Even as it takes first step toward open-source Solaris, firm says it's considering a similar move with its server software product. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

"Hula" is meant to compete not only with Microsoft's Exchange and IBM's Domino, but also with Novell's own GroupWise Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Linden Lab on Monday released as open-source software the viewer used to access Second Life and plans to follow suit with the server software that powers the company's virtual realm. The initial move ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

If you’re a software developer today—or a cloud engineer, or a data scientist, or anyone who works with code—then open source software is like the air that you breathe. But open source wasn’t always ...

Three former BEA Systems Inc. executives who left earlier this year have resurfaced as founders of a Seattle startup that plans to begin integrating and supporting a variety of open source server ...

When someone buys a new smartphone, often they're preoccupied with the camera specs or the size of the screen or its storage capabilities. It's easy to overlook one of the most foundational aspects of ...

MongoDB is a bit miffed that some cloud providers — especially in Asia — are taking its open-source code and offering a hosted commercial version of its database to their users without playing by the ...

Euro-Office 1.0 arrives to open-source infighting: 'Compatibility is not sovereignty' ...

Even as Sun Microsystems took its first step to make its Solaris operating system open-source software, the company said it's considering a similar move with its server software product. Sun is ...