Azul Systems has released a version of its Zulu OpenJDK implementation that utilizes Docker. The motto of Java has always been to “write once, run anywhere,” and Docker will bring Java one step closer to accomplishing this goal. Docker will make it much easier to configure, package, and deploy Java applications in a way that […]
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Google and Dropbox announced the launch of “Simply Secure” last Thursday, an effort to help craft usable secure technologies that are available to everyone. Both companies came under fire after Snowden’s NSA revelations and have launched this effort to provide simple tools anyone can use to secure their computers. The group will focus on improving […]
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The Heartbleed bug put a lot of focus on the security of open source software. The community responded perfectly and fixed the issue in an extremely short amount of time. Corporations like Red Hat are leading the charge in bringing open source to many areas of business and are using open source to reduce lock-in, […]
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During the Medieval era, guilds were a way for companies, individuals, and organizations to come together to develop best practices for their trade. James Pearce is the head of open source at Facebook, and he is looking to bring the guild model common in England to the open source tech industry in the US. He […]
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A few companies and organizations have spent effort attempting to bring greater numbers of gamers to Linux since the inception of the OS. The most recent was in January 2012 when Valve launched their official support for Linux on Steam. Six months later they announced the Steam Machine, a Linux-powered computer built for gaming. Many […]
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AMD and Canonical announced a new server this week that is powered by Ubuntu and runs OpenStack. The goal is to provide an out-of-box experience that allows companies to set up private cloud solutions in a matter of hours and is a part of Canonical’s efforts to keep Ubuntu as the most popular OpenStack operating […]
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Open Source is being increasingly relied on for cloud infrastructure. This trend was most recently demonstrated through HP’s acquisition of Eucalyptus Systems, a company that provides open source private and hybrid enterprise clouds. The CEO of Eucalyptus will be joining HP as VP of the Cloud Division and will report directly to HP’s CEO. The […]
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Docker closed $40 Million in Series C funding, led by Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm that will bring Bill Coughran to Docker’s board of directors. This money was raised as Docker Inc spent the last of its series A funding and will enable Docker to take advantage of any market needs they recognize. Docker […]
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The Center for Development of Open Technology (CDOT) at Seneca College in Toronto was founded in 2002 to provide education and research for open source technology. The students work with faculty and business partners to develop open source software and gain real-world development experience. Their curriculum includes core tools and methodologies used in open source, […]
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Open source allows more companies to contribute to the development of technology than proprietary products. This creates higher levels of innovation and competition than traditional markets and allows businesses to leverage these benefits to do more. Web hosting on the LAMP stack and Nginx and 3D printing are both examples of open source creating robust […]
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Apple made Swift, their new programming language, available a few months ago, however they went against the ongoing trend to open source programming languages by making Swift completely proprietary. This decision has many complex factors that affect it including the need to attract developers, control their product ecosystem, and encourage developers to generate new apps. […]
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Attachmate, the owners of Novell and SUSE Linux is being bought out by Micro Focus International. Micro Focus is looking to add Linux services to their mainframe modernization and COBOL services. More from The Register
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Mesos is open source cluster management software that provides efficient resource isolation and sharing across distributed systems. Using Linux cgroups and Solaris Zones, Mesos ensures applications have the resources they need within a cluster, similar to how a desktop PC controls resource allocation for local applications. Mesos is fault-tolerant, scalable, and provides multi-resource sharing and […]
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In June, the Supreme Court produced a ruling on Alice v. CLS Bank which stated that abstract ideas being performed on a computer can’t be patented. In other words, taking a practice that is done without computers and doing it with a computer is not enough to warrant a patent. Since then, a number of […]
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Zetta is a new open source platform for building the Internet of Things (IoT). It is compatible with a wide range of devices including the Beaglebone, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Spark Core and the focus of the project is to improve communication between IoT products. The project is driven by Apigee, a company that does […]
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There are two primary classifications of cost when producing goods. Setup cost is the expenses associated with designing and making the first unit. Marginal costs are the cost of producing an additional unit. In the Information Era the marginal cost of open source is increasingly approaching zero. This means businesses that rely on proprietary products […]
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Cloud computing covers an extremely broad range of technologies and protocols and there are numerous open source technologies that can be used for various aspects of it. Fortunately, many of the most important software in the open source cloud has resources to learn more. Python, Linux, and Hadoop all have plenty of free resources, and […]
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Open source could benefit the healthcare industry by encouraging a new wave of innovations as long as the communities can create platforms that can be trusted. If open source communities can create healthcare solutions that are interoperable and that can integrate with a variety of products and services then they could be a tremendous benefit […]
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Perhaps the best example of the negative effect of closed systems on companies is Microsoft and Internet Explorer 6. Microsoft arrived late to the start of the Internet explosion, and when they did, they used their market power to convince large numbers of developers to create web applications that relied on Internet Explorer. This hurt […]
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The Proprietary Failure to Protect Privacy
All social interaction requires some degree of trust. This trust has become much harder to understand in the Information Age as we interact with a wide variety of online services daily, many of them requiring the transfer of private information. Businesses, governments, citizen groups and many other organizations need a method for ensuring their private […]
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Cyanogen produces an open source alternative to Google’s Android that offers all open source applications rather than the proprietary Google apps that come standard on many Android devices. According to a report from The Information (pay wall) Google offered to buy Cyanogen, but was turned down by the owners because they are still experiencing significant […]
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Docker, the rising Linux container management platform, got its beginning in 2010 when Solomon Hykes and Sebastien Pahl founded the company dotCloud. Docker is focused on improving the capabilities of developers to reduce virtualization system loads by 20%-80%. Currently, Docker, the company, is focusing on developing profitable business models developing and supporting Linux container tools. […]
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The AllSeen Alliance is an industry consortium working to develop open standards for the Internet of Things (IoT). They are currently assembling the Connected Lighting Working Group which will develop a framework that allows smart light bulbs to communicate with people and other connected devices. This has the potential to open up a wealth of […]
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The European nuclear research facility, CERN, displayed their commitment to open source software during the recent OSCON. CERN generates immense amounts of information and distributes that information to scientific teams all over the planet, currently CERN maintains over 100 petabytes of data and generates an additional 35 petabytes of data every year. The team at […]
