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	Red Hat drops Xen from from enterprise Linux software | Android in 2013: Ecosystem
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	Red Hat announces Enterprise Linux 6 Beta Availability Ben Whaley: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, now a staple in data centers of all shapes and sizes, enters its ninth year of availability this month with the announcement of version 6. The release was more than three years in the making. Read More WEBCAST: Flexera Software Best Practices for Building Linux Installers Linux developers, stop building RPM packages that don't install properly. Watch this Webinar to learn how to build professional Linux installers fast that install your applications reliably on Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and more.Learn how the world's biggest software companies are building error-free installers for their Linux applications. Listen Today In this Issue Red Hat drops Xen from from enterprise Linux software Android in 2013: Ecosystem Just because it's free doesn't make it open source The future of open source is in the middle ET Phone Home Using Open Source Four Considerations When Using Open Source in Production Open source hacker tool, Metasploit, gains new features Cisco's move to open-source its Telepresence is genius Android in 2013: Applications Change We Can Believe In - The White House Develops Open Source Code Linux-based Android OS ported to iPhone Intel's Meego OS to reach mainstream laptops From Open Source Subnet WEBCAST: Actuate Solve Data Needs: BIRT Defined This webcast will give you a primer on BIRT including the technology and the community. BIRT can help you overcome the challenge of delivering accurate and meaningful data to users while minimizing IT development efforts. Learn more today! Red Hat drops Xen from from enterprise Linux software Red Hat's beta release of RHEL 6.0 adds cloud features and removes Xen. Read More Android in 2013: Ecosystem Mark Murphy: This is part five in a continuing overview of where Android may wind up in 2013. Previous posts in the series examined the smartphone segment, other devices, OS capabilities, and applications. Today, we'll look at the broader Android ecosystem and make some predictions of what is in store for the lil' green guy. Read More Just because it's free doesn't make it open source Amy Vernon: The burgeoning love affair the world has with "open-source" seems to be confusing some. Free does not equal open source. And open source does not equal free. Read More The future of open source is in the middle Amy Vernon: Open source, Erik Troan emphasizes, is not a business model. It's not an economic model. It's not a technological model. It's a set of value propositions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Challenges of Log Management for UNIX and Linux Systems In this new Quest Software white paper, learn the value of monitoring and audit trails, and see how a third-party log management solution helps your business stay safe AND in compliance. Read More ET Phone Home Using Open Source Alan Shimel: I don't know if the HAL 9000 ran open source or not. But the search for extra terrestrial intelligence (SETI) is turning to open source for help to find any ETs out there. Read More Four Considerations When Using Open Source in Production Kim Weins: Most IT staff and developers have no problem technically evaluating open source software.  However, they often overlook other considerations that could mean success or failure of a production system. Read More Open source hacker tool, Metasploit, gains new features Open Source Subnet blog: The open-source penetration testing tool Metasploit will soon have a commercial version, Metasploit Express, built on the popular Metasploit Framework. The commercial version has been the source of much speculation, since Rapid7 bought Metasploit last year. Read More Cisco's move to open-source its Telepresence is genius Amy Vernon: Though Cisco was simply fulfilling a legal requirement when it announced it would release the code behind its Telepresence Interoperability Protocol as open source, it is surely good business sense. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Server Virtualization: Breaking Performance Barriers Server virtualization reduces cost, increases availability and enhances business agility. But for many companies, a focus only on cost reduction can become a problem. Download this HP white paper to learn how to reap virtualization's additional benefits, including built-in, cost-effective high availability & disaster recovery. Learn More Android in 2013: Applications Mark Murphy: The "Android in 2013" blog post series has looked at Android proper to date: on smartphones, on other devices, and the OS itself. Today, let's prognosticate on what may well happen in the world of Android applications. Read More Change We Can Believe In - The White House Develops Open Source Code Alan Shimel: The White House as part of their effort to have the whitehouse.gov site on an open platform announced that they have contributed several modules and code they have developed under an open source license back to the Drupal community. Read More Linux-based Android OS ported to iPhone John Cox: A programmer has created a video showing a jailbroken iPhone running both the Apple operating system and second OS: the Linux-based Android firmware. Read More Intel's Meego OS to reach mainstream laptops Intel is developing an edition of the Linux-based Meego OS that will work on mainstream laptops and desktops, a company executive said this week. Read More From Open Source Subnet This newsletter features items from Network World's Open Source Subnet, your daily source for news, blogs and discussions on open source software in the enterprise. Follow Open Source Subnet on Twitter @OSSubnet. Read More
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