Open source status report: health, profits; OSSEC: A Vibrant Community

	OSSEC: A Vibrant Community, If Not An Active Sponsor | Software Freedom Conservancy adds 25th member project
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	Open source status report reveals good health and profits Mark Hinkle: Open source usage statistics show the staggering growth of the free software movement. (Network World is pleased to welcome Mark as our newest Open Source Subnet blogger.) Read More WEBCAST: Aruba Networks Connecting the Next Generation of Learners In this short webinar, Fairfax County Public Schools discuss how eTextbooks, tablets & smartphones are creating a new age of e-learning, where digital content is core to curriculum & the wireless network is critical. Learn how they face challenges and provide uninterrupted Multimedia-Grade Wi-Fi. Learn more! In this Issue OSSEC: A Vibrant Community, If Not An Active Sponsor Software Freedom Conservancy adds 25th member project Trend Micro Has A Bad Case Of Open Source Foot In The Mouth Red Hat entices customers to stay on older RHEL 5.x Apple is Professional Linux Can Open Source Companies Win In A MadMax Market? Black Duck Software Acquires Olliance Group News of 'Natty Narwhal' Preview What's Next For Ubuntu Android surpasses iOS, Millennial said Sophos: Android a big target of Facebook-based attacks Visit Open Source Subnet for more news and blogs WHITE PAPER: Qualys Inc. The Top 10 Reports for Managing Vulnerabilities This free guide covers the key aspects of the vulnerability management lifecycle and shows you what reports today's best-in-class organizations are using to reduce risks on their network infrastructure. Read now! OSSEC: A Vibrant Community, If Not An Active Sponsor Alan Shimel: Steve Chang, the chairman of Trend Micro said open source was inherently less secure. Odd because Trend Micro owns OSSEC, an open source IDS. Read More Software Freedom Conservancy adds 25th member project Joe Brockmeier: The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) is expanding again. This time the SFC has added Gevent, an MIT-licensed project that provides a Python networking library. Read More Trend Micro Has A Bad Case Of Open Source Foot In The Mouth Alan Shimel: The chairman of security vendor Trend Micro is having a tough time extracting his foot from his mouth after saying that open source software is not as secure as other software. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP TippingPoint Securing Virtualized Data Centers Learn how HP TippingPoint's secure virtualization framework addresses the unique requirements of virtualized data center environments. Learn More Red Hat entices customers to stay on older RHEL 5.x Julie Bort: RHEL 6.0 was released in November ... long live RHEL 5.x? Red Hat has released 5.6, a new-and-improved version of its older Linux operating platform. Read More Apple is Professional Linux Stephen Spector: Linux admins say they grew up with Linux but prefer to use a Mac for work. Read More Can Open Source Companies Win In A MadMax Market? Alan Shimel: Analyst Matt Aslett says only Red Hat can survive in a post-apocalyptic commoditzed wasteland. Read More WEBCAST: IBM How much network downtime can your business tolerate? Join this IBM broadcast to learn how to manage and improve network configuration activity to keep your networks running, in compliance and generating revenue. View Now Black Duck Software Acquires Olliance Group Alan Shimel: 4th Acquisition for the Big Duck with Olliance Group, an open source consulting firm. Read More News of 'Natty Narwhal' Preview What's Next For Ubuntu Ubuntu 11.04 may just be one of the most widely -- and sometimes even anxiously -- anticipated releases yet of Canonical's popular open source operating system. Read More Android surpasses iOS, Millennial said Shortly after tying with Apple's iOS for first place among smartphone operating systems hitting Millennial Media's mobile advertising network, Android is now firmly in first place. Read More Sophos: Android a big target of Facebook-based attacks Sophos Senior Technology Consultant Graham Cluley agrees with a BitDefender study showing Facebook as a growing attack vector for Android smartphone malware. Read More Visit Open Source Subnet for more news and blogs 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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