<b>Developer.com:</b> "SQL-based relational database management systems (RDBMS) are beginning to be challenged by a new movement of NoSQL databases. Among those NoSQL databases is the open source CouchDB..."
The title says it all
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The title says it all
Registration for SQLBits is now open.
We expect this to be very very popular so make sure you register quickly.
http://www.sqlbits.com/
<b>Techworld</b> "The Horde open source messaging and groupware project is gearing up for the first major release of its application suite and development environment in years with version 4, which is due to arrive in mid-2010."
<b>Tech Source: </b>"If you happen to own a business and are looking for CRM applications, I have here a list of some of the most well-known free and open-source customer relationship management (CRM) software available today."
<b>All Facebook: </b>"If you are a developer that read about yesterday's Facebook Insights announcement but want examples of tools that can be implemented, look no further than Facebook's open source Insights API sample that was released yesterday."
<b>IT Pro: </b>"In the case of LOVEFiLM, now a well-known name in the DVD and digital film market, open source has underpinned much of the company's work thus far."
<b>Not 403:</b> "But it's sad to see how Oracle after Sun acquisition, is slowly shutting down this amazing open source project, marking it as "not strategic" and dismembering the few parts they think are worth for their own SSO product."
After a period of careful consideration and planning, a new edition of the Zurich Open Source Jam took place on May 27th. This time, the focus was more...
Microsoft's decision to issue free versions of its products at number of levels suggests that it's well aware of the competitive threat posed by free open source software.
<b>ZDNet:</b> "The continuing conflict between Google and China, which may be a proxy for deeper conflicts over economics and values, could easily impact open source."
The election for the OpenSocial Foundation's community board representatives is now open. If you previously applied for membership, you should have received an email directing you to submit...
Tip of the Trade: A reader weighs in on the backspace/delete terminal problem. Although the solution doesn't solve the problem at hand, it does lead to some interesting open source software troubleshooting.
Getting your website listed in the Dmoz open directory is not an easy task. In order to get listed in the directory, you will have to follow the Dmoz guidelines.
<b>Datamation:</b> "FOSS is an abbreviation for Free and Open Source Software. In other words, FOSS is software whose source code is openly available. People can install and even modify FOSS as they please, so long as they follow a few basic requirements listed in the license."
<b>Blog of Helios:</b> "Nils Grotnes emailed me about 20 minutes ago with some pretty cool news. Aquaria by Bit Blot ,Gish Published by Chronic Logic, Lugaru HD by Wolfire, and Penumbra Overture of course by Frictional Games have pledged to go open source."
I'm now using Ubuntu 12.04.
In earlier versions you could associate a filetype with a specific command (e.g. self-compiled binary) by selecting "Open with" in the file's properties and select the command by providing the file path manually if it wasn't already in the list of applications.
Is this possibility gone?
The only way I found now is to create .desktop files and edit the mimetypes via an text editor.
<b>Computer Weekly Blog: </b>"Grynzpan reckons that Brazil has to find a unique selling proposition and its vast pool of knowledge in open source software could be the real advantage of the local IT industry."
<b>Developer.com:</b> "The cloud isn't just for network administrators looking for scale, it's also a key development area for developers building applications with open source dynamic languages."