The New Zealand Ministry for Justice believes that open source software is a more stable, supportable, and cost-effective choice compared to proprietary solutions.
Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the UK open-source community, has warned about complacency over the security of open-source projects.
Sun Microsystems' decision to make Java SE open source won't make any difference to the majority of Java programmers, according to the company's chief open-source officer.
In this issue of Industry Insider, Con Zymaris, our guest columnist from Open Source Industry Australia, describes the major barriers for Linux in the education system.
The lax dress code of the open-source community is one of the reasons behind the software's slow uptake in commercial environments, says former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn.
Enterprise technology development and improvement rarely takes place as quickly as most IT managers would like, but blaming that lack of speed on the inherent complexity of the problems involved can sometimes be a lazy knee-jerk reaction.
With Melbourne resuming its rightful place as Sydney's slightly embarrassing provincial neighbour after the Commonwealth Games, the scene is now set for an event of real significance.
The consultants that rolled out one of Australia's biggest known Linux desktop project are set to take on the big boys.
Is securify a real word? Of course not. It is a term I first heard during a press conference when global services firm EDS was announcing its Agility Alliance in Sydney last March.
The Web 2.0 meme is percolating through all manner of media and has now reached as far as Bangladesh.
In this issue of Industry Insider, Con Zymaris, our guest columnist from Open Source Industry Australia, describes the major barriers for Linux in the education system.
The lax dress code of the open-source community is one of the reasons behind the software's slow uptake in commercial environments, says former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn.
Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.
Want a discount from Microsoft? Fran Foo says it's just a matter of leaking your "intent" on adopting open source to the press.
Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.
Ubuntu is the favourite distribution of Linux for use on both desktops and servers, according to a poll of Australian open source enthusiasts.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the company's plans to use open source software.
The Free Software Foundation is beginning celebrations of 25 years of GNU with the release of a video presented by actor and comedian Stephen Fry.
Australia's very own "smartest man in ICT", Samba author Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, talks about the days when Microsoft was run by programmers, not lawyers, and how the software giant has finally started to give open-source developers due credit.
Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, Samba author and recipient of the mantle for Australia's "smartest man in IT", tells how Samba was nearly named Salmonberry, and what the SMB 2 protocol can do.
The latest version of Mandriva is a competent and well-implemented desktop release with lots to commend it to those with some Linux know-how.
Hardy Heron is an incremental set of advances on earlier versions, but all the advances are in the right direction. Unfortunately, a known and unfixed bug means we can't currently recommend it for enterprise use.
Recent disputes over the authorship of Linux are missing an extremely obvious point. Has nobody noticed?
We'll step you through the process of installing Linux alongside Windows XP so that you can boot either OS.
The electronics giant is releasing details of the internal architecture of a humanoid robot to help programmers write their own code.
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