On October 11, 2005, proprietary software maker Xara announced its plans to open the source code to its flagship vector graphics package Xara Xtreme, and with the help of community developers port it to Linux. Today, two years later, the project is stagnant and on the verge of irrelevance, primarily because the company couldn't figure out how to work with the open source community.
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An Open-Source Project with a Marketing Team. Imagine That.
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Many open-source projects begin with a techie who has an itch to scratch. None of the existing tools do exactly what he wants, so he builds his own solution—then makes the source code available to the world at large. Other developers, excited about the new approach (and with an itch in the same hard-to-reach spot), contribute bug fixes or add new features.
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Is free software the way to go?
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" In today’s rapidly changing IT landscape, three important aspects define success: innovation, productivity and cost. FOSS or ‘Free and Open Source Software’ is one that addresses all these (at least partially). What began as a hobby of a few individuals has today grown into a social movement..."
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Sun offers potpourri of open-source plans
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Sun offered informational updates Monday on several ongoing efforts in the open-source arena, including product plans for the OpenSolaris version of the Solaris OS, Java, and the GlassFish application server.
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Free Software for the SMB
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If a business is so inclined, it can get most of the software it needs for free. However, free software users need to look before they leap. "The key is looking at free and open source software that comes with solid support.
Read more »Taiwan's Asustek new laptop PCs to start at $245
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Taiwan's Asustek said on Tuesday it will sell its new low-cost laptop PCs to consumers for as little as T$7,999 ($245) apiece, as it takes aim at more casual users in developed markets, but also that they would be available with the option of Microsoft when initially saying they would be Linux machines only.
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Eee PC posts hot sales on first day in Taipei
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Asustek Computer Inc.'s low-cost laptop, Eee PC, nearly sold out on its first day on sale in Taipei.
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Mozilla working on Firefox 3 visual refresh for Linux
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Mozilla user interface design specialist Alex Faaborg wrote a lengthy blog entry last week about plans for the Firefox 3 visual refresh. Faaborg explained the importance of creating applications that visually integrate with the rest of the operating system and displays screenshots of the new default Firefox 3 themes for Mac OS X and Vista.
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Paragent Released as Open Source
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Paragent has recently released their web-based desktop management application as open source. It runs on Linux, and supports Windows clients. Functionality includes hardware and software inventory, alerting, remote desktop and help desk functionality.
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Novell lays off 250 U.S. workers
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Software developer's Provo operations to shed 200 jobs, offshoring positions to India
Novell is laying off 250 software development positions in the United States and offshoring the majority of these to its operations in Bangalore, India. The company announced the layoffs to its workers today.
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Government geeks send their bosses to open source
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I’m home in Portland (arguably the open source software conference capital of the world) for the third annual GOSCON get-together. Linux Foundation Executive Director and keynote speaker Jim Zemlin says he may have been mistaken in thinking that attendees were fairly well-versed in Linux and open source.
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Blue Skies for Open Source
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Weather.com, the online arm of Atlanta-based Weather Channel Interactive Inc., last month moved its final customer-facing, proprietary application to open source. Chief Technology Officer Dan Agronow doesn’t say whether his staff broke a bottle of bubbly over the new MySQL app server that replaced an Oracle system, but you can tell he’s happy.
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Novell eyes Linux in Asia
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Novell Suse Linux is positioning itself to be the corporate Linux of choice for today's multi-OS corporation thanks to a series of agreements with companies such as SAP and Microsoft.
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Open Source Gains Ground in Survey of IT Pros
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Security professionals favor open source software about as much as proprietary solutions for IT deployments, a vendor survey suggests
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Wikipedians Promise New Search Engine
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"...Wales made his intentions official at a March 8 news conference in Tokyo, where he said that his new for-profit company, Wikia, would lead a project to launch a community-driven, open-source search site by the end of 2007 [...] Wikia Search has a somewhat confusing genealogy.
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