Great Collection of Open Source Documentation

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	Great Collection of Open Source Documentation Stephen Spector: Here's a great document repository site for open source projects, FLOSS Manuals. FLOSS Manuals is a collection of manuals about free and open source software together with the tools used to create them and the community that uses those tools. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed 5 Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Mapping out a 5 step consolidation process can ensure that the goals of IT consolidation are achieved. Read this white paper to learn how to reduce IT management overhead, ease revision control, guarantee data security, scale systems more quickly and reduce server and software costs. Read More In this Issue Microsoft patent division taking cash from at least 5 Android vendors Skype relaunches Android app after flaws found in original Is Mozilla's Life Cycle Haste Microsoft's Gain? Google disputes damages estimate in Oracle case Project Spotlight: Chef EnterpriseDB adds HP-UX support Visit Open Source Subnet for more news and blogs WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Visualization of an Intricate Network The Depository Trust & Clearing House required enhanced network visibility to support their custody and asset servicing valued at $40 trillion. See how Riverbed provided: • End-to-end visibility of encrypted traffic • Lower MTTR • Application and network activity analysis without requiring probes on every WAN link Learn more! Microsoft patent division taking cash from at least 5 Android vendors Jon Brodkin: One of Microsoft's hottest new profit centers is a smartphone platform you've definitely heard of: Android. Read More Skype relaunches Android app after flaws found in original Skype has launched an update to its video calling app for Android devices only months after a security flaw was discovered in an earlier version of the application. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed 3 Ways WAN Optimization Pays Back One of the most complicated and expensive endeavors that an IT organization ever undertakes is disaster recovery. If you have DR requirements that aren't being met, before you think about buying more bandwidth or looking at other complex solutions, you should really look at Riverbed WAN Optimization. Watch the video to learn more. Learn more! Is Mozilla's Life Cycle Haste Microsoft's Gain? Andy Patrizio: The Mozilla Foundation's decision to kick development into high gear may prove as disastrous and harmful to its product as Microsoft's complacency in letting Internet Explorer 6 languish for far too long. Read More Google disputes damages estimate in Oracle case Google has asked a California court to throw out the testimony of an expert witness who said Google should pay Oracle as much as US$6 billion for allegedly infringing on Java patents and copyright. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Application-Aware Network Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. Project Spotlight: Chef Rolling out new servers is a big part of system administrators' jobs, so any software that can simplify server installation and configuration is a welcome tool. Read More EnterpriseDB adds HP-UX support Version 9.0 of EnterpriseDB's Oracle-compatible database is now available, with new support for Hewlett-Packard's HP-UX operating system, the company announced Thursday. 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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