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Open source vet looks inside Microsoft's SourceForge knockoff
Open source software advocate W. Jason Gilmore attended a recent Microsoft confab for Web developers. Here, he offers views on Microsoft's Codeplex, a code repository that mimics SourceForge. In another column, he discusses Redmond's Linux-friendlier... Column
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Releasing code into open source
Open source issues and strategies expert Don Rosenberg explains the complications involved in opening up closed source code. Ask the Expert
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Evaluating OSS for the enterprise
Open source issues and strategies expert Don Rosenberg explains the process for evaluating open source software for the enterprise. Ask the Expert
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The cost of incorporating open source code
Open source issues and strategies expert Don Rosenberg explains the costs associated with incorporating open source code into your software. Ask the Expert
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Architectural and platform implications in OSS
Open source strategies and expert Don Rosenberg explains that open source trends like "software as a service," greater platform independence and virtualization will only increase. Ask the Expert
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Mozilla fixes several Firefox flaws
Several flaws could be used for man-in-the-middle, spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks. Mozilla has released Firefox 1.5.0.7 to address the problems. Article
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Asterisk in the enterprise: Benefits and best practices for business deployment
Asterisk, the open source IP PBX, boasts a full range of features, functionality and friendliness to support a variety of needs and circumstances. This article highlights a few of those high points and lends perspective to the level of maturity Aster... Tip
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Mainframe programming and open source -- Where's the beef?
While mainframe shops are beginning to scratch the surface of using open source on Big Iron, IT shops aren't taking advantage of open source development. Tip
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Open source stacks move into critical operations
IT managers must understand the changing dynamic of open source software stacks if they hope to benefit from flexibility and vendor independence down the road, says analyst Raven Zachary. Article
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Eclipse director: Open source development bests proprietary
At EclipseWorld, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation Michael Milinkovich told SearchOpenSource.com that Microsoft Vista's 'hairball' of code will be bested by an open source plug-in model. Article