project will be able to make use of proprietary documents describing Microsoft file-sharing software. Read more »
Google's Android parts ways with Java industry group
-- Google's Android software gives Sun Microsystems' Java technology a starring role -- but not the version of Java the rest of the mobile phone industry has been developing since the 1990s. Read more »
Does Wall Street understand open source?
-- I've been attending the Sun JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week, where the big news is Sun's ongoing commitment to release all its products under open source licences. Read more »
Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks
-- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »
When software becomes an entertainment report
-- This week's roundup covers Microsoft no longer being interested in Yahoo, Stallman suggesting that foil be used to stop RFID chip reading and something about the iPhone. Read more »
Busybox settles a second GPL suit
-- The folks behind Busybox have settled a second lawsuit that argued a company violated the widely used free and open-source license. Read more »
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Share a keyboard and mouse with Synergy
Even in the era of virtualization, many IT pros (including myself) have a small army of computers sitting on, under, and around their desks. Read more »
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Android devs less than gruntled
Yet more discouraging news on the Android front. Having hacked off its developer community by releasing updated SDKs to just a small group of chosen devs, Google has now given the brush-off to a petition that called for more to be given to the wider community. Read more »
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As a developer there will be a time when you ship a bug -- be it a stub that you left in, or a flaming, crashtastic segfault. The next time this happens and your bosses come baying for blood, point them in the direction of VMware, who this week gave the developer world a great example of how to ship a showstopper bug. Read more »
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Club Builder: Captain Obvious vs the Crackpots
In the case of the bleeding obvious, IBM says open source needs good designers; a claim is made that China can activate your phone to snoop on you; and we take a look at the Defcon conference.
