Open Source Software Goes to Work
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Businesses don't have to dump Windows to test drive free or low-price applications whose use may improve the bottom line.
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Linux advocates have long insisted that open-source development results in better and more secure software. Now they have statistics to back up their claims.
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Gone are the days when free software could blithely ignore what was happening in the world of proprietary code.  The two approaches are now inextricably intertwined as more and more users and companies choose to run both.  One paradoxical consequence of this is that as free software becomes more widely deployed, Microsoft's impact on it becomes greater.  Against this background, a recent shift in Microsoft's public statements about open source assumes a particular importance.
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KDE and GNOME, the open-source software projects that together form the face of most Linux installations, have undergone revisions that boost their usability and enterprise readinessâadvances that build the case for Linux as a viable alternative to
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Open source doesn't necessarily automatically translate into better paid support for customers.  But it does offer a lot more options and aligns customers with vendors more tightly.
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In a bid to bring Linux to the marketplace, the open-source community and manufacturers agree on new rules for Linux. The often unruly world of open-source software drew closer to marching in lockstep Monday
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Open Solutions Alliance hopes to make open-source software programs work better together.
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The US Dept. of Homeland Security and two research partners have detected significant flaws in Samba, Python, Perl, and about 180 other open source projects -- but fixes are on the way.
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The company launches an open-source software effort to further its plans to make Fibre Channel over Ethernet a reality.
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Company hopes to encourage more software vendors to build apps for the alternative OS.
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Linux-based Open Workgroup Suite includes enterprise server and clients, plus tools.
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Open-source backers plan to launch a "census" project next year that would allow companies -- using a tool devised by OpenLogic -- to figure out how extensively they use open-source software.
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As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways.
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Following up on the success of the Firefox open source Web browser, released by the Mozilla Foundation last fall, open source software developers are readying some new products aimed at a consumer market still dominated by proprietary software.
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It seems that the proprietary world is doing just fine in the face of open source.  But for how long?
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Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.
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PC Magazine - Opinion: Microsoft's open-source pledge is a good step.