open source development labs

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Linux contributors get new rules

May 24, 2004 2:21pm PDT

Open Source Development Labs, the group that employs Linus Torvalds, puts in place a system designed to better track and document changes to the Linux kernel.

Blog Posts

Unlock your Linksys router's potential with new firmware

March 23, 2010 1:27pm PDT

While tinkering with his lab setup, Brad Bird discovered he could replace his Linksys router's firmware with an open source version and open up powerful new features.

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Articles

Google: Open source lets us control our destiny

December 3, 2008 5:23pm PST

Chris DiBona, Google's open source program manager, gave the opening keynote at the Open Source Developer's Conference. Builder AU caught up with him to discuss why Google uses open source, how...

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Developer Spotlight: Geoff Bowers

January 23, 2004 10:30am PST

Builder AU recently caught up with Geoff Bowers to talk about Web services, surviving the dot com crash, and the decision to open source Daemon's flagship content management system.

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BEA acquire open source tools company

September 29, 2005 8:25am PDT

In a bid to beef up BEA's development tools offering the company announced today the acquisition of Eclipse-based tools company M7.

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Eclipse updates its Business Intelligence tools

January 24, 2006 12:13pm PST

Multi-user reports and drag-and-drop support broaden appeal of Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools.

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Blog Posts

Bug Labs: It's about open-sourcing hardware

October 21, 2007 10:58pm PDT

Bug Labs, a start-up from New York City, hopes to bring the goodness of open source to hardware with a modular device that users can customize to their own specifications.

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Possible ripple effects of HP's plan to open source WebOS

December 10, 2011 11:59pm PST

How will HP's decision to open source WebOS possibly impact Android, open source developers, and the monetization of apps? Post your thoughts in the discussion.

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Case Studies

SourceGuardian Case Study: Logic Research Labs

January 1, 2009 12:00am PST

Logic Research Labs, which is based in India, creates intranet enterprise healthcare-related applications. The CTO of Logic Research Labs, personally evaluated at least five different PHP...

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Articles

Melbourne gets ready for open source codefest

November 23, 2004 9:04am PST

If developing code in open source languages and spending time with luminaries in the local developer community sounds like a good way to spend a few days off work, you should probably consider...

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A big legal victory for open source

February 21, 2010 6:42am PST

A small legal victory was won by an open source developer that will have lasting effects on the entire open source development community. Jack Wallen explains.

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Five reasons why your company should hire open source developers

August 3, 2009 6:27am PDT

Many companies are ambivalent, if not actually fearful, when it comes to hiring open source developers. In this article Jack Wallen gives five reasons why your company should hire open source...

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IBM and Linden Lab to collaborate on open standards for virtual worlds

October 12, 2007 7:52am PDT

IBM and Linden Lab (creator of Second Life) have teamed together to develop open standards that will enable virtual avatars to travel between virtual worlds.

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Week in Open Source: June 13, 2008

June 13, 2008 9:47am PDT

This week in open source, Microsoft apologized for its Sandcastle project, an OpenOffice vulnerability came to light, and the new iPhone is proving not much friendlier to open source developers.

Articles

A journey into open source

June 25, 2002 7:00am PDT

Open source can help you develop your product, but it can also open a door to a better way of working with other developers. Learn what one developer discovered about open source projects.

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Articles

Open source for developer mindshare?

May 24, 2004 8:56am PDT

One way to get developers to use a technology is to offer it at no cost . While free in the sense of beer is easy on the pocket , is it freedom of use developers crave?

Discussion Threads

Bug Labs, its about 'open-sourcing' hardware

October 21, 2007 10:59pm PDT

Bug Labs, its about 'open-sourcing' hardware article root Open sourcing hardware for the masses? Will Bug Labs initiative pay off? No. design and manufacture is too easy now. Is it really open...

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Open source needed to save democracy

January 17, 2012 4:53pm PST

Open source software developers face greater risks today than they ever have, to the point where the constraints inherent in proprietary software now represent a risk to democracy.

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White Papers

Open Cirrus Cloud Computing Testbed: Federated Data Centers for Open Source Systems and Services Research

June 6, 2009 12:00am PDT

There are a number of important and useful testbeds, such as PlanetLab, EmuLab, IBM/Google cluster, and Amazon EC2/S3, that enable researchers to study different aspects of distributed computing....

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Can open source survive acquisition by proprietary companies?

October 10, 2008 11:56am PDT

There has been a string of high-profile acquisitions of open source projects by big-name companies, such as Sun's purchase of MySQL. Can open source survive these mergers, or is it a death knell...

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