Open-source software economics and community health analytics: Enter CHAOSS
Trying to capture the value open-source software generates can be a bit chaotic. The CHAOSS project may lend a helping hand.
Trying to capture the value open-source software generates can be a bit chaotic. The CHAOSS project may lend a helping hand.
Oculus will open-source RakNet's C++ class library, perhaps as a gift to developers planning to attend its inaugural dev conference this September.
The open-source software foundation announced that Jim Jagielski, co-founder of the Apache Foundation and a Red Hat consulting software engineer, would be taking over as its President.
Microsoft insists that it has built robust support for ODF 1.2 and PDF in Office 2013. It has offered support for ODF 1.1 in the last rev of Office but 1.2 support is said to offer better support for spreadsheet formulas. The next version of Office is due to launch later this year. How will OpenOffice backers respond with Microsoft Open XML support?
The community debate around Linux Australia possibly changing its name has soured this week, with some community members badmouthing a key conference associated with the peak Linux organisation.
President of Linux Australia, John Ferlito, has this morning aired the first draft of the council's new presenter code of conduct, which looks to curb inappropriate material being displayed as part of conference presentations.
Linux Australia is planning a revamp of its anti-harassment policy for this year's Linux Conference in Ballarat, after it determined that presenters wouldn't read its existing anti-discrimination policy.
It's taken several years, quite a lot of negotiation and the use of alternatives to get it through an uncertain period. But Australian open source conference linux.conf.au has finally permanently secure the rights to its own domain name.
The application process to host the annual Linux.conf.au in 2013 has officially opened today following an announcement by Linux Australia President John Ferlito.
I've always been a fan of SugarCRM - but a critical fan. One who griped because he loved.