To create a custom wireless system, the group had to agree to use proprietary, non-open-source software.
The phone promises to fuse open-source software with Google's applications on a high-end handset.
More than 30 groups now have their own repositories for distributing the open-source software.
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As Mr Montgomery points out, there are two ways of thinking about open-source software development.
But he knew a ton about open-source software, whose source code is given away in order to attract improvements.
All this has led many companies to develop a much more pragmatic approach to open-source software.
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Or having the integrated, open-source software system that allows access to the two 300 Legacy systems of software.
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Open-source software gained ground during the dotcom boom and even more so afterwards, as a way to cut costs.
Wang believes open-source hardware will follow the popularity of open-source software, as people want to create more physical things.
That's in part because the open-source software business is harder than it looks.
After the dotcom bubble burst in 2001, many firms turned to Linux and other open-source software to save money.
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OpenCongress aims to make federal government more responsive through free, open-source software, with the goal of greater civic engagement.
These examples will be especially useful to anyone looking to innovate on the internet, particularly if open-source software is involved.
With a staff of three, Abayima is working on open-source software, called Open Sim Kit, to do just that.
Only in Mr Mundie's nightmare scenario would Linux and other open-source software wipe Microsoft from the face of the earth.
So we're trying to use open-source software development ideas to take the tools we've developed internally and make them publicly available.
McDerment's online strategy starts with his Web site, which features a custom-made forum that runs on free, open-source software called PunBB.
It distributes its hypervisor as free, open-source software but sells related products.
Many governments like Linux because it can cut costs and avoid vendor lock-in, and because they see open-source software as more trustworthy.
This explains Microsoft's strangest response to Linux: its doom-laden warnings that Linux and other open-source software will destroy the commercial industry entirely.
The creators of the OS denied it was infected with viruses adding that, in the world of open-source software, "there were no viruses".
From open-source software to eBay and Wikipedia, new systems of self-regulation are emerging based on openness, constant feedback and the wisdom of crowds.
But ubiquitous digital consumer data, cheap computing power and open-source software have created a tremendous opportunity for smart marketers to change the research game.
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Traditionally, the Linux and open-source software communities focused on solving the software problems of enterprise and computing markets with a limited choice of processor platforms.
But with open-source software there was much less of a lock-in.
SourceXchange's mission is to help computer hackers who contribute to open-source software, such as the popular operating system Linux, to link up with computer companies.
While lying on a Cancun beach in 2002, Douglas Levin pondered the conundrum that is open-source software: How do you make money off something that's free?
EBay also adopted new tools for big-data processing, such as the open-source software framework Hadoop and a system called Mobius that was developed in its labs.
Bioengineers, like computer programmers in the Linux open-source software movement, are encouraged to contribute "bricks" voluntarily, and can order the parts they need over the Internet.
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But unlike those projects, OONI uses only open-source software and plans to make the raw data gathered by its tools public and accessible to any researcher.
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