Archive for May, 2009

Posted on May 29, 2009 - by admin

The 8th Voyager: MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference 2009

This international open source event consists of hackathon, forum, exhibition, talks, etc. for sharing and exchanging ideas on technical advancements, applications, development and business cases on open source , and its positive impact …

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The 8th Voyager: MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference 2009

Posted on May 29, 2009 - by admin

Working Knowledge: Microsoft vs. Open Source | CMS Report

Microsoft vs. Open Source : Who Will Win? Using formal economic modelling, professors Pankaj Ghemawat and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell consider the competitive dynamics of the software wars between Microsoft and open source .

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Posted on May 28, 2009 - by admin

gushi: Open Source Dumbassery

Open Source Dumbassery. I love people who are consultants, hired to solve a problem, and try to turn to an open – source community to do their job for her.

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Posted on May 28, 2009 - by admin

Why Invest in Open Source Management Apps Now? – CIO.com …

Vendors are addressing scalability, security and support concerns that have deterred some IT teams from adopting open source management applications, Forrester Research says.

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Posted on May 28, 2009 - by admin

The Return on Investment of Open Source Data Integration | Free …

With cost often viewed as one of the major reasons to adopt open source technologies, the Return On Investment (ROI) of open source must be determined precisely when looking at deploying data integration solutions.

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Posted on May 28, 2009 - by admin

SourceForge acquires Ohloh to target ads at open source coders …

SourceForge, the public company whose properties include code repository SourceForge.net and tech news site Slashdot, announced today that it’s acquiring …

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Posted on May 28, 2009 - by admin

Open source community Ohloh is consumed by SourceForge – TechFlash …

SourceForge today announced that it is gobbling up Bellevue’s Ohloh, a massive directory of more than 300000 open source projects and developers. Terms weren’t disclosed. But based on what I am hearing there might be a few more M&A …

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Posted on May 28, 2009 - by admin

Reason No. 5 to Move to Open Source, Better Quality

Generally speaking, you receive better quality with commercial open source software because of the larger number of reviews the code needs to go through on its way to a production product, and the larger number of people reviewing the …

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Posted on May 28, 2009 - by admin

Computerworld > Open Source Society appeals to Auditor-General

Auditor-General asked to scrutinise government use of Microsoft.

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Posted on May 28, 2009 - by admin

Craftzine.com blog : Open Source Embroidery Exhibition in Sweden

I’m proud to announce an upcoming exhibition, Open Source Embroidery: Open Source Embroidery is a major exhibition of new work and commissions at BildMuseet in Sweden and Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco, USA.

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