Values are important, in a business sense. When your values and those of your customers are in sync, you have a great opportunity for growth. They’re also important politically. They define the boundaries for internal debate, and establish markers for debate with opponents. Transparency may be the most important open source value. Transparency is inherent in every release of open source code.
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How Much Open Source Are You Using?
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Open source software might make it simpler for employees to download and install an application without first having to check that it meets with the company's approval and governance policy. But that freedom also means that application usage in the enterprise can become something of an untamed, unregulated Wild West.
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Open Source VoIP Guide Part 2: Who uses it?
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The Asterisk open source VoIP platform is making "pretty substantial headway" in the business market place, says creator Mark Spencer.
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Red Hat signs on to Sun's open-source Java project
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Red Hat has signed on to participate in Sun Microsystems' open-source Java Standard Edition (SE) project, OpenJDK, and to coordinate its own Java development efforts for Linux with the project.
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Open Source VoIP Guide Part 1: An overview
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Open source is claiming a seat at the table when it comes to Voice over IP - but is it open for business?
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LTSP saves old hardware in Brazilian doctor's office
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Integrated Neurology Service SINEURO's office, located in São Paulo, Brazil, migrated from various versions of Windows (from 98 to XP) on a network of five computers with eight nonskilled computer users. I was the consultant in charge, and I spent no money on new hardware.
Read more »Debian and the grass roots of Linux
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"...Legend has it that the Free Software Foundation (FSF) went looking for someone to coordinate an FSF sponsored release of Linux, and Murdock, then a student at Prudhoe University, responded to the subsequent advert. This version of the story doesn't appear in the histories, so may be apocryphal.
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Bumps on the Road to Document Exchange Nirvana
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The OpenDocument Foundation has announced its plans to sever itself from participation in or further advocacy of its namesake office document format in favor of the World Wide Web Consortium's XHTML (Extensible HTML)-based Compound Document Format.
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How badly is CentOS hurting Red Hat?
Major Reshuffle At Novell India
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Open source project aims to overhaul music search
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Software that listens to and analyzes music is driving a Sun open source project, which aims to build a music recommendation system that surpasses the systems used today by iTunes and Amazon.
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Is Microsoft Hijacking Open Source?
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Like many, I was pretty shocked by the recent Microsoft-EU deal to settle the long-running investigation into interoperability issues. This was not so much because of the way Microsoft has used every kind of delaying tactic it could before eventually agreeing (for the nth time) to try harder in the future.
Read more »67 Million in Revenues, 20 Million In Expenses, 74 Million in Savings, 100 Employees, and Over 120 Million Users
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" It sounds impossible to me as well. But these really are the numbers from Mozilla, the open source project that started at Netscape, was morphed into a non-profit foundation, and most recently, the Mozilla Corporation – a taxable entity owned by the Mozilla Foundation.
Read more »In need of software reform
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There needs to be a reform in how software purchases are counted.
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Open source encroaches into business
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A recent study carried out by Saugatuk Technologies, Open Source as Disruptive Influence, has found that open source software's (OSS) uptake by business has exceeded previous expectations by analysts. The report indicated further uptake in coming years.
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