Pentagon spreads the open source
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Wednesday, 15 November 2017 11:55

Pentagon spreads the open source


Charges ahead next year

The US military is set to charge ahead into open source next year after an amendment to the National Defense Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2018.

Microsoft’s Linux enthusiasm may not help open source
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Open Source messiah Richard Stallman is not impressed


Microsoft has been hitting the headlines lately with its enthusiasm for Linux – but Open Source's messiah Richard Stallman is less than impressed.

Linux Foundation President uses Apple OS
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Monday, 18 September 2017 11:31

Linux Foundation President uses Apple OS


While claiming that this year was the year of the Linux desktop

Jim Zemlin, President of the Linux Foundation, appears to have hit levels of fail unprecedented in the open saucy world.

Flash needs to be open sauce
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Monday, 31 July 2017 06:00

Flash needs to be open sauce


Otherwise a lot of history will disappear

A petition is asking Adobe to release Flash into the hands of the open-source community.

Canonical Founder wades into open sauce purists
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Disgusted by the hate


Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth says that he has become disgusted with the level of hate in the free software community.

Businesses that snub open source 'will fail'
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Linux Foundation warns


Companies who do not use open source software will eventually go tits-up according to a top open saucy type.

Microsoft joins the Linux foundation
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Thursday, 17 November 2016 11:25

Microsoft joins the Linux foundation


Sorry Steve , the "cancer" won 

A few years ago, Microsoft’s shy and retiring CEO Steve “there is a kind of hush” Ballmer described Linux as a cancer on computing and spent a fortune trying to kill it. Now Vole has surprised the world by joining the Linux Foundation as a platinum member.

Key financial blockchain technology is open sourced
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Likely to be the industry standard

The blockchain platform which will be a key feature of financial networks will be open sourced.

Microsoft’s Powershell goes open source
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Friday, 19 August 2016 11:33

Microsoft’s Powershell goes open source


Coming to a Mac and Linux machine near you

Software King of the World, Microsoft, has announced that its Powershell automation and scripting system is going open source.

Oracle claims Google has killed Open Source
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Before Oracle could do it

Oracle claims that Google’s court-room win gaining fair-use rights over a thousand lines of java APIs in Android will mean that Open Source is dead.