Applications: Linux and open source news

Rackspace hires to align with MySQL offshoot

2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.

They're here: Cheap Android smartphones

2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

New low-cost smartphones running Google's Android software have been launched in Taiwan recently and the good news is they should start showing up just about everywhere soon.

Twitter growth prompts switch from MySQL to 'NoSQL' database

2010-02-23T00:00:00Z

Twitter Inc. is slowly moving off the MySQL database for so-called 'NoSQL' open-source database technology that's already been embraced by Web 2.0 counterparts, Facebook Inc. and Digg.

Are you stuck with Oracle's and IBM's middleware control?

2010-02-23T00:00:00Z

As the two giants buy up other providers, IT may see higher costs -- and the cost of switching providers is often even worse

FSF to Google: Free the On2 video codec

2010-02-22T00:00:00Z

In an open letter to Google, the Free Software Foundation has urged Google to open source a video codec that it acquired in its purchase of On2, completed Monday.

OpenOffice 3.2 fixes several vulnerabilities

2010-02-17T00:00:00Z

The latest version of OpenOffice fixes several vulnerabilities that could cause a computer to become compromised by a remote attacker.

Mozilla ends Firefox support for Mac OS Tiger

2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

Baring any last-minute change of mind, Mozilla will permanently drop support for Mac OS X 10.4 from future editions of Firefox.

What we know about Oracle Cloud Office, OpenOffice.org

2010-02-04T00:00:00Z

Oracle Corp. calmed the fears of tens of millions of OpenOffice.org users when it declared it would keep supporting the free open-source productivity suite following its merger with Sun Microsystems Inc.

Five Benefits of an Open Source Symbian

2010-02-04T00:00:00Z

The Symbian mobile operating system is getting a second life as the Symbian Foundation makes the smartphone platform open source. The lifeline will revitalize the platform, and has benefits for Nokia, smartphone developers, Symbian handsets, and smartphone users.

Linux, Windows or both? Doesn't matter to virtual desktop vendor, Ulteo

2010-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ulteo is poised to offer commercial support for its free virtual desktop infrastructure software, which the open-source startup says will cost companies a fraction of established offerings from Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp. and VMware Inc.