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Case Study:The Aloha state's commerce and consumer officials turn to open source for a major financial data access fix.

As I have previously pointed out, open source software (along with variants such as free software, libre software, FLOSS, FOSS, and OSS) is not a magic solution, but it can be an extremely strong option for the nonprofit/philanthropic sector.

Local authorities in the UK are embracing Linux and other Open Source operating systems and applications, a probe by the Society of IT Managers has shown.

Latest Microsoft sponsored benchmarks conducted by Veritest gives enterprises all the more reason to consider Linux as a serious alternative.

French open-source software consortium ObjectWeb announces new members from France, as well as Italy, and a new agreement with a Chinese research center.

IBM is increasingly betting that it can build a big business around open-source software. The latest step in that strategy is the purchase of Gluecode Software, an open-source start-up.

Snags Immunix, a small company that sells software designed to improve the security of programs running on Linux servers.

Move is part of an effort to bring Linux closer to parity with competing products from Microsoft.

Expansion of Mozilla's non-profit international affiliate in Europe as worldwide Firefox downloads surpass 50 million.

Novell, in its transition to a Linux and management services company, again settled its ranks with the announcement of the departure of Richard Seibt, head of Novell’s Europe, Middle East and Africa operations.

Linspire's President and CEO, Kevin Carmony, gives a well reasoned defence of his company, describing their commitment to open source and explaining away many of the myths that have built up around this controversial Linux distro.

One of the leading lights behind SuSE Linux, before it was swallowed whole by Novell, has quit and headed for a future unspecific.

The Apache Foundation has proposed creating an open-source version of Java on the desktop, a plan that Sun Microsystems has initially welcomed.

The popular open-source office suite OpenOffice.org is almost ready for the unveiling of its landmark 2.0 release, but it's creating foes because of its use of Sun's proprietary Java.

Proprietary software vendors can learn a valuable lesson from their open source counterparts when it comes to customer care and respect

CEOs Steve Ballmer and Matthew Szulik met for a meal recently, sources say. How's Microsoft feeling about open source these days?

Software giant Microsoft is facing serious growing threats to its monopoly in the UK public sector following admissions from local authorities that they plan to increase their adoption of open-source software.

Among the goals common to most open source projects is cross-platform compatibility, which allows developers to expand their user base and allows users to deploy the software more widely. But while some users enjoy having consistent software across the various platforms that they use, sometimes a browser that's optimized for a particular operating system may be a better choice. The three open source Gecko-based browsers detailed here all use their respective operating systems' native widget toolkit to render their user interfaces.

Open source companies can't match us for application support, claims Microsoft, amid reports that schools can make big savings by choosing non-proprietary software

Encore Software, a Bangalore technology company, will offer its Mobilis desktop for about $230.