Open Source

Business Gmail Won’t Fly – Till It’s Off Google’s Servers

Gmail can meet the needs of individuals, but enterprises won't trust it until Google frees Gmail and Google Apps from…

15 years ago

Red Hat Doffs Latest Fedora

The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project on June 9 announced the availability of Fedora 11, the latest version of its free…

15 years ago

Microsoft and OpenDocument Format – At Last Some Compatibility?

Microsoft supports ODF and OpenOffice is Office-compatible. We'd be in file format heaven, if it weren't for the difference between…

15 years ago

Digital Minister Tom Watson To Stand Down

Tom Watson, the man credited with being the UK government's first blogger and encouraging use of open source is leaving…

15 years ago

New OpenSolaris: Faster And Better

Sun's new OpenSolaris 2009.06 is faster - and has better networking thanks to Project Crossbow

15 years ago

EC: Time For Europe To Share Open Source Secrets

The European Commission wants more government departments to share open source project code and learnings

15 years ago

Government Open Source: Doomed Without Political Will

Government IT departments can't get open source intalled without political backing, according to a senior figure in the iconic Munich…

15 years ago

IBM Luring Unix Customers Onto Linux Mainframes

IBM, which is seeing a continued resurgence in the mainframe space, is offering new migration services and financial incentives in…

15 years ago

Google Hands Out “Donut” Android 2.0

At its recent Google I/O developer conference, Google dished out a preview demo of “Donut,” the 2.0 version of the…

15 years ago

Romania Issues €100 Million To Microsoft Without Bids

Contracts are drafted to exclude any alternatives and hand the money over to Redmond, say local activists

15 years ago

In The Euro Election, Vote For Free Software!

The open source movement wants to see government contracts open to proper competitive tendering. Let's see how that issue plays…

15 years ago

Free Software To Become A Euro Election Issue

Free software pact gives supporters something better to vote on than disgust over MP's expenses

16 years ago

Red Hat Sues Switzerland Over Microsoft Monopoly

£8 million a year to Microsoft, with no public bidding. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, say open…

16 years ago

The Time Is Right For Desktop Linux, Says Report

Open source desktops haven't been a hit so far, but the recession, virtualisation, and the failure of Vista could change…

16 years ago

Mozilla Prism Makes Web Apps Behave Like Desktop Apps

Business and netbook users of web apps will find Prism a particular time saver and it helps web app developers…

16 years ago

OpenOffice.org 3.1: Better Performance

The 3.0 release of OpenOffice left some issues in the productivity suite. This new version makes a good job of…

16 years ago

Why The Mainframe Will Never Die

Users need support in ever more demanding workloads, greening strategies and cloud computing models, which guarantees the mainframe's continuing relevance,…

16 years ago

Intel And Novell Planning Netbook Linux Platform

Novell announced it will create a Moblin-based product for netbooks that it will push to OEMs and ODMs.

16 years ago

Oracle Is Nuts To Stick With Sun Hardware

Larry Ellison has committed Oracle to investing more in Sun's SPARC, apparently because he think servers are like iPhones. That's…

16 years ago

London Olympics Says No To Open Source

Despite a mission to make the games as financially and environmentally sustainable as possible, the organisers of London 2012 have…

16 years ago

Microsoft To Lose Another 3000 Staff

That more or less completes the 5000 announced earlier. But there could be more in store

16 years ago

Office 2007 Service Pack 2: A Major Update

Tighter server integration keeps Office ahead of Linux/OpenOffice, but SP2 could create headaches for IT organisations.

16 years ago

Will Oracle Ditch Sun’s Open-Source Commitments?

Sun has an impressive list of open source projects. How many will survive if Oracle takes over?

16 years ago

Ubuntu 9.04: Modest Desktop Improvements And New Server Apps

Serving both desktop and server roles, Ubuntu 9.04 comes with build-your-own compute cloud software and a netbook tweaked version.

16 years ago

Microsoft Bets on Premium Laptops, Not Netbooks, for Windows

Windows revenue may be down, but it will take more than that to make Microsoft embrace the netbook

16 years ago

Budget: Small Businesses Need To Adapt

Video: small businesses have plenty to get to grips with in the new budget - this panel advises how the…

16 years ago

Oracle Will Dim The Lights Of Sun

Oracle's acquisition will end one of the most inspirational high-tech companies in Silicon Valley history. And it's a sad day…

16 years ago

MySQL Community Response to Oracle-Sun Deal Mixed

The question "Oracle good, or Oracle bad, for MySQL?" was generally met with a smile first, then a measured, thoughtful…

16 years ago