Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Software patents unaffected by Court ruling; Linux guru on security, KVM, Android

  Bilski and The Dirty Little Secret of Software Patents | Linux guru offers advice on Android tablets, Linux security and virtualization
 
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Supreme Court ruling dashes hopes that software patents will go away
Julie Bort: Free software advocates who despise software patents were hoping that a case pending before the Supreme Court would more-or-less abolish them. But, alas, that is not to be. Read More


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Bilski and The Dirty Little Secret of Software Patents
Kim Weins: There is a lot of discussion this week after the US Supreme Court issued a ruling on the Bilksi lawsuit. The ruling will have very little impact on the way people do business around patents. Read More

Linux guru offers advice on Android tablets, Linux security and virtualization
Podcast: Julie Bort catches up with Jonathan Corbet, executive editor of LWN.net. Corbet is co-author of Linux Device Drivers and a Linux kernel contributor. (19:18) Read More

Has Chrome's growth come at the expense of Firefox?
Amy Vernon: Firefox has long been the darling of the open source community. When Google released Chrome, another open-source web browser, it seemed the two combined might be able to bring down Microsoft's beheamoth once and for all. Read More


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IDC: Read about the exponential growth in file-based storage. Learn how having intelligence on data stored can help storage managers make smarter decisions about data storage, protection, archiving, retention, and disposition. Read Now.

Extreme CRM Makeover, Open Source Edition - Episode 1
Alan Shimel: This will be the first in a series of articles called "Extreme CRM Makeover - Open Source Edition". Just like the TV show, we are going to do a total makeover. Except instead of a house, it is of a company's CRM solution. Read More

Mozilla likes HTML5 over Flash
Amy Vernon: Mozilla has joined the chorus in declaring HTML5 as the way of the future. Read More

Following the invisible thread of software into the future
Phil Odence: IBM Rational GM, Danny Sabbah's keynote at the recent Innovate conference painted an inspiring future picture for anyone involved with software. He described the pivotal role of software-powered Smarter Products in IBM's vision of a Smarter Planet. Read More


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Venture Capital Continues To Pour Dollars In To Commercial Open Source
Alan Shimel: After an initial gold rush of VC investment in open source based businesses a few years back, investment in commercial open source companies seemed to be cooling off. Not anymore. Read More

Open source: inalienable right or company prerogative?
Eric Gries: How much code should be contributed for an open source project? Anyone working with open source code has to address the question eventually. Read More

Multi-tenant Architecture Is No More Fatal To Open Source Than It Is to Other Software
Alan Shimel: In an interview in Forbes last week OpSource CEO Treb Ryan says that open source has a fatal flaw. It was built primarily for single tenant architecture and won't be converted to multi-tenant public cloud support without a lot of heavy lifting. Read More

Cisco launches Cius tablet for business
Cisco Systems today unveiled the Cius, a 7-in. touchscreen tablet computer that runs the Android OS, and is sure to be compared to the Apple iPad. Read More

Visit the Open Source Subnet home page for more news
Visit the Open Source Subnet home page for daily news items, blogs, discussions and podcasts of interest to enterprise open source users. Follow Open Source Subnet on Twitter @OSSubnet. Read More

 
 
 

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