Open source saves the Italian military millions
Can get back to conquering Gaul
The Italian Defence Ministry surprised the world last year by announcing that they were dumping Microsoft office in favour of an open-source alternative like LibreOffice.
Open source skills in demand
Bring your own beard
A new report shows that companies are looking for more people with open source skills and the trend is likely to grow.
You have to be insane to keep Drupal 6
Attacks are coming
Drupal 6 which is still on ten percent of CMS’s is a 0-day waiting to happen.
Torvalds admits he is not a “people person”
Gosh and we never knew
The creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds has shocked the world and admitted he is not a “people person.”
GeForce GTX 900 open-source firmware images and support code released
Steps towards Open source
Nvidia has released the signed firmware images and support code which will enable the GeForce GTX 900 "Maxwell" series to run under its open-source driver.
AMD opens up the GPU
Nicolas Thibieroz announces GPUOpen
AMD’s top gaming guy Nicolas Thibieroz is starting to open up GPU technology to make sure the technology evolves.
AMD lays on the open sauce
Goes well with chips
AMD and is now RTG (Radeon Technologies Group) are involved in a major push to open source GPU resources.
Facebook open sources its artificial intelligence
Because everyone wants Facebook’s intelligence
Social notworking site Facebook has announced it will open source its artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.
Open source would not have prevented VW problems
Not enough checkers in the universe
The recent VW emissions scandal has led many to suggest that such software should be open source to prevent car makers getting away with this sort of thing.
Linux Game of Thrones begins
Linux kernel forked over bad manners expect a high body count
A Game of Thrones style war has broken out amongst the weirdie beardies of Open Source Land which has now split the Linux kingdom just as "Winter is a Coming."