Canonical brings Ubuntu to the OpenStack Cloud
OpenStack seems to be on its way to being the open-source software cloud stack of choice.
OpenStack seems to be on its way to being the open-source software cloud stack of choice.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Microsoft will use a national gathering of Unix, Linux and open source professionals in Sydney next week to demonstrate interoperability between Unix and Windows systems. The software behemoth's attendance at the annual conference of the Australian Unix and Open Systems Users Group (AUUG) follows on from a similar appearance at the group's Open Computing in Government conference earlier this year.
One of the oldest Unix user groups in the world -- the Australian Unix and Open Systems Users Group (AUUG) -- may be forced to close its doors due to declining membership.Past president Greg Lehey said in a diary posting late last month that at an AUUG board meeting he attended with new president David Purdue "things don't look good ....