Canonical brings Ubuntu to the OpenStack Cloud
OpenStack seems to be on its way to being the open-source software cloud stack of choice.
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Ten leading platforms for creating online communities
Creating online communities of customers and workers has been one of the hotter topics in business and technology this year. Whether you're on the business side, in IT, or are just trying to build virtual teams around shared goals, online communities are rapidly becoming a popular way to organize people and accomplish work in a highly collaborative manner. It's beginning to be understood that communities aren't just for socializing but for getting things done.
Spring goes five star with Integration announcement
It's an indication of how far open source has come that SpringSource, formerly Interface21, chose to announce its new Spring Integration product at a five-star resort in Hollywood, Florida.
Unemployed? Five reasons to build your resume with FOSS contributions
It looks like we've gone from speculating whether we're headed into recession depression, to speculating just what that depression is going to look like. Yihong Ding, over on the Thinking Space blog,predicts that we'll have a "Golden Age" of the Web thanks to millions sitting at home with little else to do than putter around on the Web:So, Web companies and Web investors, now it is your chance.
AUUG claims conference boost
The Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group (AUUG) has come out swinging after conceding its membership is in decline, announcing significant increases in sponsorship and registrations for its annual national conference next month.AUUG treasurer, Gordon Hubbard, said the conference had to date attracted an 18 percent increase in registrations and a 36 percent increase in sponsorship funding over the previous year's event.
Ignore 'fads' when examining OSS: Govt
Federal government agencies must "disregard any industry fads or novelty value" when assessing open-source software for procurement, according to a new guide.The document -- A Guide to Open Source Software for Australian Government Agencies -- released today by the Special Minister of State, Senator Eric Abetz, at a conference in Canberra, states "the primary considerations [in open-source software procurement] are fitness for purpose and value for money.
13 year-old gets presenters' slot at linux.conf.au
Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Garbee may not know as much about Linux as her father Bdale Garbee, Linux CTO for Hewlett Packard and former Debian Project Leader, but that won't stop her from presenting at linux.conf.
Australia to get full Linux security conference?
Organisers of LCA 2005, the International Linux conference due to be held in Canberra this April, are hoping its security mini-conference will expand into a separate conference by next year.The security mini-conference, which will be held at the Australian National University on April 18 and 19, will focus on Linux-based information security and forensics technology.
The seasons of open source
Open source really is all about programming. Programmers work hard in the fall, and in the spring, and in the winter. So open source events happen when people are most likely able to get to them.
Updegrove: Obama should give FOSS equal treatment
ConsortiumInfo.org's Andy Updegrove urged President Obama to show more public support for free and open source software.
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