Open Source Software Topic Center

Open source in business, including open source software picks, licensing issues, and open source programming frameworks.

Open Source Software Articles

Nginx's Web server update beefs up security and load balancing

Latest commercial version of fast-rising Nginx Web server adds professional features only available to paying customers

XML co-founder Tim Bray: Beware of spies in your software

Governments are a key offender, he stresses, advising use of HTTPS and OpenPGP to block software-based security threats

This is the golden age of open source

We're in the golden age of open source, not a 'post-open source' society. More than ever, we must take its definition seriously

Docker acquires Orchard in a sign of rising ambitions

Docker's acquisition of Orchard -- and its Fig tool -- shows growing scope of the little company that's shaken up IT

Review: Apache Hive brings real-time queries to Hadoop

Hive's SQL-like query language and vastly improved speed on huge data sets make it the perfect partner for an enterprise data warehouse

Oracle, Mirantis team up to grab Red Hat's OpenStack crown

Mirantis will sell OpenStack with Oracle's Linux and VM offerings, as a strike back at Red Hat's OpenStack

GitHub takes center stage at OSCON

The open source convention will also feature sessions on Docker, OpenStack, and programming languages both new and old

JVM plus Docker: Better together

Docker can fill in gaps in the JVM, providing resource control, configuration benefits, and improved packaging and deployment

Docker welcomes Google 'validation,' but sees more work ahead

Docker recruits more big names following Google's seal of approval, but keeps an eye on next steps

Future Java 7 security patches will work on Windows XP despite end of official support

Windows XP users will continues to receive Java 7 security updates until at least April 2015, Oracle says

All Open Source Software Articles
Essentials essential information on Open Source Software
Open Source Software Features

Desktop Linux: Ready for the mainstream

Organizations can adopt Linux for many users, and save the high upgrade costs of Vista or Windows 7 more

Open Source Software Quiz

Linux admin IQ test

How much do you really know about the free OS? more

This is the golden age of open source
OPEN SOURCES
This is the golden age of open source

Blog by Simon Phipps

We're in the golden age of open source, not a 'post-open source' society. More than ever, we must take its definition seriously
Open Source Software Deep Dives
Download the Hadoop Deep Dive:

 As big data becomes big business, IT has the opportunity to add value by finding new insights in unstructured data.....

©1994-2014 Infoworld, Inc.