Interview with Sun's Chief Open Source Officer Simon Phipps About MySQL, Java, OpenJDK and more

Oct 03, 2008

Simon Phipps is responsible for about 750 Open Source projects at Sun Microsystems. Linux Magazine Online spoke with the British developer about topics such as Java and the newly acquired MySQL.

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Richard Stallman: Cloud Computing a Trap

Oct 01, 2008

As an original founder of Open Source, Richard Stallman cautions in an interview with the British Guardian newspaper about the repercussions of cloud computing. His main objection: dependency and loss of control.

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Doghouse: Player Piano Rolls Alas, my love, you do me wrong

Sep 30, 2008

maddog finds out that copyright prevents preserving paper player piano rolls.

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Free Software Projects An up-to-date look at free software and its makers

Sep 30, 2008

Sweet Home 3D gives you classy interior design on most operating systems and in the real world. We'll show you how to experiment with interiors without moving the furniture.

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Video: Burton Group Advisor on Open Source for Corporations

Sep 29, 2008

In the video, Linux Pro Magazine speaks to Chris Howard about the Open Source market. Howard is a leading advisor with the Burton Group, an IT marketing and consulting company for customers with more than 2000 people on staff.

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Richard Stallman's GNU Project Turns 25

Sep 29, 2008

The GNU Project celebrated its 25th birthday on September 27, 2008. With its GCC compiler and bash shell, GNU was ever at the forefront of today's Linux distribution. To kick off the celebration, British humorist Stephen Fry appears in a video in defense of free software.

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IBM's New IT Standards Policy: ISO Is Not Exclusive

Sep 23, 2008

IBM declared in a new corporate policy that it was establishing new IT standards and redefining its ties with the International Standards Organization (ISO). If developing countries want to develop their own standards, IBM is willing to support them. Ramifications are clear regarding the turbulent debate around acceptance of Microsoft's Open Office XML (OOXML) data format.

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Kroah-Hartman Attacks Canonical

Sep 19, 2008

Greg Kroah-Hartman's keynote address at the Linux Plumbers Convention 2008 was officially about the Linux Ecosystem, but started as a direct attack on Ubuntu developer Canonical. He claims that the company contributes next to nothing to kernel development.

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