Two primary factors are at play in the continuing adoption of open source business applications. First is the emergence of Web 2.0 user-driven content and video sites. Getting more bang for the software buck is also a powerful motivating force, according to Jim Connolly, director of software development for financial technology company Kettley.
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Open Source for Business: Now More Than Ever, Part 1
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Mexico's Largest Mortgage Lender Chooses SUSE
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The Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda (INFONAVIT), Mexico's largest mortgage lender, has tapped SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell as its platform for customer transactions. Providing services to more than 12 million people and 830,000 employers, INFONAVIT has deployed SUSE Linux Enterprise as the basis for its new payment collection system.
Read more »Why HP Still Believes In Unix
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A decade ago, Intel was shipping the Pentium II processor and Linux was a fringe operating system used by a few Internet fanatics. No one at the time would ever have thought the two in combination would be a match for Sun's SPARC/Solaris combination, HP's PA-RISC/HP-UX, IBM's POWER/AIX or SGI's MIPS/IRIX.
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Open source entrepreneur turns his hobby into an Inc. 500 enterprise
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iFAX, a commercial company that is built on open source fax server software HylaFAX, was recently included in Inc. Magazine's 2007 list of the top 500 fastest growing companies in the United States. iFAX founder Darren Nickerson says one of the keys to iFAX's success has been its commitment to the open source community behind HylaFAX. "Our success is tied to the openness of the software."
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HP: Linux ready for most applications
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Linux is ready to take on a more serious role in enterprises, a senior Hewlett-Packard executive has said.
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Novell’s Linux Business Does NOT Climb Since its Deal with Microsoft (Updated)
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The press if going ga-ga after Justin Steinman’s claim that Novell is doing well despite and because of the deal with Microsoft. But Justin is a PR agent, and the reporters do not bother to perform a quick and independent sanity check.
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Windows alternatives gain ground
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New versions of Linux and Mac strengthen their reputations as less expensive, user-friendly office backbones
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E-tailer saves £56000 by switching to Linux
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An online retailer has saved more than £56,000 in software licensing costs after moving its IT platform from Microsoft Windows to Linux.
Moving from Windows 2003 Server to a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server has also enabled the company to extend the life of the four-year-old servers that were unable to run newer versions of Windows.
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GNU Herds: The Job Site With a Free Software Focus
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People interested in offering and seeking jobs specifically related to Free Software might find the GNU Herds project interesting...
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Open source vendor takes on Microsoft Project
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A new open source player is taking on Microsoft’s project management suite, but faces a tough challenge.
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Source of freedom
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Welcome to the world of open source software, as opposed to the proprietary software that provides large and enduring revenue streams for Bill Gates and Larry Ellison.
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Can Ubuntu Linux Really Run My Small Business?
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So Ubuntu is hot, but is it good enough to trust with your mission-critical business operations?
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OpenOffice.org Free Software Proves a Success at WalMart
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Delegates gathered in Barcelona, Spain for the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference heard how their software has proved a hit with a whole new market segment in the US.
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The Most Irritating Question in the World
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I thought I'd post about the Most. Irritating. Question. Ever: "OMG! Like, how are Open Source developers gonna get paid???"
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IBM Symphony falls on deaf ears without open source e-mail, calendar
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IBM’s debut of its homegrown open source version of OpenOffice without e-mail or collaboration features is not surprising but nevertheless disappointing.
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