Saturday 30 August, 2008

Open SourceEssentials

  • The allhomes.com.au real estate portal runs on Linux, JBoss and PostgreSQL

    Open source stack solid foundation for All Homes

    After running for six years on a "black box" legacy system, ACT and South Eastern NSW real estate portal allhomes.com.au has migrated its technology stack to open source Linux and Java technologies.
  • Problem-solvers hunt open-source solutions

    Here at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, it seems as though each of the thousands of attendees is on mission.
  • Open source advocates hail appeals court ruling

    Free software advocates are praising a US federal appeals ruling that allows greater protection for open-source software against copyright infringement.
  • Open-source software a security risk, study claims

    Open source software is a significant security risk for corporations that use it because in many cases, the open source community fails to adhere to minimal security best practices, according a study released Monday.
  • Insurance company bets health on open source

    I've been writing about the use of open source software in business for nearly a decade and during that time I discovered the level of interest in free software to be somewhere between non-existent to various point solutions for routine or mission-critical tasks. It was therefore with pleasant surprise that I was invited to report on the activities of an independent Sydney-based health insurance company, IMAN International Pty Ltd, which has committed to an end-to-end open source strategy and is reaping measurable results.
  • 20 great Windows open source projects you should get to know

    No one loves to pay crazy per-user licensing fees, not to mention 15- 22 per cent annual support residuals. (And no one loves the endless, mind-numbing meetings with non-technical financial folks trying to pry budget for these tools from their clenched fists.) So today we're going to discuss tools that are free. However, we are not naming them to this list of "great" tools simply because they cost nothing. These are some of the best lesser-known tools out there.
  • Via releases laptop design as open source

    Via Technologies released the hardware design for a low-cost laptop with WiMax support under an open-source license on Tuesday, a move intended to make customization easier and shorten design cycles for system makers.
  • Open source: It's time to get down to business

    Don MacAskill calls himself a "huge fan" of open-source software in general, and the MySQL database in particular. MySQL is one of the core technologies used at SmugMug, an online photo-sharing service, where MacAskill is CEO.
  • Why open source needs an attitude adjustment

    Recession be damned. The first quarter of the year saw a record $203.7 million of venture capital flow to young open source companies. You'd think that would be a cause for celebration, but for too many members of the open source community money is, well, icky.
  • Open Source Census launches

    The Open Source Census, an effort to pin down hard statistics regarding the implementation of open-source software around the world, got underway on Wednesday.
 

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