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- Google goes all-in with an open source cloud November 23, 2009Google quietly announced last week that its cloud will run nothing but open source software. This is a big deal, but let’s first admit why Google did it. As I have written many times, Google has a big cost advantage when it comes to delivering Internet resources. It’s like America’s nuclear advantage during the Cold War. Anyone who sought to compete with Ame […]Dana Blankenhorn
- Mark Shuttleworth to step down as Canonical CEO in March December 18, 2009Mark Shuttleworth will step down as Canonical’s CEO in March of 2010 but his commitment to the Ubuntu Linux project is expected to remain strong. Shuttleworth will continue to be active on the Ubuntu Community Council and the Ubuntu Technical Board and will focus his attentions on the Linux distribution’s development, partnerships and customers. Effective Ma […]Paula Rooney
- Google Releases EtherPad as Open Source to Calm Users
(PC World) December 18, 2009PC World - Google has released the source code of EtherPad, a Web-hosted word processor designed for real-time workgroup collaboration, in a move aimed at appeasing users of the product who complained about plans to discontinue it.(author unknown)
- First MySQL 5.5 Beta Released December 18, 2009From the Despite the Fight dept.: While MySQL the subject of much high-profile wrangling between the EU and Oracle (and MySQL creator himself), the MySQL developers have been quietly moving the widely-used database software forward. The new beta version of MySQL, the first publicly available, features such improvements as near-asynchronous replication and mo […](author unknown)
- How to Recover Ubuntu after a Partial Upgrade December 14, 2009If your Ubuntu machine is nor working properly after a partial upgrade and have a have broken the system dependencies tree, You can recover it by using a simple command that reinstalls all the installed packages and reconfigures them automatically.This will take a long time to complete.(author unknown)
- 11 open source business models December 2, 2009Critics are always claiming open source lacks a business model. (Let’s Make a Deal is back on TV, on CBS, starring Wayne Brady as Monty Hall. Cross-promotion is a great old business model, don’t you think?) In fact it’s proprietary software that is lacking in imagination. They have only one business model: EULA Ware — Give me money. Now go away. It doesn’t […]Dana Blankenhorn
- Two trends for 2010 together in one Boxee December 9, 2009The Boxee Box, which will make its unofficial debut at CES next year, represents two key trends for 2010: Open source with a standard retail business model. The unity of all media. As our Rachel King observes in her headline, this is an alliance between an open source software company and a hardware outfit, D-Link. This is important, because D-Link knows the […]Dana Blankenhorn
- Linux Contractor Fired for Using Firefox/Linux November 16, 2009This is a complicated story but one that must be told. I'm not sure there is anything that can be done about it except rage at the moon...(author unknown)
- Android 2.0 Source Released, Already Ported To The G1 - Washington Post November 15, 2009ErictricAndroid 2.0 Source Released, Already Ported To The G1Washington PostAs the sun set over the Silicon Valley last night, Google pushed the source code for Android 2.0 to the Android Open Source Project. ...Google Releases Android 2.0 SourceSoftpediaAndroid 2.0 Source Code Released, Ported to T-Mobile G1Android Central (blog)Android 2.0 source code has […](author unknown)
- The MySQL question - free or free-market? November 14, 2009Is MySQL free in a free-market? With the European Commission's ongoing investigation, a debate over what makes free software free has emerged, ironically, centred on how money is made from free software.(author unknown)
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