Open Source Delivers

This is Big Data Week, where different cities and organizations across the globe host community meetups to discuss everything data. With 1 Day 9 Hours 13 Minutes and 22 Seconds (roughly) left of Big Data Week, we wanted to know how many of you have participated in this week’s data-filled festivities. Answer our poll and [...]

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:

Last week, Ian Skerrett‘s blog, “What To Do With Open Source Freeloaders?” discussed how the term “freeloader” has been used to describe people and organizations that use open source, but need more encouragement to actively contribute back to the projects they are benefiting from. Where do you and your organization fall on the freeloader scale? Please answer our poll [...]

It’s the first week of 2012 and the open source world is starting the year off with a bang! Apache has launched Hadoop 1.0, Mozilla released the MPL 2.0 and NASA has started a new website to host their open source projects and encourage discussions around open source. Here is a sample of these stories [...]

This morning, Brian Proffitt published “Mozilla’s sword of Damocles” on ITWorld arguing that although Google has renewed its Firefox deal, Mozilla is still in a dangerous position since its greatest competitors are also its biggest sponsors. Do you think Mozilla should adjust its business model to avoid these potential threats in the future?