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IT Organizations Turn to Linux in Economic Downturn
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Moving to GNU/Linux: slow-go or rip-and-replace?
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Lots of governments, businesses and individuals are turning to FOSS during the global recession, according to a recently-released study. But how do you go about it? Do you stick a toe in the water, or dive in head-first to your new FOSS computing environment? This article helps new users think out the steps for migrating to Free Software, and gives a couple of examples.
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Is Open Source Ready To Get The Message?
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Exchange may be the last true gem in Microsoft's proprietary software crown. Is that finally about to change for good?
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Hire Open Source Developers -- or Partner With Them?
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Everywhere we turn these days, we see evidence of open source developers trading their time and hard work for little more than the hope of benefiting the ever-growing open source community.
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Novell is Feeding the Shills-for-Hire from IDC
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Novell pays IDC for GNU/Linux studies, but it mistakenly feeds one of the most FOSS-hostile and corruptible groups out there
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Linux: Save The Earth, Save A Buck?
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Some IT users "go green" to save the planet. Others do it to save money. Either way, Linux has a lot to offer any green-minded small business.
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Small firms can benefit from open source
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Ahead of the first-ever Open Source Software (OSS) BarCamp event, which will take place on 28 March in Dublin, chief-organiser Laura Czajkowski has said that small-to-medium businesses have much to gain from open source, even if it is just to realise that there are alternatives out there.
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Microsoft's CEO says GNU/Linux a bigger threat than Apple
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently gave a presentation in which he said that GNU/Linux has more market share and poses a greater threat to Microsoft's profitability than does Apple.
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Novell's SUSE Linux futures
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Novell is in trouble. As Novell CFO Dana Russell said during the recent earnings call, "Our Linux business is dependent on large deals, which may result in some fluctuations of our quarterly invoicing. Moving ahead, Novell plans on reducing the prices of its products.
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Open Source Games Funding Survey
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Can open source game development be funded? Fill in this survey and read the results later!
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Ubuntu for Business: The Missing Pieces
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In my mind, the core business functions required of a computer system are email access, word processor, spreadsheet and the ability to collaborate by having access to shared documents all within a secure framework to prevent any unauthorised access or malicious activity. A Windows Server/Desktop solution is the only one I know of that can currently satisfy these functions out of the box.
Read more »Escaping From Vendor Lock-in With FOSS
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Could your company become a victim of vendor lock-in? If you rely entirely on proprietary software, you very well could be. What exactly is this vendor lock-in of which I speak? It is a way of ensuring that you, the consumer, will only be able to use specific products as set forth by select manufacturers.
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Evidence-Based Open Source Adoption
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I mentioned to a friend of mine the other day how I was replacing Word with OpenOffice in the long run. He replied that they use OO exclusively at his place of work.
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Making money with Free Software
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Anoop John, CEO of Zyxware technologies and initiator of the Freedom Walk, writes a detailed arcticle about economic model of Free Software. He is looking for comments as it will be published in a engineering college magazine.
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How Acquia makes Drupal more valuable
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The better a project’s commercial arm the faster that project can progress. Drupal offers a great example.
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