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Google makes Chrome OS open source today

Contrary to rumors, Google did not release a beta version of its much anticipated Chrome operating system today. And nothing is coming anytime soon: the final version is at least a year away, the mega giant web company said. But there was some ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Facebook Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Terracotta buys Quartz

Open source Java clustering software developer Terracotta announced its intent to buy an open source job scheduler known as Quartz. The integration of Quartz into Terracotta’s platform will ease high availability job scheduling and scaling applications ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  19 Nov 2009

Yes, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 will run on Linux

Red Hat created a bit of stir recently when it shipped its Enterprise Virtualization for Servers product because the management component runs on a Window server.  That’s right — no Linux support. The platform is an enhancement of the former Qumranet’s ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  11 Nov 2009

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop and there are several desktop improvements in this upgrade — including a faster boot and login and enhanced audio and and 3G broadband connectivity. But the spotlight is on the server side. Canonical claims ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: IBM,  Lotus

Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure

Microsoft has made another play at interoperability with a key open source software offering. At Eclipse Summit Europe on Wednesday, the Redmond, Wash. software giant announced that it is working on four open source projects with two open source ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Open source scores small victory at White House

Open source scored a victory at the White House this week with the government’s choice to switch to Drupal for whitehouse.gov. The U.S. government’s technology team announced that it had selected the open source content management system to make http:// ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Drupal,  Barack Obama

Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

As Microsoft gets set to launch Windows 7,  Linux desktop vendors are trying to make some waves. Yesterday, IBM and Canonical announced availability of a cloud and Linux-based business desktop alternative for existing PCs or low cost netbooks. The IBM ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: IBM,  Lotus,  Microsoft Corporation,  Novell, Inc.

Updegrove: Obama should give FOSS equal treatment

In a blog featured on the site today, Updegrove said open source has made huge inroads in various government sectors, especially the Department of Defense,  but it’s high time that the president give FOSS equal treatment top down.   “It’s time for the ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Alfresco debuts DoD-certified records management module

Alfresco is expecting more success in the government sector. That’s because of the open source company’s new records management module and the Department of Defense Certification it has earned.   The records management module has received DoD 5015.02 ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  15 Oct 2009

Compiere launches enterprise ERP version

One leading open source ERP provider this week launched an enterprise edition of its software as well as upgrades to its standard and professional versions. Redwood Shores, Calif. based Compiere has released a version of its open source ERP application ...

From PAULA ROONEY, ZDNet,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Oracle

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