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In A World Without Open Source

Tim Yeaton | Wired | July 2, 2013

In the Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,” we see a graphic example of how small initial changes can lead to monumental consequences over a fairly short time. [...] Read More »

In Their Own Words: Unix Pioneers Remember The Good Times

Julie Sartain | InfoWorld | August 20, 2013

We caught up with the pioneers who brought us the Unix operating system and asked them to share some memories of the early days of Unix development. Read More »

Indian Govt Takes The Open Source Route

Diksha P. Gupta | EFY Times | July 8, 2011

According to the latest draft policy on e-governance, all new projects must work on open source operating systems only. The draft Policy On Device Drivers For Procurement Of Hardware For e-governance says, “Government of India (GOI) endeavours to provide e-governance services, which are technology-neutral, cost effective, interoperable and vendor-neutral. Read More »

Intel CEO Announces Collaboration With Arduino To Inspire Creativity, Learning And Invention With Makers And Students

Press Release | Arduino, Intel | October 3, 2013

Introduces First Intel-Based Arduino-Compatible Development Board; Announces Donation to 1,000 Universities Worldwide Read More »

Intel Uses Open-Source, OpenStack Cloud to Its Advantage

Sean Michael Kerner | eWeek | September 19, 2013

At LinuxCon, Dirk Hohndel, Intel's chief Linux and open-source technologist, explains why Intel is invested in open source and what his company is doing with the OpenStack cloud.

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Intel: The year of the Linux desktop is here

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | ZD Net | September 20, 2013

LinuxCon keynote sessions were kicked off by Intel Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist and Linux kernel developer Dirk Hohndel who said that client computing today is mostly Linux. Read More »

Is Most Of Modern Society Run By Linux?

Staff Writer | Bloomberg TV | July 18, 2013

Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin discusses the ubiquity of Linux in supercomputers, Televisions, smartphones and "most of modern society" with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." Read More »

Is Open Source Software Falling Short?

Matt Hartley | Datamation | February 21, 2012

Open source software has managed to find its way into the minds and hearts of users on all three popular desktop platforms. I know of countless Windows users who enjoy free access to applications such as Firefox, LibreOffice, GIMP, Filezilla, among others. Users of these popular software titles know all to well the benefits of using open source software. Read More »

Is OpenStack the New Linux?

Oliver Rist | InfoWorld | June 7, 2012

As with the early days of Linux, the buzz around OpenStack has risen to a roar, with thousands of community members flocking to conferences from Paris to Seoul. The level of interest and growth is phenomenal.
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Is The Instrument Panel The Next Target For Open Source Software In Cars?

Libby Clark | Linux.com | May 20, 2013

The In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) System has received much of the focus from open source software initiatives in the automotive industry so far with the Automotive Grade Linux working group and the GENIVI alliance. [...] Read More »

It's Time To Pay The Maintainers

Earlier this year, Tidelift conducted a survey of over 1,200 professional software developers and open source maintainers. We found that 83% of professional software development teams would be willing to pay for better maintenance, security, and licensing assurances around the open source projects they use. Meanwhile, the same survey found that the majority of open source maintainers receive no external funding for their work, and thus struggle to find the time to maintain their open source projects. So, to put what we learned succinctly...It's time to pay the maintainers. Not just because they deserve to be compensated for their amazing work creating the software infrastructure our society relies on (they do!). But also because there is a ready-made market of professional developers willing to pay for assurances they are in the best position to provide. Here's an idea for how to do it...

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Italian Genoa To Use Open Source 'Wherever Possible'

Gijs Hillenius | European Commission (EC) | June 20, 2013

The Italian city of Genoa is increasing its use of free and open source software, aiming to reduce its dependency on IT vendors. "The Municipality will favour the use of free software or open source, wherever possible", Genoa announced last week Friday. Read More »

It’s Back: District Court Judge Revives SCO v IBM

Lee Hutchinson | Ars Technica | June 17, 2013

Sad that Game of Thrones has wrapped up its third season? Looking for some drama to fill the time? We've got just the thing for you. One of the Internet's longest-running and most-hated lawsuits is back: SCO v. IBM has been reopened by Utah district court judge David Nuffer. Read More »

Jim Zemlin: 2014-The Open Source Tipping Point

For the last ten years open source has expanded into more and more segments of the computing industry. But as we review 2014, a new story emerges: software development has fundamentally shifted toward an open source model. Especially for the infrastructure software used for scale-out computing, open source is the de facto choice; in fact, it’s virtually impossible to find examples of scale-out infrastructure that is not open source. Read More »

Joi Ito: Open-Source Hardware Is a No Brainer

Barb Darrow | GigaOM | January 11, 2012

Open-source hardware is on its way, and it will foster a new era of innovation, according to MIT Media Lab director Joichi “Joi” Ito. The emergence of freely available hardware designs and near-free components will unleash the same sort of technology innovation that open-source software kicked off a decade or so ago, Ito said Tuesday.

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