We often discuss the many benefits of open source software. The single most important factor, the one that all benefits emerge from, is open . Source: Tech
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Freeplane 1.3.12
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•Freeplane is a free and open source software application that supports thinking, sharing information and getting things done at work, in school and at home. The software can be used for mind mapping and analyzing the information contained in mind maps. Source: Tech
Bug Accidentally Shut Down Military Open Source Software Portal
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•A software bug inadvertently has knocked out the military’s system for developing open source software, according to the Defense Department. A data center supporting Forge.mil executed computer instructions that accidentally “corrupted all Forge.mil systems,” Defense Information Systems Agency officials said in a notice released early Monday. Source: Tech
Survey: Control, Not Cost Savings, Drives IT’s Love for Open Source
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•A new survey released Wednesday shows that more IT professionals are embracing open source software, with control and business continuity outweighing the cost savings as factors. The Ponemon Institute polled nearly 1,400 IT professionals in the U.S. and in 18 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa about their perceptions of open source software versus…
The Internet Is Broken, and Shellshock Is Just the Start of Our Woes
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•Brian Fox drove from Boston to Santa Barbara, with two tapes stashed in his trunk. These weren’t music tapes or video tapes. They were computer tapes—two massive reels loaded software code and data, the sort you can see spinning on furniture-sized computers in classic movies like Dr. Strangelove and Three Days of the Condor. The year was 1987,…
OpenStack Summit Paris Schedule Launches with 326 Speakers, 200+ Sessions
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•From more than 1,100 submissions, 326 speakers have been selected to present more than 200 sessions at the 10th OpenStack Summit , which will be held . The week-long event brings together users, developers, telco/service provider visionaries and enterprise CIOs to collaborate on the future of the largest open source software project in the cloud…
Facebook's TODO Aims To Improve Open Source
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•The goal of the collaboration is to address the challenges faced by companies like Facebook when attempting to implement open source software and programs, or when developing their own open source projects internally. The company described the collaboration as an attempt to create a roadmap to help other organizations develop their own open source programs.…
IRS policy that targeted Tea Party groups also aimed at open source projects
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•The IRS denied a proposal to grant 501 status to Yorba , a nonprofit organization that develops open source software for the Linux desktop. Source: Tech
Linaro announces Android Open Source Project port for ARMv8-A…
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•Following the recent announcement of the AndroidTM L Developer Preview supporting the 64-bit ARMv8-A architecture, Linaro, the collaborative engineering organization developing open source software for the ARM architecture, today announced that a port of the Android Open Source Project to the ARMv8-A architecture has been made available as part of … (more) Source: Tech
Brocade unveils open SDN and NFV platform for operators
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•The Vyatta Platform combines Brocade’s vRouter and vADX products with open source software projects such as OpenDaylight and OpenStack. Source: Tech