Docker has proven itself to be highly valuable to Google and it appears Docker will play an important role in Google’s services for the years to come. Docker makes it much easier to create software that is portable and will make cloud services far more adaptable. More from Wired.
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Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat CEO, believes open source will be at the center of a new paradigm shift in cloud services. Whitehurst seeks to expand Red Hat as a replacement to the proprietary services offered by the deeply entrenched VMWare and Microsoft. More from Forbes
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While Windows still controls the desktop computing operating system market, Linux has been making a move for the top spot in overall end-user operating systems; powered by the success of Android. Over the last few years, smartphone device penetration surpassed that of PC’s, and with Android powering 81% of all newly manufactured smartphones. Linux, specifically […]
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Microsoft has been forced over time to change their opinion on open source software as the tech industry has continually come to rely on open source solution. Microsoft has shifted from competing directly with open source software to actively supporting it as the company looks to build open source communities to help improve Windows Azure. […]
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The explosion on hobbyist 3D printing has sparked major developments in the world of open source. A long with it comes companies that seek to expand the role of both open source and proprietary designs, leading to conflict between certain businesses and organizations. This conflict is similar to what arose during the early days of […]
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Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, announced at the OpenStack Summit that Canonical is moving into the hosted private cloud business. The company will be offering low-cost, fully managed cloud services. Your Cloud is their new service that offers these services for only $15 per day per host. More from ZD Net.
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On May 13, Oracle announced they would be supporting OpenStack on the next version of Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. This is the next step in the close relationship Oracle has had with the OpenStack community as they look to grow both of their user bases with OpenStack. More from eWeek.
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TradeMonster took a different approach to designing their high-performance trading engine than their competitors. Sanjib Sahoo, the CTO, built the engine in large from 50 different open source platforms. Their unique business model has propelled them to 2nd place in Barron’s Best Online Brokers survey. More from Info World.
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Open source communities can be immense powerhouses of collaboration and innovation, but it takes major effort to build them. You can’t simply release the source code for something and expect a community to form around it, a community must be built. More from Engine Yard
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More companies are learning how to use open source communities to become more agile, efficient, and innovative. These companies are contributing back to open source communities in greater numbers, creating an environment of collaborative development that leads to higher quality products. More from OpenSource.com
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Inktank promotes the adoption of Ceph: an open source, software-defined storage system. Red Hat has agreed to acquire them for $175 million. More from Red Hat
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Getting a job in open source can be a daunting challenge, but something that is worth it in the long run. In order to be successful in an open source career you need good communication and technical skills, and to be able to work hard and collaborate with other individuals. More at OpenSource.com
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The Heartbleed bug has exposed a significant problem in the way businesses and organizations utilize open source applications. A severe lack of funding to OpenSSL has hampered the ability to produce robust code. Businesses and governments need to take more responsibility for the open source tools they use and be more proactive about improving and […]
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Marketing is as important in open source as it is with any other type of product. It is worth it to take a little extra time to improve the material used to attract users, and good marketing statements make the benefits of your product obvious. More from Eric Barns
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More businesses are learning the power of using collaborative software development models with open source. A study by the Linux Foundation quantifies the intentions of many businesses to expand this. More at TechWeek Europe.
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Microsoft has been releasing many of its libraries under open source licenses, and has displayed intentions to open source .Net projects in the future. Questions are arising about how far Microsoft will take this relationship with open source. More at Info World
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The Death of Patent Law
The debate over intellectual property law has consistently shifted throughout the history of the United States with people on both sides of the argument providing extensive justification for why the concept of intellectual property should or shouldn’t exist. To add to the confusion, there are numerous people who stand somewhere in the middle and provide […]
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The data science industry is growing quickly as more companies rely on the use of large amounts of data. Data science is all about extracting knowledge from data and is changing how companies approach business intelligence. At the center of the expansion of data science hiring is the programming language R. Started in 1993 in […]
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Docker and Microsoft have announced a partnership to extend Docker to Windows, improve Docker’s orchestration API support, integrate Docker Hub with Microsoft Azure, and collaborate on the multi-Docker container model to create apps that consist of both Linux and Windows Docker containers. This move will effectively double the size of Docker’s developer base and open […]
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Karen Sandler’s career has spanned multiple areas of software freedom; working for organizations like the Software Freedom Law Center, the GNOME Foundation, and the Software Freedom Conservancy. Her work has taught her that one of the most crucial requirements of a successful open source project is having a clear foundation for the community that prevents […]
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SXSW is a giant event in Austin, TX that attracts hundreds of thousands of people from around the world to see the latest in music, movies, technology, and art. Most people are aware of the bigger events that require badges to get in, but there are also a ton of smaller events that are free […]
