mjasay writes "IDC has released a report looking into industry adoption of open software. In the study, analyst Matt Lawton stumbles across an intriguing trend: IT departments do most of the services around open source, rather than third-party consulting... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Sun, Feb 17 2008
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| 09 Apr 08 |
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Microsoft Gets a New Open Source Chief » slashdot mjasay writes "Microsoft just promoted Sam Ramji to run its growing Linux and open source operations. The former head of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab, Ramji has a long history with open source, having built out large-scale open-source based... |
| 24 Jul 08 |
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Critiquing Claims of an Open Source Jobs Boom » slashdot snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Bill Snyder examines what appears to be an open source job market boom, as evidenced by a recent O'Reilly Report. According to the study, 5 to 15 percent of all IT openings call for open source software skills, and with overall... |
| 23 Jan 08 |
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HP Launches FOSSology Open Source Tracking Tool » slashdot cpudney writes "An article in Computerworld UK reports on a new open source analysis initiative launched by Hewlett-Packard. The FOSSology Project's mission is to 'build a community to facilitate the study of Free and Open Source Software by providing... |
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Move over, Red Hat. Open source ain't what it used to be (Bill Snyder/InfoWorld) » techmeme Move over, Red Hat. Open source ain't what it used to be — Has the open source software movement become a victim of its own success? A provocative new study by a longtime software analyst suggests that the giants of the... |
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Legal Defense of Free and Open Source Software (barracudanetworks.com) » techmeme Legal Defense of Free and Open Source Software — The purpose of this Web page is to inform the community of Barracuda Networks' plans to defend itself and the free and open source software (FOSS) community from a patent threat by Trend... |
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