Why do people choose to participate in Open Source ? It’s always a mix of various reasons, so let’s try to explore and classify them.
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GNU/Linux powers state-of-the-art hearing aid research
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The next generation of digital hearing aids is being developed and
tested on real-time GNU/Linux systems from 64 Studio Ltd, using
dedicated multi-channel audio interfaces and standard Lenovo notebooks.
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This is Why You Do It: Open Source Software Saves Charity
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We love feel-good stories about how open source software helps improve living conditions in third-world countries or comes to the rescue in times of crisis, but this one really takes the cake.
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Asia not ready for key apps to go open source
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Organizations in Asia are not as ready to go open source for key business applications, experts in the region say. Over in the United Kingdom and United States, it is a different story with inclination growing, a survey has shown. An Accenture study of 300 large public- and private-sector organizations in Ireland, the U.K. and U.S.
Read more »How Linux Got To China And The Nordic Open Source Miracle
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Let’s do a small intellectual play: Web 2.0 services, or the current generation’s internet companies globally, are built for the most part on top of the so-called LAMP-stack. In other words their infrastructure is based on Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP – a selection of open source software programs.
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Open source Plex media center to run on LG TVs
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The Plex developers have announced a new partnership with LG Electronics to bring their open source media centre to LG HDTVs and confirmed that a Windows version will be available "later this year"
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Myth: Linux only has 1% market share
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Opponent’s of the Open Source and or Linux community are quick to point to reports that claim that Linux only has a 1 percent market share or a little over. What is the truth about the adoption of Linux?
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Chrome Web Browser Market Share Set to Eclipse Firefox in 2011
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Google Chrome is without doubt the fastest growing web browser in terms of global market share. It was first released as a beta version on September 2008, and in just two years it quickly climbed to third place (behind Internet Explorer and Firefox) eclipsing Apple's Safari.
Read more »An open letter to IDC from ALT Linux CEO Alexey Smirnov
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Considering all of the above, I ask IDC to recall the study “Total cost of ownership of IT infrastructure in Russian schools” as being inconsistent with the facts of the reality and able to mislead the public education system officials and the general public.
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Strong early sales of $140 Android tablet surprise retailer
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Beijing-based international online reseller LightInTheBox.com announced it has had two months of surprisingly strong sales of a seven-inch, $140 Android tablet.
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Samsung unveils Android tablet with 3G telephony
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Samsung Electronics announced its much-anticipated Android consumer tablet, due to ship in Europe in mid-September. The Samsung Galaxy Tab runs Android 2.2 on a 1GHz Cortex-A8 processor, and offers a seven-inch, 1024 x 600 capacitive touchscreen, a three-megapixel camera...
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Toshiba to release 10 inch tablet running Android 2.2
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The Android tablets are coming as Toshiba plans to release its Folio 100 in the fourth quarter of this year and to give it its own software store
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WeTab is based on MeeGo
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Intel and the 4tiitoo developers have confirmed that their upcoming WeTab tablet will run the Linux-based MeeGo mobile operating system
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Chrome August's big winner as Internet Explorer resumes slide
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As browser competition continues to heat up, 2010 looks like the year when the market was repeatedly disrupted. Internet Explorer has not managed to gain share for a third month in a row. Firefox is leveling out while Chrome and Safari continue to grow. Opera? It's hanging on to relevance. Between July and August, Internet Explorer dropped 0.34 percent, a drop smaller than June's or July's gain.
Read more »LiveText - A Crossplatform Online Education System
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In the last couple months I have posted my disgust about two different online education systems that are being used at various colleges around the United States. My dislike for these systems stems from the fact that even though they are web based, they do not adhere to Web Standards.
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