Open Source Delivers

There has been a lot of buzz about Nokia and Microsoft partnering on the Windows Phone 7 (WP7) lately, including concern over amount of apps available for the platform (especially when compared to the iPhone and Android app juggernauts).  We want to know what you think:

This week saw new companies joining the Linux Foundation, Microsoft open sourcing its scripting program and the VA naming the OSEHRA board of directors. Catch up on these stories and more: Mary Mosquera reported on the Department of Veteran Affairs OSEHRA board of director’s announcement in the Government Health IT article, “VA Open Source Group [...]

The Linux desktop was always thought to be a requirement for the full success of Linux. For, if the desktop interface wasn’t easy to use, cool even, then hundreds of millions of users out there would stick with alternatives.  But as Linux has grown in popularity and market share, the desktop has not lived up [...]

Open source doesn’t work the way media narratives would like it to. You can’t see an announcement of something, then measure its immediate success in the market, and draw final conclusions about an open source effort. It’s not like the iPhone and its seemingly instant market penetration. Few understand this better than Josh McKenty. McKenty, [...]

With 2012 right around the corner, this Wrap Up takes a look back over the past year in open source news. There have been a lot of milestones in 2011: Linux celebrated its 20th birthday, Eclipse turned 10 and LibreOffice surpassed the 1 year mark. The tech world grieved the loss of a visionary and [...]

Open source in government seemed to dominate the OSS dialog this week. In case you haven’t heard, the White House has made the Data.gov source code available on GitHub and is working with the Indian government to complete the “Data.gov-in-a-box”, Open Government Platform for other countries to utilize. While this is big news for potential [...]

Black Duck was a Platinum Sponsor at AnDevCon II this week. At our booth, we were giving away ducks and the opportunity to win a $100 Amazon gift card!  Attendees have been submitting creative photos of the Black Duck for our Duck Contest and I’ll be announcing the winner….at the end of this wrap up! [...]

The seasons are changing, the temperature is dropping, and the world of open source continues to turn. Here are your open source news highlights from this past week: Julie Bort’s NetworkWorld article, “Sam Ramji: Cloud makes open source ‘inevitable’ for Microsoft, others,” shares the former Microsoft employee’s views on how the cloud will lead to [...]