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KDE innovation still brewing amid stable 4.5 release

With KDE Software Compilation (SC) 4.5 released this week, the open source project has made another stepping stone towards its goal of providing a modern, free desktop people can adapt to their needs. TechWorld caught up with KDE developer and spokesperson for the project, Sebastian Kugler, about what was achieved with this latest release and how KDE SC can be more innovative.

By Rodney Gedda | 11 August, 2010 05:50

Tags: desktop linux, innovation, kde, kde4, open source, software development

The A-Z of Programming Languages: Clojure

Our series on the most popular programming languages continues as we chat to Clojure creator, Rich Hickey.

By Kathryn Edwards | 10 August, 2009 22:47

Tags: a-z of programming languages, C, C#, clojure, clr, Java, jvm, lisp, software development

The A-Z of Programming Languages: Falcon

Computerworld's investigations into the most widely-used programming languages continues as we chat with Giancarlo Niccolai the creator of the Falcon programming language.

By Kathryn Edwards | 09 April, 2009 11:10

Tags: a-z of programming languages, C, Falcon, open source, programming, scripting language

The A-Z of Programming Languages: Perl

Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. This time we chat with Larry Wall, creator of the Perl programming language and regarded as the father of modern scripting languages.

By Rodney Gedda | 11 December, 2008 16:02

Tags: a-z of programming languages, perl, programming, programming language

Open source identity: Free Telephony Project founder David Rowe

Move over proprietary telephony systems. Australian engineer David Rowe started the Free Telephony Project three years ago to build an affordable IP-PABX system out of free hardware and software. That’s right, the design of the Free Telephony Project IP-PABX is open for any interested person to review and improve. With the first Free Telephony Project products now available and in use world-wide, Rowe hopes it will go along way to improving the availability of voice services in developing nations. In this edition of Open Source Identity, TechWorld interviews Rowe to uncover the burgeoning business of open product development.

By Rodney Gedda | 23 October, 2008 12:06

Tags: asterisk, codec, ip-pabx, opensource, open source identity, telephony, uclinux

Microsoft exec touts mixed source ventures

Microsoft has been making moves on the licensing front and accommodations with open source, such as its controversial 2006 agreement with Novell pertaining to Suse Linux. Looking to elaborate on Microsoft's activities, Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft vice president and deputy general counsel for Intellectual Property and Licensing, met last week with Paul Krill in San Francisco. Companies today, Gutierrez said, have become "mixed source" ventures rather than the world being divided up between open source and proprietary.

By Paul Krill | 21 October, 2008 07:54

Tags: open source, software applications

The A-Z of Programming Languages: BASH/Bourne-Again Shell

Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. Previously we spoke to Alfred v. Aho of AWK fame, and in this article we chat to Chet Ramey about his experience maintaining Bash.

By Naomi Hamilton | 30 May, 2008 09:43

Tags: a-z of programming languages

Eclipse grows beyond Java tools

Mike Milinkovich is the executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, a nonprofit that oversees an open source community focused on application development tools. Founded by IBM in 2001, Eclipse became independently managed in 2004 and now boasts that more than 4 million people worldwide use Eclipse and Eclipse-based products. EBay, for example, used Eclipse to build much of its online architecture. Milinkovich this week discussed the Eclipse organization and its goals with Senior Writer Jon Brodkin.