Press - March 2010

Open Source Under Attack in Europe

Open Enterprise: "Open source is under attack in Europe. Not openly or obviously, but in the background, behind closed doors."

Say Good-Bye to Linux on the PS3

Less than a year after the release of the PS3 Slim, Sony says that a firmware update for older models of the PlayStation 3 will kill its Other OS option.

NoSQL is for Niches

After speaking with 10Gen co-founder and CEO Dwight Merriam (the picture is from his blog), it’s clear that NoSQL technology may be good for some niches, but will remain mostly a niche offering.
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SCO v. Novell - Deliberations Begin Again Tuesday

SCO v. Novell went to the jury today. Judge Ted Stewart said, after the jury left to begin to deliberate, that in all his years on the bench, he's never seen such fine lawyering as in this case. Chris Brown reports that the jury says they will not reach a verdict by today...

Make It Happen at OSCON, July 19-23, 2010

OSCON: "Open source isn't just about being cost-effective, it's leading in innovation. You can change the game in your business, your community or even the world."

Stay Supersecure With Swiss Army Knife USB Drive

Victorinox releases a new Swiss Army Knife USB drive that's designed to be the most secure portable storage device on the market.

OpenSUSE Gets an Upstart

The H Open: "The most important development in this release is the shift from booting with the traditional System V init scheme to the newer Upstart system."

MongoDB 1.4 Released

MongoDB is "a scalable, high-performance, open source, dynamic-schema, document-oriented database." The 1.4 release has been announced; it features a number of performance improvements, better replication support, geospatial search support, a number of query language improvements, and more.

Intel's AppUp Gets Moblin Netbook Apps

The Atom-centric application storefront, which already carries Windows apps, in the future will also support apps written for the MeeGo platform.

Cash for Software Clunkers?

Stop: "One of the solutions Assinform proposes to fight the crisis is what you may call a "cash for software clunkers" program: state-financed discounts for all companies that replace with newer applications obsolete software that isn't working well anymore."

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