Russia Weighs Replacing IBM, Microsoft With Open-Source Software
Data Center Knowledge
OCTOBER 6, 2016
Duma is drafting a bill to restrict government agencies from buying licensed software, giving preference to open-source software. Read More.
Data Center Knowledge
OCTOBER 6, 2016
Duma is drafting a bill to restrict government agencies from buying licensed software, giving preference to open-source software. Read More.
TechSpot
APRIL 26, 2024
Ten years after releasing the source code of MS-DOS 1.25 Microsoft is making yet another contribution to the world of open-source software preservation. Working in partnership with IBM and "in the spirit of open innovation," the company has released the source code of MS-DOS 4.00 under an MIT license.
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CTOvision
JULY 21, 2015
The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. Government push for open source software.
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 31, 2024
While lawyers argue in the WP Engine versus Automattic litigation whether the hyperbole should be believed, the continuing battle of words, almost all nasty ones, is starting to raise doubts how much an enterprise should rely on open source. And even if open source can be avoided at all in late 2024.
SPF13
MARCH 20, 2015
In the last few years open source has transformed the software industry. From Android to Wikipedia, open source is everywhere, but how does one succeed in it? What Every Successful Open Source Project Needs. Open Source Companies • Redhat $13B • Cloudera $3B • MongoDB $1.6B • Docker $.5B
CTOvision
JANUARY 25, 2016
Hortonworks is a rock when it comes to its promise to offer a 100% open source distribution. All of the technology built into HDP is an Apache open source project. For example, Hortonworks acquired XA Secure, a company with a commercially licensed security solution, and contributed the code to Apache as Apache Ranger.
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 31, 2024
Earthquakes in infrastructure automation The story begins in August 2023 when HashiCorp, the custodians of Terraform, the most widely-used IaC framework, announced that they were moving its license from Mozilla Public License (MPL) to Business Source License (BSL). The community struck back. There are some solid reasons.
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