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Katherine Noyes
Europe's Tender Words About FOSS
07/29/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1050 Words

"There is lower dependency on certain vendors, and lower switching costs," she added. "The momentum for open source is set to keep on growing."

Could one even imagine a more heartening endorsement? Linux Girl fairly skipped onto the streets of the blogosphere...

Katherine Noyes
Dell's 'Brilliant' Windows vs. Ubuntu Analysis
07/26/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1561 Words

Similarly, it recommends the distro for those who are "interested in open source programming."

That, pretty much, is where the list ends.

'Brilliant'
Who should choose Windows? Well, where to begin? Dell's answer: Those who "are already using WINDOWS programs...

Katherine Noyes
GNOME Bands With LiMo to Build Mobile Linux Inroads
07/27/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 416 Words

... LiMo Foundation and the GNOME Foundation on Monday announced that they have begun working together as partners to further open source innovation. Starting immediately, LiMo Foundation will become a member of the GNOME Foundation's advisory board and the GNOME Foundation will become an...

Katherine Noyes
Rackspace's Risky Open Cloud Bet
07/20/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 778 Words

Rackspace Hosting on Monday announced the launch of OpenStack , an open source cloud platform designed to foster technology standards and cloud interoperability. NASA is collaborating on the project.

Rackspace is donating the code that powers its Cloud Files and Cloud Servers public-cloud...

Jack M. Germain
Who You Gonna Call? Q&A With Software Freedom Law Center's Eben Moglen
07/23/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1061 Words

... Software Freedom Law Center provides free legal representation and other law-related services to open source software developers. The organization began in 2005 under the direction of Eben Moglen, a professor of law and legal history at Columbia University Law School. His law center...

Jack M. Germain
Two Apps That Make Backup Less Chore, More Lifesaver
07/14/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1184 Words

This led me to search for open source software to ensure that my data was there when I need it.

My search yielded two pleasant results. I found an impressive lineup of open source backup apps. After trying out a bunch, I've placed...

Katherine Noyes
The Things Microsoft Could Do to Make Up For It All
07/12/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1412 Words

For everything it wants to promote as an open standard, meanwhile, the company must provide its own "official, blessed, open source , cross-platform implementation," he said.

Microsoft should also fire Steve Ballmer, Masover advised: "He keeps saying factually wrong things in public,...

Elbert Hannah
Linux Doesn't Cost Anything - But Maybe It Should
07/09/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1215 Words

But Linux Has to Be Free!
Yes, Linux is Open Source and Linux is free. But there are myriad ways to combine the free Linux with added value. Water is free too (kind of), and you don't find people hesitate to...

Katherine Noyes
Mandriva's Rocky Rebirth
07/19/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1035 Words

Specifically, a European assembly of open source software players are now involved, and Mandriva Linux "will be distributed exclusively by a sales and integrated IT network, as well through an OEM in the EMEA and BRIC zones."

'Nothing Was Said of the...

Katherine Noyes
Does Copying = Stealing?
07/15/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1246 Words

"That said, I have so little time to spend on entertainment these days, I tend to seek out the people who are doing it right and buy legitimate copies," he said. "That generally means cross-platform, DRM-free, open source and digitally distributed, though I'll...

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