MySQL Founder Monty Widenius Departs Sun
Feb 06, 2009Michael "Monty" Widenius, long associated with MySQL, has decided to leave Sun Microsystems. His plan is to pursue open source software development again as an independent agent, and he also sees a future in gastronomy that should benefit all database developers.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- GNOME Gnome -- free desktop environment
Feb 05, 2009Gnome is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering free desktop environment of Linux and Linux-like systems that is especially focused on offering easy access.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- Blender Blender -- 3 Dimensional Software Creation Suite
Feb 05, 2009Blender is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering 3-Dimensional Software Creation for professionals.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- Debian GNU/Linux Debian -- the free Linux distribution
Feb 05, 2009Debian is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering a free Linux operating system Java-written platform for knowledge management.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- KDE KDE -- graphical work environment and applications
Feb 05, 2009KDE is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering the graphical work environment and many applications for Linux users.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- i-doit i-doit -- ITIL Conformant Project Documentation
Feb 03, 2009i-doit is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering a tool for project documentation conformant to ITIL.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- AdempiereERP AdempiereERP -- True Open Source Enterprise Ressource Planning
Feb 03, 2009AdempiereERP is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering an enterprise ressource planning for the German market.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge - GOsa² GOsa² -- Central Software and Ressource Management
Feb 03, 2009GOsa² is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering a central management of software. Although not known to many, they help out in large projects already, for example in the LiMux project in the City of Munich, Germany.
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