What People Really Think About Linux and Open Source and The Fanatics Who Support It.

http://www.grumpynerd.com/?p2 Read the comments! They are hysterical ! And like the article, right on target when describing why Linux sucks and why the community is a collection of fanatics. Like this one for example: ***************Quote ...

Message posted on the May 5th, 2013 - 12:29 PM ET

New Bicycle and Pedestrian Routing and Domestic Transit Option Provide for Broader Use on Open-source MapQuest Sites

MapQuest, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL), today announced the launch of additional routing options with bike and pedestrian directions available on each of its 27 open-source sites, and a ...

Press published on the March 3rd, 2011 - 12:30 PM ET

Seagate Embraces Open Source: Joins the OpenStack Foundation and Open Compute Project

Company Commits to Drive Innovation through Open Source Relationships.

Press published on the February 20th, 2013 - 7:00 AM ET

AppFog Joins OpenStack Community; Champions Developers through Commitment to Open Source and Open PaaS

AppFog, the leading Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), today announced its expanded support for OpenStack, the open source cloud operating system, at the Goldman Sachs Cloud Computing Conference. During his presentation, ...

Press published on the May 8th, 2012 - 1:00 PM ET

AquaFold Launches AquaClusters Cloud-Based Social Collaboration Tools for the Open Source Software Community

AquaFold, Inc. has launched AquaClusters.com, a new social collaboration tool for software developers and the Open Source community. AquaClusters features a simple but powerful design that is helping redefine how ...

Press published on the November 15th, 2011 - 10:00 AM ET

Talend Simplifies Big Data Further with New Release of Enterprise Open Source Integration Platform

Open source software leader advances next-generation integration solution with big data profiling for Hadoop, support of major NoSQL databases and increased usability features.

Press published on the November 5th, 2012 - 7:59 AM ET

Dell and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Create Preservation Archive with Open Source Fedora Repository Software

One of the largest public university libraries in the country uses open source software on Dell DX Object Storage Platform to manage and protect digital assets University lowers storage total cost of ownership ...

Press published on the September 27th, 2012 - 11:00 AM ET

Myricom Joins Open Information Security Foundation to Add Extreme Performance Ethernet Technology to Suricata Open-Source Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions

Myricom is partnering with the OISF to enhance open-source software solutions to meet the cyber-security needs of government and enterprise customers..

Press published on the July 10th, 2012 - 1:01 AM ET

Open Source ruled OK for gov purchase

Open Source ruled OK for gov purchase - http://www.zdnet.com/global-open-source-vendors-gain-new-leg-up-in-selling- to-us-agencies-thanks-to-favorable-talend-ruling-7000008696/ Government ruling paves the way for open source software vendors to ...

Message posted on the December 13th, 2012 - 5:55 PM ET

UK government mandates open source for all projects

UK government mandates open source for all projects http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240179643/Government-mandates-preference-for-open-source In a section titled “When to use open source”, the manual says: “Use open source ...

Message posted on the March 16th, 2013 - 5:27 PM ET

I Hate Open Source Software - Why Open Source Sucks

Here is a great article on why Open Source software sucks. http://www.grumpynerd.com/?p2 Some tidbits: "Linux Sucks That¢s right I just called out the crown jewel of the open source movement. Linux is great if you¢re building a ...

Message posted on the February 2nd, 2013 - 7:05 PM ET

UK Gov orders all government bodies to follow open source principles

UK Gov orders all government bodies to follow open source principles http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/Open-Standards-Principles-FINAL.pdf As of Nov.1 2012, it is no longer possible for government departments to ...

Message posted on the November 2nd, 2012 - 7:51 PM ET

AMD's Open Source Linux Driver Trounces NVIDIA's

<http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/05/02/1421258/amds-open-source-linux-driver-trounces-nvidias> <quote> "In a 15-way graphics card comparison on Linux of both the open and closed-source drivers, it was found that the open-source ...

Message posted on the May 2nd, 2013 - 12:32 PM ET

Open Source EU -- 450 Billion Yearly

According to one study, Open Source software is saving the European Union 114 Billion Euros a year. ~~ Contribution of open source to Europe's economy: 450 billion per year The European economy is saving around 114 billion euro per year by using ...

Message posted on the October 12th, 2012 - 7:54 AM ET