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Wednesday, 15th May 2013

Open Source Is Old School, Says The GitHub Generation

Open Source Is Old School, Says The GitHub Generation

For years the software industry has trended toward ever more permissive licensing, to the point that today the GitHub developer crowd rejects formal licensing altogether. How can this end well?

Enterprise Matt Asay comments

Thursday, 9th May 2013

How An Open Source Operating System Jumpstarted Robotics Research

How An Open Source Operating System Jumpstarted Robotics Research

The ROS (Robot Operating System), an open-source platform on which engineers build robotic programs and apps, is speeding robotic innovation around the world.

Science Lauren Orsini comments

Tuesday, 7th May 2013

software quality

Study: Open Source Delivers Superior Quality... Up To A Point

Study: Open Source Delivers Superior Quality... Up To A Point

A new report from Coverity suggests that open source delivers higher quality software, so long as the project is relatively small.

Enterprise Matt Asay comments

Monday, 6th May 2013

How To Thrive In The Tech Industry For Decades

How To Thrive In The Tech Industry For Decades

John Sloan, aka Chip Overclock, has managed a successful career in computer tech for nearly 40 years. Here's what you can learn from his example.

Hack Brian S Hall comments

Tuesday, 30th April 2013

Middle-Aged Developers Driving Cloud Computing

Middle-Aged Developers Driving Cloud Computing

While cloud computing is a relatively new phenomenon, it's being driven by experienced developers, much like open source before it. The reason? Such developers have been around long enough to appreciate a valuable alternative to slogging through corporate bureaucracy.

Cloud Matt Asay comments

Monday, 29th April 2013

Red Hat: The Software Industry's Choice Is 'Open Or Die'

Red Hat: The Software Industry's Choice Is 'Open Or Die'

Enterprises no longer choose between competing technology products, but rather between innovation models, said Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst at the Open Business Conference (OSBC) on Monday. But is the choice really so stark?

Enterprise Matt Asay comments

The Rising Costs Of Misunderstanding Big Data

The Rising Costs Of Misunderstanding Big Data

The bigger our data sets, the harder it becomes to sift through them to find objective truth, and the higher the costs of getting it wrong. By lowering the bar to data science, open-source tools like Hadoop have actually increased our ability to misread our data, with serious consequences.

Enterprise Matt Asay comments

Tuesday, 23rd April 2013

Flawed Survey Tries To Diss Open Source, Fails

Flawed Survey Tries To Diss Open Source, Fails

Two surveys come to very different conclusions about open-source software in the enterprise, but based on how broadly open source is being used, only one is likely correct.

Enterprise Matt Asay comments

Tuesday, 16th April 2013

Will Red Hat's OpenStack Contributions Turn To Gold?

Will Red Hat's OpenStack Contributions Turn To Gold?

While the OpenStack cloud project has long been popular, Red Hat's increased involvement bodes well for its ability to turn popularity into real deployments, and real cash.

Cloud Matt Asay comments

Wednesday, 10th April 2013

9 Things Microsoft Does Right: Can You Guess 'Em All?

9 Things Microsoft Does Right: Can You Guess 'Em All?

What does Microsoft do wrong? Lots of things. But the company also does some important stuff right.

Enterprise Mark Hachman comments

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