Open Source Software

Malaysian government to boost open source software

MDeC, SUN to grow open source companies in two years By AvantiKumar KUALA LUMPUR, 4 DECEMBER 2008 – To boost the use of open-source software, the Malaysian intends to grow 15 globally open source corporations within two years....

Open Source ERP CRM: Opentaps

Opentaps is a an open source ERP + CRM suite sponsored by Open Source Strategies Inc., and developed by full-time professional developers with the help of a community of contributors, recently adopted by Honeywell...

Open Source alternative to Macromedia Flash Professional | OpenLaszlo

OpenLaszlo is an open-source platform for the development and delivery of rich Internet applications on the World Wide Web. The OpenLaszlo platform consists of three main components: The OpenLaszlo compiler takes an OpenLaszlo...

Roadmap: Open source to take over mainstream IT

Within the next 12 years, 40 percent of IT jobs will be related to open source, and open-source-based cloud computing will be solving many problems in the real world, open-source advocates have predicted. The predictions were...

VMware and SpringSource integrate on virtual Java roadmap

VMware has expanded its relationship with SpringSource to support an unfolding virtual appliance roadmap utilizing Linux and open-source Java. SpringSource said Wednesday it's developing a series of appliance images for...

A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source

New York Times: "That in itself isn't unique. More unusual is that Mr. Curtis, an 11-year veteran of Microsoft, the world's largest software company, believes deeply that open source is the future of software."

Nokia Finalizes Symbian Acquisition

The move is an important step in making Symbian a royalty-free open source mobile operating system. By Marin Perez InformationWeek While the unveiling of the N97 touch-screen smartphone garnered most of the attention at Nokia...

Move Over Open Source, Lean Software is the New Black for Developers

Forrester analyst John Rymer says he believes the industry must move to Lean Software as the next development paradigm in order to move ahead. Lean Software is an approach to building software that promotes simplicity and...

Save up to 96pc on ECM with Open Source stack

Alfresco whitepaper details TCO comparative analysis; provides clarity on real costs of ECM LONDON, UK: Alfresco Software Inc., a leader in open source enterprise content management (ECM), has released a comparative analysis of...

Dimdim Exits Beta, Releases Source Code, Launches SynchroLive

Firm simultaneously releases full source code; delivers on promise to enable the world's least expensive and easiest web conferences Boston, MA December 3, 2008 -- Dimdim, the world's open source web conferencing company, today...