Archive for July, 2009

Posted on July 30, 2009 - by admin

Open source revenues on the rise, says IDC | IT PRO

A new report from IDC has predicted open source revenues will rise to $8.1 million by 2013, thanks to the economy and a growth in acceptance of the technology.

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Posted on July 30, 2009 - by admin

Is Open Source Now Getting More Unopen? | WATBlog.com – Web …

Shockingly yes, if nothing else in the mobile world. Dr Andreas Constantinou’s research report on Mobile megatrends in 2009 points out that now open is the new.

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Posted on July 29, 2009 - by admin

Open-Source Project Aims to Makes Secure DNS Easier – CIO.com …

A group of developers has released open – source software that gives administrators a hand in making the Internet’s addressing system less vulnerable to hackers.

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Posted on July 29, 2009 - by admin

Omega: Fedora For The Rest of Us

The Fedora Project is one of the most popular Linux distributions, however its position on non-free software and proprietary codecs isn’t for everyone. But thanks to Fedora’s ability to create Remix versions of the disto with anything you like, Omega attempts to bridge the divide.

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Posted on July 29, 2009 - by admin

X-Planes Explained: Lockheed Martin Releases Open Source Social …

But if you thought that was a fairly entertaining use of aeronautical social media usage, you haven’t had the pleasure of of being exposed to Lockheed Martin’s open source propriet…

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Posted on July 29, 2009 - by admin

Beyond the hype: Where open source actually saves you money …

Talk to any open – source vendor (myself included), and we’ll tell you that there’s a lot of money to be saved by dropping your proprietary software in favor of open – source alternatives. But is that always the case? …

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Posted on July 29, 2009 - by admin

Update: Wind Atlas of Spain – Which Open Source Platform? – All …

Page title: Update: Wind Atlas of Spain – Which Open Source Platform?. Categories: ESRI, Open Source .

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Posted on July 29, 2009 - by admin

Open Source Threatens to Disrupt, Expand Online Video Market -

As countless organizations find themselves in the awkward position of trying to expand video offerings while cutting costs, an open – source platform has emerged to save them money and disrupt the online video market. …

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Posted on July 29, 2009 - by admin

Enterprise IT Hits Bottom – Open Source Holds an Intervention …

The study released today shows, “worldwide revenue from open source software will grow at a 22.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to reach $8.1 billion by 2013. This forecast is considerably higher than 2008 for three reasons: (1) …

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Posted on July 29, 2009 - by admin

Of Spiders and Scrapers: Decomposing Web Pages 101

Not all sites proffer slick RESTful interfaces and XML feeds. In those cases, collecting data requires some good, old-fashioned scraping

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